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A limit theorem for random coverings of a circle which do not quite cover

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Norman Kaplan*
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley

Abstract

We study the asymptotic behavior as α → 0 of the number of independent random arcs of length a needed to cover at least 1 − (K ≧ 1) of a circle of unit circumference.

Type
Short Communications
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1978 

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References

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