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A Statistical Characterization of Regular Simplices

Statistics Theory 2007-06-13 v2 Metric Geometry Statistics Theory

Abstract

The positive interpoint distances of n=p+1>1 points in dimension p are equal if and only if their sample covariance matrix is a scalar multiple of the identity.

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@article{arxiv.math/0612163,
  title  = {A Statistical Characterization of Regular Simplices},
  author = {Ian Abramson and Larry Goldstein},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0612163},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

5 pages, which includes corrections to the published version. Version 2 differs in only small typographical changes: removing an extra sigma squared, and inserting a needed 1/n