The Historical Development of J. J. Sylvester's Four Point Problem

DOI10.2307/2689482zbMath0705.52005OpenAlexW4240063553MaRDI QIDQ3485541

Richard E. Pfiefer

Publication date: 1989

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2689482

zbMATH Keywords

convex hullexpected valuesimplexgeometric probabilitySchüttelungJ. J. Sylvester's four point problemrandomly selected point set

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric probability and stochastic geometry (60D05) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography (01-02) Random convex sets and integral geometry (aspects of convex geometry) (52A22)

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