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Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung
Published in: Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung 2/2017

30-01-2017 | Survey Article

Geometric Probability on the Sphere

Authors: Hiroshi Maehara, Horst Martini

Published in: Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung | Issue 2/2017

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Abstract

This is an exposition of results and methods from geometric probability on the surface of a ball (i.e., on a sphere) in three-dimensional space. We tried to make our arguments simple and intuitive. We present many concrete results together with their (mainly) elementary proofs, and also several new results are derived. In addition, the reader will also find various interesting unsolved problems.
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Metadata
Title
Geometric Probability on the Sphere
Authors
Hiroshi Maehara
Horst Martini
Publication date
30-01-2017
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 0012-0456
Electronic ISSN: 1869-7135
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1365/s13291-017-0158-5

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