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The chord-length distribution of a polyhedron

Mathematical Physics 2019-12-16 v2 math.MP

Abstract

We show that the chord-length distribution function [γ"(r)][\gamma"(r)] of any bounded polyhedron has an elementary algebraic form, the expression of which changes in the different subdomains of the rr-range. In each of these, the γ"(r)\gamma"(r) expression only involves, as transcendental contributions, inverse trigonometric functions of argument equal to R[r,Δ1]R[r,\,\Delta_1], \,Δ1\Delta_1 being the square root of a 2nd-degree rr-polynomial and R[x,y]R[x,y] a rational function. Besides, as rr approaches one boundary point (δ\delta) of each rr-subdomain, the derivative of γ"(r)\gamma"(r) can only show singularities of the forms (rδ)n(r-\delta)^{-n} and (rδ)m+1/2(r-\delta)^{-m+1/2} with nn and mm appropriate positive integers. Finally, the explicit algebraic expressions of the primitives are also reported.

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@article{arxiv.1911.02532,
  title  = {The chord-length distribution of a polyhedron},
  author = {Salvino Ciccariello},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.02532},
  year   = {2019}
}

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30 pages, 2 figures