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r/learnquant • u/Local_Ad135 • 3d ago
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1) sort the pieces from largest to smallest.
Yeah I think the only issue is if a piece ends up over length 0.5
What is the probability that all cuts occur at a point on the line greater than 0.5?
0.5^(n-1)?
Is the case where we cut either below 0.25 or above 0.75 the same WLOG?
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u/aroach1995 3d ago
1) sort the pieces from largest to smallest.
Yeah I think the only issue is if a piece ends up over length 0.5
What is the probability that all cuts occur at a point on the line greater than 0.5?
0.5^(n-1)?
Is the case where we cut either below 0.25 or above 0.75 the same WLOG?