随机分割:最短段的期望
最短片段期望
题目详情
Assume that . The line segment of length 1 is divided into smaller segments by points that are chosen uniformly at random. What is the expected value of the shortest segment?
解析
在 上随机取 个点把线段分成 段,记最短段长度为 。
有
等价于所有段长都至少为 。对点按从小到大排序并作线性变换,可得
因此
即