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Mean free paths in a convex reflecting region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

J. F. C. Kingman
J. F. C. Kingman*
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University of Sussex
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Kendall and Moran ([4], §3.41) consider the following problem, which first arose in connexion with the acoustical design of auditoria. Imagine a convex room with perfectly reflecting walls, and suppose that a particle is projected from a point inside the room. Then it will bounce around the room, and its trajectory will consist of a large number of straight segments. The average length of these segments is the mean free path of the particle.

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Research Papers
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , June 1965 , pp. 162 - 168
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Copyright © Sheffield: Applied Probability Trust 

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