Random Chords of a Sphere

Abstract

Eight models of randomness for chords of a unit sphere are considered, and the distribution, mean, and variance of the chord length are obtained for each model.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 30, 1972
Accession Number
AD0740113

Entities

People

  • David Berengut

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Classification
  • Convex Bodies
  • Diameters
  • Equations
  • Geometry
  • Governments
  • Mean Free Path
  • Military Research
  • Probability
  • Quadratic Equations
  • Random Variables
  • Reflection
  • Security
  • Triangles
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics