New Ways to Calculate the Probability in the Bertrand Problem

We give two new ways of calculating the probability of a chord of circumference randomly selected being larger than the side of an equilateral triangle inscribed in the circumference (this problem is known as the Bertrand paradox). The first one employs an immersion in R<sup>4</sup>, and...

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Main Authors: Javier Rodrigo, Mariló López, Sagrario Lantarón
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-12-01
Series:Mathematics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/12/1/3