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        riddles >> medium >> Poisson In The Plane (M)
        
(Message started by: william wu on Oct 26^th, 2003, 3:15am)

Title: Poisson In The Plane (M)
Post by william wu on Oct 26^th, 2003, 3:15am

Suppose one is given a Poisson process in the plane with parameter [lambda]. Let the random variable R be the distance from the origin to the nearest point. What is the cumulative distribution function for R?

Note: can be solved very quickly with the right approach