2023/09/06 by Paulo Manrique-Mirón, Manrique-Mirón, Paulo
Mathematics · #FOS: Mathematics #Point processes and geometric inequalities #Probability (math.PR)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2309.03032
openalex publication_date 2023/09/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The study of "random segments" is a classic issue in geometrical probability, whose complexity depends on how it is defined. But in apparently simple models, the random behavior is not immediate. In the present manuscript the following setting is considered. Let four independent random points that follow a uniform distribution on the unit disk. Two random segments are built with them, which always are inside of the disk. We compute the density function of the angle between these two random segments when they intersect each other. This type of problem tends to be complex due to the high stochastic dependency that exists between the elements that form them. The expression obtained is in terms of integrals, however it allows us to understand the behavior of the distribution of the random angle between the two random segments.