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The perimeter of large planar Voronoi cells: a double-stranded random walk
Let be the probability for a planar Poisson-Voronoi cell to have
exactly sides. We construct the asymptotic expansion of up to
terms that vanish as . We show that {\it two independent biased
random walks} executed by the polar angle determine the trajectory of the cell
perimeter. We find the limit distribution of (i) the angle between two
successive vertex vectors, and (ii) the one between two successive perimeter
segments. We obtain the probability law for the perimeter's long wavelength
deviations from circularity. We prove Lewis' law and show that it has
coefficient 1/4.Comment: Slightly extended version; journal reference adde
Does the Death Penalty Still Matter: Reflections of a Death Row Lawyer
This talk was given by Professor David Bruck for the Frances Lewis Law Center at Washington and Lee University School of Law, April, 2002. It is a follow-up to āDoes the Death Penalty Matter?,ā given by Professor Bruck as the 1990 Ralph E. Shikes Lecture at Harvard Law School
Faith in the Republic: A Frances Lewis Law Center Conversation
This is a spontaneous conversation discussing Hauserwasā singular political theology in response to Levinson and Tushnetās constitutional jurisprudence. It developed into a highly interesting debate concerning constitutional faith. This conversation was recorded at Washington and Leeās Law Center on December 11, 1987
Faith in the Republic: A Frances Lewis Law Center Conversation
This is a spontaneous conversation discussing Hauserwasā singular political theology in response to Levinson and Tushnetās constitutional jurisprudence. It developed into a highly interesting debate concerning constitutional faith. This conversation was recorded at Washington and Leeās Law Center on December 11, 1987
W&L Law Fall Scholarship Celebration 2019
On October 15, 2019, the Washington and Lee Law Library hosted the third bi-annual W&L Law Fall Scholarship Celebration. The event was co-sponsored by the Frances Lewis Law Center and took place in the Law Library\u27s main reading room from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
On display were dozens of scholarly articles, books, and chapters authored by the W&L Law faculty and student body during 2018 and 2019, with hundreds of additional works accessible online through the Scholarly Commons institutional repository.
Faculty, librarians, staff, and administrators mingled with law students over hors d\u27oeuvres and wine to peruse the formidable scholarly output of the W&L Law community. Spouses, alumni, faculty from W&L\u27s undergraduate campus, and others with ties to the University were also in attendance.
Brant J. Hellwig, dean of W&L Law, and Christopher B. Seaman, director of the Frances Lewis Law Center, provided welcoming remarks introduced by W&L Law Library director Alex Zhang.
The event program, which includes a list of the scholarship on display, is available to download in PDF.
Photos taken at the event are also available to view in the W&L Law Scholarly Commons Image Gallery
Asymptotic statistics of the n-sided planar Poisson-Voronoi cell. I. Exact results
We achieve a detailed understanding of the -sided planar Poisson-Voronoi
cell in the limit of large . Let be the probability for a cell to
have sides. We construct the asymptotic expansion of up to
terms that vanish as . We obtain the statistics of the lengths of
the perimeter segments and of the angles between adjoining segments: to leading
order as , and after appropriate scaling, these become independent
random variables whose laws we determine; and to next order in they have
nontrivial long range correlations whose expressions we provide. The -sided
cell tends towards a circle of radius (n/4\pi\lambda)^{\half}, where
is the cell density; hence Lewis' law for the average area of
the -sided cell behaves as with . For
the cell perimeter, expressed as a function of the polar
angle , satisfies , where is known Gaussian
noise; we deduce from it the probability law for the perimeter's long
wavelength deviations from circularity. Many other quantities related to the
asymptotic cell shape become accessible to calculation.Comment: 54 pages, 3 figure
Discretion in Making Legal Decisions: A Frances Lewis Law Center Colloquium
Colloquium papers, pp. 1161-1311, edited by Professor Shaffer
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