| Title: | Mathematics at DEC |
| Moderator: | RUSURE::EDP |
| Created: | Mon Feb 03 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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Suppose that three kiddie commandos are uniformly distributed in a square room. Now let me rephrase that :^) Suppose three kiddie commandos are randomly placed in a square room, with uniform distribution. Simultaneously, each of the three kiddies shoots at the other kiddie who is closest to him or her. What is the expected number of unshot kiddies?
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| 1262.1 | ALLVAX::JROTH | It's a bush recording... | Sat Jun 30 1990 09:46 | 9 | |
I haven't followed this latest thread in geometric probability
and am likely missing something but wouldn't it be 1 with probability
1 in the case of 3 commandos (in a room or not.)
The case of commandos at the vertices of a random n-dimensional
simplex seems more interesting, and I'll have to think about it
a little.
- Jim
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| 1262.2 | Yes, it's a `freebie' | TRACE::GILBERT | Ownership Obligates | Mon Jul 02 1990 14:23 | 4 |
I was going to work my way through this problem with n = 1,2,3,... commandos, and since n=3 was so cute, I thought I'd post it. - Gilbert | |||||