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Random polytopes and affine surface area

Metric Geometry 2016-09-06 v1 Functional Analysis

Abstract

Let K be a convex body in RdR^d. A random polytope is the convex hull [x1,...,xn][x_1,...,x_n] of finitely many points chosen at random in K. E(K,n)\Bbb E(K,n) is the expectation of the volume of a random polytope of n randomly chosen points. I. B\'ar\'any showed that we have for convex bodies with C3C^3 boundary and everywhere positive curvature c(d)limnvold(K)E(K,n)(vold(K)n)2d+1=Kκ(x)1d+1dμ(x) c(d)\lim_{n \to \infty} \frac {vol_d(K)-\Bbb E(K,n)}{(\frac{vol_d(K)}{n})^{\frac{2}{d+1}}} =\int_{\partial K} \kappa(x)^{\frac{1}{d+1}}d\mu(x) where κ(x)\kappa(x) denotes the Gau\ss-Kronecker curvature. We show that the same formula holds for all convex bodies if κ(x)\kappa(x) denotes the generalized Gau\ss-Kronecker curvature.

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@article{arxiv.math/9302210,
  title  = {Random polytopes and affine surface area},
  author = {Carsten Schütt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9302210},
  year   = {2016}
}