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2017 Guts #23: Expected minimum distance
2017 Guts #23: Expected minimum distance
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February 21, 2017
combinatorics
Problem Statement
Five points are chosen uniformly at random on a segment of length
1
1
1
. What is the expected distance between the closest pair of points?
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