M·C, IST: random chord length

Random chord length

Simulates (via Monte Carlo) the length of a circumference chord.

2024.Jul.03 12:25:18

lgN, .seed

No. (log₁₀) of trials, random no. gener. seed. •

klass

No. of histo. classes. •

Show values

Shows the coordinates of the graph. •

Simulates, via Monte Carlo, the length of a chord in the unit circle, from point (1, 0) to a random point on the circumference.

Plots the density function (pdf), f(L), and the probability function (cdf), F(L), for the length, L.

References:

Plate: ChordLength

• Grinstead & Snell, "Introduction to Probability".pdf (see p. 50).

• 1865-12-08: Hadamard, Jacques Salomon (1963-10-17) (Chebyshev, †1894).