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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Nashville, TN
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Here's something that might be of interest:
Average distance between two randomly-chosen points in a unit square.
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Nashville, TN
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If you have hyperspace coordinates in the form (x,y) for two planets, the calculation for distance between them is d=√((x2-x1)^2+(y2-y1)^2).
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And stack exchange has been useless to me, since I’m trying to write my material as if somebody other than me was going to be running the game, and I would rather not force calculus down my throat or somebody else’s. |
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Wellington, NZ
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I don't know the answer to this problem, but here's what I understand it to be:
We have a two-dimensional space (so x,y co-ordinates) upon which are scattered a large number of points, at random. How do we determine the average distance between closest neighbours?
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Edit: also, hey Rupert. Nice to see someone from TML. |
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: traveller
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Wellington, NZ
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Reading that box, and seeing where the formula came from, I think that the 2D equivalent would be based off the area of a circle, etc. rather than volume, and would thus come out at about: 0.8 x (A/N)^0.5
I could be utterly wrong, though.
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Off to finish my work now, thank you both. Last edited by RustedKitsune; 05-28-2019 at 06:45 PM. Reason: Improperly applied formula |
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Oz
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Join Date: Oct 2018
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Huh, close enough to Thrash. |
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