The Broken Stick Reconsidered Again

In his article in The Mathematical Intelligencer, Vol. 30 (2008), No. 3, pp. 43-49, Gerald S. Goodman analyzes the genesis of the concept "uniform distribution"--or more generally "at random"--within the framework of geometric probability. For that he uses the example of the &quo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Mathematical intelligencer 2010-03, Vol.32 (1), p.8-9
1. Verfasser:	Schupp, Hans
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Geometry Mathematical analysis Mathematical and Computational Engineering Mathematical and Computational Physics Mathematical Methods in Physics Mathematical problems Mathematics Mathematics and Statistics Numerical and Computational Physics Simulation Theoretical
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Zusammenfassung:	In his article in The Mathematical Intelligencer, Vol. 30 (2008), No. 3, pp. 43-49, Gerald S. Goodman analyzes the genesis of the concept "uniform distribution"--or more generally "at random"--within the framework of geometric probability. For that he uses the example of the "broken stick." Here, Schupp concurs with Goodman's analysis, but he points out that the history of this famous problem is a bit more complex than sketched.
ISSN:	0343-6993 1866-7414
DOI:	10.1007/s00283-009-9109-z