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Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Mathematics. Mechanics. Astronomy, 2020 Volume 7, Issue 1, Pages 77–84 (Mi vspua205)

MATHEMATICS

On the average perimeter of the inscribed random polygon

Ya. Yu. Nikitinab, T. A. Polevayac

a St. Petersburg State University, 7-9, Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation
b National Research University Higher School of Economics, ul. Soyuza Pechatnikov, 16, St. Petersburg, 190008, Russian Federation
c St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, Kronverkskiy pr., 49, St. Petersburg, 197101, Russian Federation

Abstract: Suppose we put on the unit circumference n independent uniformly distributed random points and build a convex random polygon with the vertices in these points. What are the average area and the average perimeter of this polygon? The average area was calculated by K. Brown some years ago. We calculatе the average perimeter and obtain quite similar formulae. In the same time we discuss the rate of convergence of this value to the limit. We evaluate also the average value of the sum of squares for the sides of the inscribed triangle.

Keywords: random polygon, perimeter, convexity, uniform distribution.

UDC: 519.21

MSC: 60D05

Received: 17.05.2019
Revised: 30.06.2019
Accepted: 19.09.2019

DOI: 10.21638/11701/spbu01.2020.108


 English version:
Vestnik St. Petersburg University, Mathematics, 2020, 7:2, 58–63


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