A particle starts from the origin and moves in a certain direction for a distance 1₁. Then it changes its direction many times, making a random walk: for a distance /2, then for a distance 13, and so forth. The trajectory of the wandering particle consists thus of segments of lengths 1₁, 12,..., , the direction of each being determined by the angle ak made with the Ox-axis. These angles are uniformly distributed in the interval (0, 2), and they are independent. Find the characteristic function of the coordinate X of the end- point of the trajectory and the corresponding probability density.
A particle starts from the origin and moves in a certain direction for a distance 1₁. Then it changes its direction many times, making a random walk: for a distance /2, then for a distance 13, and so forth. The trajectory of the wandering particle consists thus of segments of lengths 1₁, 12,..., , the direction of each being determined by the angle ak made with the Ox-axis. These angles are uniformly distributed in the interval (0, 2), and they are independent. Find the characteristic function of the coordinate X of the end- point of the trajectory and the corresponding probability density.
Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry
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Chapter10: Sequences, Series, And Probability
Section10.7: Distinguishable Permutations And Combinations
Problem 22E
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