Metric entropy of convex hulls (Q5939291): Difference between revisions

With \(T\) a precompact set, in a separable Hilbert space \(H\), \[ N(T,\varepsilon)= \inf\Biggl\{n: \exists t_1,t_2,\dots, t_n\in T,\text{ s.t. }T\subset \bigcup^n_{k= 1} B(t_k, \varepsilon)\Biggr\}, \] where \(B(x,\varepsilon)\) is the open \(\varepsilon\)-ball centred at \(x\in H\), is called the covering number and the quantity \(\log N(T,\varepsilon)\) is called the metric entropy of \(T\). In this paper the metric entropy of the convex hull of \(T\) is estimated in terms of the metric entropy of \(T\) when the latter is of order \(\varepsilon^{-2}\).