Re: [math-fun] Statistics for a class of random solids, a drunkard's walkthrough

On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 5:11 PM Steve Witham <sw@tiac.net> wrote:

ITEM 26 (? via Salamin): (typos from scanning?)

Let x be uniform on [0, 1], y be uniform on [0, 2ir], x and y independent. (2pi?) Calculate r = /-log x. (sqrt(-log x))?)

You guessed right in both cases: https://www.inwap.com/pdp10/hbaker/hakmem/random.html#item26 -- Mike Stay - metaweta@gmail.com http://math.ucr.edu/~mike https://reperiendi.wordpress.com