Geometry of random sections of isotropic convex bodies

Publication date: 22 November 2019

Abstract: Let

K

be an isotropic symmetric convex body in

{m a t h b b R}^{n}

. We show that a subspace

F i n G_{n, n - k}

of codimension

k = g a m m a n

, where

g a m m a i n (1 / s q r t n, 1)

, satisfies

Kcap Fsubseteq frac{c}{gamma }sqrt{n}L_K (B_2^ncap F)

with probability greater than

1 - e x p (- s q r t n)

. Using a different method we study the same question for the

L_{q}

-centroid bodies

Z_{q} (m u)

of an isotropic log-concave probability measure

m u

on

{m a t h b b R}^{n}

. For every

1 l e q q l e q n

and

g a m m a i n (0, 1)

we show that a random subspace

F i n G_{n, (1 - g a m m a) n}

satisfies

Z_{q} (m u) c a p F s u b s e t e q c_{2} (g a m m a) s q r t q, B_{2}^{n} c a p F

. We also give bounds on the diameter of random projections of

Z_{q} (m u)

and using them we deduce that if

K

is an isotropic convex body in

{m a t h b b R}^{n}

then for a random subspace

F

of dimension

(l o g n)^{4}

one has that all directions in

F

are sub-Gaussian with constant

O (l o g^{2} n)

.

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