Approximation of the Euclidean ball by polytopes with a restricted number of facets

DOI10.4064/SM180114-22-5zbMATH Open1447.52010OpenAlexW2979832966WikidataQ127099439 ScholiaQ127099439MaRDI QIDQ5220132FDOQ5220132

Authors: Gil Kur 

Publication date: 10 March 2020

Published in: Studia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that there is an absolute constant $C$ such that for every $ngeq2$ and $Ngeq10^n,$ there exists a polytope $P_{n,N}subsetmathbb{R}^n$ with at most $N$ facets that satisfies ${\displaystyle }$Delta_{v}(D_n,P_{n,N}):= ext{vol}_nleft(D_n Delta P_{n,N} ight)leq Cn^{-2/(n-1} ext{vol}_nleft(D_n ight)${\displaystyle }$ and ${\displaystyle }$ Delta_{s}(D_n,P_{n,N}):= ext{vol}_{n-1}left(partialleft(D_ncup P_{n,N} ight) ight) - ext{vol}_{n-1}left(partialleft(D_ncap P_{n,N} ight) ight) leq 4CN^{-frac{2}{n-1}} ext{vol}_{n-1}left(partial D_n ight), ${\displaystyle }$ where $D_n$ is the $n$-dimensional Euclidean unit ball. This result closes gaps from several papers of Hoehner, Ludwig, Sch"utt and Werner. The upper bounds are optimal up to absolute constants. This result shows that a polytope with an exponential number of facets (in the dimension) can approximate the $n$-dimensional Euclidean ball with respect to the aforementioned distances.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.00210

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zbMATH Keywords

approximationconvex bodiesrandom polytopes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric probability and stochastic geometry (60D05) Random convex sets and integral geometry (aspects of convex geometry) (52A22) Approximation by convex sets (52A27)

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