Average Distance in a Cube
Two points are chosen independently and uniformly at random inside the unit cube [0, 1]³. What is the expected Euclidean distance between them? Give the answer rounded to 4 decimal places.
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Source: The closed form is due to David P. Robbins, American Mathematical Monthly (1978); the value is often called Robbins' constant. Statement written for AxiomIQ.