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In geometry, Robbins' constant, named after David P. Robbins, is the average distance between two points selected at random within a unit cube. Robbins' constant can be expressed as [1]

Its numerical value is approximately [2]

References

  1. ^ D. Robbins, Average distance between two points in a box, American Mathematical Monthly, 85 (1978) p. 278
  2. ^ Miscellaneous Mathematical Constants by Simon Plouffe