Random Points on a Group

In Random Points on a Sphere (Part 1), we learned an interesting fact. You can take the unit sphere in \mathbb{R}^n, randomly choose two points on it, and compute their distance. This gives a random variable, whose moments you can calculate.

And now the interesting part: when n = 1, 2 or 4, and seemingly in no other cases, all the even moments are integers.

These are the dimensions in which the spheres are groups. We can prove that the even moments are integers because they are differences of dimensions...

 •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on July 13, 2018 12:43
No comments have been added yet.


John C. Baez's Blog

John C. Baez
John C. Baez isn't a Goodreads Author (yet), but they do have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from their feed.
Follow John C. Baez's blog with rss.