| Article ID: | iaor1989683 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 21 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 705 |
| End Page Number: | 707 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1989 |
| Journal: | Advances in Applied Probability |
| Authors: | Rosen Dennis |
By use of a method of dissection, a formula is derived for the variance in the number of lattice points covered by a rectangle of arbitrary size, lying on a square lattice of unit spacing and inclined to the lattice at an angle of which the tangent is a rational fraction.