Probability Approximations via the Poisson Clumping Heuristic [electronic resource] / by David Aldous.

If you place a large number of points randomly in the unit square, what is the distribution of the radius of the largest circle containing no points? Of the smallest circle containing 4 points? Why do Brownian sample paths have local maxima but not points of increase, and how nearly do they have poi...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author:	Aldous, D. J. (David J.)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Springer New York, 1989.
Series:	Applied mathematical sciences (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.) ; 77.
Subjects:	Mathematics. Distribution (Probability theory)