Solution

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Let be the homogeneous Poisson point process in with intensity measure , and map each point to its radius . For an interval , the pushforward measure of the intensity is
The Mapping theorem for Poisson point processes therefore shows that the radii form a Non-homogeneous Poisson point process with intensity function
If is the distance to the closest star, the event says that the ball of radius contains no points. The zero-count probability of a Poisson distribution gives
Differentiating its cumulative distribution function yields the probability density function

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