A simplified proof of CLT for convex bodies

DOI10.1090/PROC/15000MaRDI QIDQ5146559zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Daniel J. Fresen

Publication date 26 January 2021

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.06785

zbMATH Keywords

central limit theorem (CLT) for convex bodieslog-concave function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convexity of real functions of several variables, generalizations (26B25) Convex sets in (n) dimensions (including convex hypersurfaces) (52A20) Asymptotic theory of convex bodies (52A23) Length, area, volume and convex sets (aspects of convex geometry) (52A38) Central limit and other weak theorems (60F05) Asymptotic distribution theory in statistics (62E20)

Abstract: We present a short proof of Klartag's central limit theorem for convex bodies, using only the most classical facts about log-concave functions. An appendix is included where we give the proof that thin shell implies CLT. The paper is accessible to anyone.

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