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On random divisions of a convex set

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Svante Janson
Svante Janson*
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Uppsala University
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Abstract

This paper gives an elementary proof that, under some general assumptions, the number of parts a convex set in Rd is divided into by a set of independent identically distributed hyperplanes is asymptotically normally distributed. An example is given where the distribution of hyperplanes is ‘too singular' to satisfy the assumptions, and where a different limiting distribution appears.

Keywords

GEOMETRICAL PROBABILITYRANDOM DIVISIONS

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Short Communications
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , September 1978, pp. 645 - 649
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1978 

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