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Pick two points uniformly at random in a square. What is the probability that the line that contains both points intersects two opposite edges of the square, rather than two adjacent edges?
Greg Egan
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2025-08-22 13:12:02 UTC
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2025-08-22 13:12:02 UTCEvent JSON
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