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The classical theorem of Wendel provides an exact formula for the probability that the convex hull of independent symmetrically distributed vectors in ${\mathbb R}^d$ contains the origin as long as the distributions of the vectors are…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2025-08-12 Konstantin Tikhomirov

This paper develops a systematic and geometric theory of optimal quantization on the unit sphere $\mathbb S^2$, focusing on finite uniform probability distributions supported on the spherical surface - rather than on lower-dimensional…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-08 Mrinal Kanti Roychowdhury

The random polytope $K_n$, defined as the convex hull of $n$ points chosen uniformly at random on the boundary of a smooth convex body, is considered. Proofs for lower and upper variance bounds, strong laws of large numbers and central…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-06-12 Nicola Turchi , Florian Wespi

The aim of this paper is to introduce a generalization of Steiner symmetrization in Euclidean space for spherical space, which is the dual of the Steiner symmetrization in hyperbolic space introduced by J. Schneider (Manuscripta Math. 60:…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2025-01-23 Bushra Basit , Steven Hoehner , Zsolt Lángi , Jeff Ledford

High proved the following theorem. If the intersections of any two congruent copies of a plane convex body are centrally symmetric, then this body is a circle. In our paper we extend the theorem of High to the sphere and the hyperbolic…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2024-07-19 J. Jerónimo-Castro , E. Makai

Let $P$ and $Q$ be two convex polytopes both contained in the interior of an Euclidean ball $r\textbf{B}^{d}$. We prove that $P=Q$ provided that their sight cones from any point on the sphere $rS^{d-1}$ are congruent. We also prove an…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2018-11-14 Sergii Myroshnychenko

The convex hull peeling of a point set is obtained by taking the convex hull of the set and repeating iteratively the operation on the interior points until no point remains. The boundary of each hull is called a layer. We study the number…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-06-22 Pierre Calka , Gauthier Quilan

We quantify the density of rational points in the unit sphere $S^n$, proving analogues of the classical theorems on the embedding of $\q^n$ into $\r^n$. Specifically, we prove a Dirichlet theorem stating that every point $\alpha \in S^n$ is…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2013-05-28 Dmitry Kleinbock , Keith Merrill

Consider two half-spaces $H_1^+$ and $H_2^+$ in $\mathbb{R}^{d+1}$ whose bounding hyperplanes $H_1$ and $H_2$ are orthogonal and pass through the origin. The intersection $\mathbb{S}_{2,+}^d:=\mathbb{S}^d\cap H_1^+\cap H_2^+$ is a spherical…

K. Bezdek and Gy. Kiss showed that existence of origin-symmetric coverings of unit sphere in $\mathbb{E}^n$ by at most $2^n$ congruent spherical caps with radius not exceeding $\arccos\sqrt{\frac{n-1}{2n}}$ implies the $X$-ray conjecture…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2025-04-15 A. Bondarenko , A. Prymak , D. Radchenko

Consider a random set of points on the unit sphere in $\mathbb{R}^d$, which can be either uniformly sampled or a Poisson point process. Its convex hull is a random inscribed polytope, whose boundary approximates the sphere. We focus on the…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2020-07-16 Arseniy Akopyan , Herbert Edelsbrunner , Anton Nikitenko

We introduce a new variant of quantitative Helly-type theorems: the minimal \emph{"homothetic distance"} of the intersection of a family of convex sets to the intersection of a subfamily of a fixed size. As an application, we establish the…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2021-11-03 Grigory Ivanov , Márton Naszódi

The spherical centroid body of a centrally-symmetric convex body in the Euclidean unit sphere is introduced. Two alternative definitions - one geometric, the other probabilistic in nature - are given and shown to lead to the same objects.…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2019-02-28 Florian Besau , Thomas Hack , Peter Pivovarov , Franz E. Schuster

We consider the quantum problem of a particle in either a spherical box or a finite spherical well confined by a circular cone with an apex angle $2\theta_0$ emanating from the center of the sphere, with $0<\theta_0<\pi$. This non-central…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-05 Raz Halifa Levi , Yacov Kantor

We study two notions. One is that of spindle convexity. A set of circumradius not greater than one is spindle convex if, for any pair of its points, it contains every short circular arc of radius at least one, connecting them. The other…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2011-10-20 Karoly Bezdek , Zsolt Langi , Marton Naszodi , Peter Papez

We study the way in which the Euclidean subspaces of a Banach space fit together, somewhat in the spirit of the Ka\v{s}in decomposition. The main tool that we introduce is an estimate regarding the convex hull of a convex body in John's…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2015-05-06 Daniel J. Fresen

In this article a class of closed convex sets in the Euclidean $n$-space which are the convex hull of their profiles is described. Thus a generalization of Krein-Milman theorem\cite{Lay:1982} to a class of closed non-compact convex sets is…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2013-01-07 M. Beltagy , S. Shenawy

Hadwiger's covering conjecture is that every $n$-dimensional convex body can be covered by at most $2^n$ of its smaller positive homothetic copies, with $2^n$ copies required only for affine images of $n$-cube. Convex hull of a ball and an…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-16 Andrii Arman , Jaskaran Singh Kaire , Andriy Prymak

The three gap theorem (or Steinhaus conjecture) asserts that there are at most three distinct gap lengths in the fractional parts of the sequence $\alpha,2\alpha,\ldots,N\alpha$, for any integer $N$ and real number $\alpha$. This statement…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-06-23 Jens Marklof , Andreas Strömbergsson

We investigate the issue of whether quasiparticles in the fractional quantum Hall effect possess a fractional intrinsic spin. The presence of such a spin $S$ is suggested by the spin-statistics relation $S=\theta/2\pi$, with $\theta$ being…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 T. Einarsson , S. L. Sondhi , S. M. Girvin , D. P. Arovas