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Random spherical triangles II: Shape densities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Huiling Le
Huiling Le*
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
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∗ Postal address: Statistical Laboratory, 16 Mill Lane, Cambridge CB2 1SB, UK.
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Abstract

This paper gives the exact evaluation of the shape density on the shape space Σ(S 2, 3) for a labelled random spherical triangle whose vertices are i.i.d.-uniform in a ‘cap' of S2 bounded by a ‘small' circle of angular radius ρ0 .

Keywords

COLLINEARITYINVARIANT MEASUREQUASARSRANDOM SPHERICAL TRIANGLEREFLECTING BROWNIAN MOTIONSINGULAR TESSELLATIONSIZE-AND-SHAPE SPACEVOLUME MEASURE

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Research Article
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Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , September 1989 , pp. 581 - 594
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1989 

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