Width Distributions for Convex Regular Polyhedra
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Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04) Polyhedra and polytopes; regular figures, division of spaces (51M20) Convex sets in (2) dimensions (including convex curves) (52A10) Convex sets in (3) dimensions (including convex surfaces) (52A15) Length, area, volume and convex sets (aspects of convex geometry) (52A38) Geometric probability and stochastic geometry (60D05) Exact distribution theory in statistics (62E15) Multivariate distribution of statistics (62H10)
Abstract: The mean width is a measure on three-dimensional convex bodies that enjoys equal status with volume and surface area [Rota]. As the phrase suggests, it is the mean of a probability density f. We verify formulas for mean widths of the regular tetrahedron and the cube. Higher-order moments of f_tetra and f_cube have not been examined until now. Assume that each polyhedron has edges of unit length. We deduce that the mean square width of the regular tetrahedron is 1/3+(3+sqrt(3))/(3*pi) and the mean square width of the cube is 1+4/pi.
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