Rényi’s parking constant
The Endeavour 2024-07-14
Summary:
Imagine parallel parking is available along the shoulder of a road, but no parking spaces are marked. The first person to park picks a spot on the shoulder at random. Then another car also chooses a spot along the shoulder at random, with the constraint that the second car can’t overlap the first. This process […]
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