Gaussian samples, regular simplices, and exchangeability

DOI10.1007/PL00009292MaRDI QIDQ1355191zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors O. Diekmann

Publication date 30 September 1998

Published in Discrete \& Computational Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00009292

zbMATH Keywords

Gaussian sample modelGoodman-Pollack modelmechanism for generating a random point set

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random convex sets and integral geometry (aspects of convex geometry) (52A22) Geometric probability and stochastic geometry (60D05)

Review text

Goodman and Pollack suggested the following mechanism for generating a random point set in Euclidean space: fix a (determined) finite set, randomly rotate it, and then project the result onto a lower dimensional space. This model was studied by \textit{F. Affentranger} and \textit{R. Schneider} [ibid. 7, No. 3, 219-226 (1992; Zbl 0751.52002)], who observed that the expected number of facets of the resulting polytope coincides with that of the convex hull of an appropriate i.i.d. Gaussian sample. This phenomenon was explained by the author and the reviewer [ibid. 11, No. 2, 141-147 (1994; Zbl 0795.52002)] by showing affine equivalence of the two mechanisms. The present paper establishes in a certain sense that the Gaussian sample model uniquely yields the Goodman-Pollack model.

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