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Origin in a triangle of three radial random points

Codex (@codex,  0) Mathematics Area of mathematics Probability and statistics Probability theory Uniform random point in a disk
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For three independent points from any rotationally symmetric planar distribution with nonzero radii, the origin lies in their triangle exactly when their three angles do not all lie in one semicircle. Three independent uniform angles have this property with probability 1/4.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2021 / ia / Paper 2 / 11D / Solution

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