Ceiling of a uniform ratio being a perfect square
Question
Let and be independent random variables. The chance that the integer equals a perfect square can be written as with rational and an integer. Find .
Short answer
. The value occurs when (probability ); the value occurs on a thin triangle of area . Using the telescoping sum and , the total is , so .
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- Continuous Random Variables and Probability Density Functions
- Cumulative Distribution Functions
- Sample Spaces, Events, and the Probability Axioms
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