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Limit laws for the diameter of a random point set

Martin J. B. AppelChristopher A. NajimUniversity of IowaRalph P. RussoUniversity of Iowa
2002en
ABI

Abstract

Let U 1 , U 2 ,… be a sequence of i.i.d. random vectors distributed uniformly in a compact plane region A of unit area. Sufficient conditions on the geometry of A are provided under which the Euclidean diameter D n of the first n of the points converges weakly upon suitable rescaling.

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