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Hyperbolic Simplices of Maximal Inradius

Metric Geometry 2025-12-22 v1

Abstract

For nNn\in \mathbb{N}, consider a hyperbolic nn-dimensional simplex Δ\Delta, defined by 1+n1+n points in the compactified hyperbolic space HnHn\mathbf{H}^n \sqcup \partial \mathbf{H}^n. For each integer mnm\le n, denote δmn(Δ)[0,+]\delta^n_m(\Delta)\in [0,+\infty] the Hausdorff distance between its skeleta of dimensions nn and mm. In particular, δn1n(Δ)\delta^n_{n-1}(\Delta) is its inradius. The maximum of δmn(Δ)\delta^n_m(\Delta) over Δ(HnHn)1+n\Delta\in (\mathbf{H}^n \sqcup \partial \mathbf{H}^n)^{1+n} is denoted μmn[0,+]\mu^n_m\in [0,+\infty]. We first show that Δ\Delta has maximal inradius δn1n(Δ)=μmn\delta^n_{n-1}(\Delta)=\mu^n_m if and only if its is (total) ideal and regular; for which the inradius is given by tanhμn1n=1/n\tanh \mu^n_{n-1} = 1/n. We deduce that Δ\Delta has maximal δn1n(Δ)=μmn\delta^n_{n-1}(\Delta)=\mu^n_m if and only if it is (total) ideal and regular. We compute that the maximal distance to the 11-skeleton μ1n\mu^n_1 is given by (tanhμ1n)2=(n1)/(2n)\left(\tanh \mu^n_1\right)^2 = (n-1)/(2n) and deduce that those are uniformly bounded by limnμ1n=log(1+2)\lim_{n} \mu^n_1 = \log(1+\sqrt{2}).

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@article{arxiv.2512.17096,
  title  = {Hyperbolic Simplices of Maximal Inradius},
  author = {Bruno Duchesne and Christopher-Lloyd Simon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.17096},
  year   = {2025}
}

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14 pages, 26 figures

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