Angle sums of random simplices in dimensions 3 and 4

DOI10.1090/PROC/14934zbMATH Open1441.52006arXiv1905.01533OpenAlexW2990376029WikidataQ126770160 ScholiaQ126770160MaRDI QIDQ5111518FDOQ5111518

Authors: Zakhar Kabluchko 

Publication date: 27 May 2020

Published in: Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Consider a random $d$-dimensional simplex whose vertices are $d+1$ random points sampled independently and uniformly from the unit sphere in $mathbb{R}^d$. We show that the expected sum of solid angles at the vertices of this random simplex equals $frac18$ if $d=3$ and $frac539288p{i}^2-frac16$ if $d=4$. The angles are measured as proportions of the full solid angle which is normalized to be $1$. Similar formulae are obtained if the vertices of the simplex are uniformly distributed in the unit ball. These results are special cases of general formulae for the expected angle-sums of random beta simplices in dimensions $3$ and $4$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.01533

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zbMATH Keywords

beta distributionsolid angleangle sumrandom simplex

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric probability and stochastic geometry (60D05) (n)-dimensional polytopes (52B11) Random convex sets and integral geometry (aspects of convex geometry) (52A22)

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