2.II.12F
Let be events such that for . Show that the number of events that occur satisfies
Planet Zog is a sphere with centre . A number of spaceships land at random on its surface, their positions being independent, each uniformly distributed over the surface. A spaceship at is in direct radio contact with another point on the surface if . Calculate the probability that every point on the surface of the planet is in direct radio contact with at least one of the spaceships.
[Hint: The intersection of the surface of a sphere with a plane through the centre of the sphere is called a great circle. You may find it helpful to use the fact that random great circles partition the surface of a sphere into disjoint regions with probability one.]