Counterintuitive patterns on angles and distances between lattice points in high dimensional hypercubes
Combinatorics
2023-09-28 v1 Number Theory
Abstract
Let be a finite set of integer points in , which we assume has many symmetries, and let be a fixed point. We calculate the distances from to the points in and compare the results. In some of the most common cases, we find that they lead to unexpected conclusions if the dimension is sufficiently large. For example, if is the set of vertices of a hypercube in and is any point inside, then almost all triangles with are almost equilateral. Or, if is close to the center of the cube, then almost all triangles with and anywhere in the hypercube are almost right triangles.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2309.15338,
title = {Counterintuitive patterns on angles and distances between lattice points in high dimensional hypercubes},
author = {Jack Anderson and Cristian Cobeli and Alexandru Zaharescu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.15338},
year = {2023}
}
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16 pages, 1 figure