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Central Limit Theorem for Random Partial Sphere Coverings in High Dimensions

Probability 2026-04-10 v1 Metric Geometry

Abstract

We study a random partial covering model on the (d1)(d-1)-dimensional unit sphere, where NN spherical caps are placed independently and uniformly at random, each covering a surface fraction of 1/N1/N. This model provides a continuous geometric analogue of the classical balls-into-bins problem. We establish a Central Limit Theorem for the volume of the resulting random partial covering, showing that its fluctuations are asymptotically Gaussian. Moreover, we obtain a quantitative bound on the rate of convergence in the Kolmogorov distance. Our results hold both in fixed dimension and in a high-dimensional regime where the dimension grows at most logarithmically with NN.

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@article{arxiv.2604.07711,
  title  = {Central Limit Theorem for Random Partial Sphere Coverings in High Dimensions},
  author = {Steven Hoehner and Christoph Thäle},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.07711},
  year   = {2026}
}

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11 pages, 1 figure

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