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Central limit theorems for random polygons in an arbitrary convex set

Probability 2015-03-13 v3

Abstract

We study the probability distribution of the area and the number of vertices of random polygons in a convex set KR2K\subset\mathbb{R}^2. The novel aspect of our approach is that it yields uniform estimates for all convex sets KR2K\subset\mathbb{R}^2 without imposing any regularity conditions on the boundary K\partial K. Our main result is a central limit theorem for both the area and the number of vertices, settling a well-known conjecture in the field. We also obtain asymptotic results relating the growth of the expectation and variance of these two functionals.

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@article{arxiv.1003.4209,
  title  = {Central limit theorems for random polygons in an arbitrary convex set},
  author = {John Pardon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.4209},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/10-AOP568 the Annals of Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aop/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)

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