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Algorithm to calculate moments of uniform distribution on convex polyhedra
There is system of linear inequalities
$$
Ax \leq K,
$$
$$
x\geq a, x\leq b.
$$
$A$ is $(n\times m)$-matrix, where $n\approx 100$ and $m\approx 10000$, $rank(A)=n$.
Suppose that on set of solutions ...
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A lottery on coins in a convex set
You play the following game.
You get $4n$ gold coins and have to arrange them in the unit square in general position (no two coins have the same x or the same y coordinate). Call this set of coins $...
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A functional inequality about log-concave functions
Let $f,g$ be smooth even log-concave functions on $\mathbb{R}^{n}$, i.e.,$f=e^{-F(x)}, g=e^{-G(x)}$ for some even convex functions $F(x),G(x)$. Is it true that:
$$
\int_{\mathbb{R}^{n}} \langle \...
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Matching moments in even dimensions
Let $D$ be a probability distribution on the unit interval $[0,1]$ with moments $\mu_i=\mathbb{E}_D [x^i]$. Let $\delta(x)$ be a singleton probability distribution with all weight at $x\in [0,1]$. ...
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Tighter Caratheodory on the moment curve?
The moment curve is the set of points of the form
$$(t,t^2,t^3,...,t^n) \in R^n$$
Let $M$ be the portion of the moment curve where $t\in [0,1]$, and let $\overline{M}$ be the convex hull of $M$.
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Bounds on the spherical measure of sub-level sets of quadratic forms
I'm wondering if there are any bounds on the spherical measure of sets of the form
$$
\mu_n\left(\{y\in S^{n-1} : \frac{y_1^2}{y_2^2} < \alpha\}\right) \leq f(\alpha)
$$
where $\alpha$ is some ...
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Is an infinite-dimensional "Lebesgue measure" uniquely determined by a set of positive finite measure?
Let $\mu$ be a probability measure on a subset $C \subset \mathbb{R}^\infty$ of the space of sequences, and assume, for simplicity, that $C$ is closed and convex.
We say that $\mu$ admits shifts if ...
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Random walk in a convex body or convex polytope
Let $\Delta$ be a convex body (i.e. a compact convex subset) or a convex polytope in
$\mathbb{R}^n$. Let $x$ be a point inside $\Delta$ and consider a (uniform) random walk starting at $x$ inside $\...
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Probability that convex hull of multivariate Gaussian sample contains a given point
I am generating random vectors $X_1, \dots, X_N$ from a $d$-dimensional multivariate normal $\text N(\mu, \Sigma)$. I would like to know what is the probability that a given point $y \in R^d$ falls ...
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Wasserstein distance, convex polytopes and extreme points
Let us consider convex polytopes with $K$ extreme points in $\mathbb{R}^d$. Let $\mathbf{P}$ be such polytope, and let $\text{ext}(\mathbf{P})$ denote its set of extreme points, so that $\mathbf{P} = \...
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Intuitive explanation of Dvoretzky's theorem
I am wondering if anyone has an enlightening explanation of why Dvoretzky's theorem (which says that a high-dimensional convex body has an almost round central section) is true -- there are a number ...
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Expected distance of a random point to the convex hull of N other points
Let $X_1, \cdots, X_N$ be i.i.d. $d$-dimensional random vectors, the exact distribution of $X$ is not very important in my application (as long as it continuous) so pick the one that works best, but ...
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An elementary probability question
Let $X$ be a $d$-dimensional random vector distributed according to probability measure $D$. At least the second moment of the coordinates of $X$ is finite.
Consider $n+1$ samples $X_0, \ldots, X_n ...
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Convexity and probability
Problem instance: A closed convex body $B\subset {\Bbb R}^n$ of volume 1; a point $p\in B$; and a real number $v\in(0,1)$.
Objective: Find the probability $P(B,v,p)$ that $p\in B'$, for $B'$ a ...
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Area Enclosed by the Convex Hull of a Set of Random Points
Consider $n$ points generated randomly and uniformly on a unit square. What is the expected value of the area (as a function of $n$) enclosed by the convex hull of the set of points?
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Expected minimum face angle of random convex polyhedron in $\mathbb{R}^3$
Let $P_n$ be a "random convex polyhedron" in $\mathbb{R}^3$ of $n$ vertices, where "random" could follow any one
of a number of models:
(1) the convex hull of $n$ points randomly and uniformly ...
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Draw a Random Line Through a Voronoi Tessellation, What is the Average Number of Voronoi Cell the Line Intersects?
Update: problem reformulation
Following the advice in comments, I now restate my problem using Voronoi
tessellation.
Given a unit hypercube $H_n=\{(x_1,\ldots,x_n)\in \mathbb{R}^n: 0\leq x_i\leq
1\}$...
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Estimate probability( 0 is in the convex hull of N random points ) ?
Can anyone estimate N such that Prob( 0 is in the convex hull of $N$ points ) >= .95
for points uniformly scatterered in $[-1,1]^d$, $d = 2, 3, 4, 10$ ?
The application is nearest-neghbour ...
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Constructive aspects of Caratheodory's theorem in convex analysis
Let me paraphrase Caratheodory's theorem in a probabilistic setup:
Let $X$ be a real-valued random variable. For $k = 1, \ldots, m$, let $f_k: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ be a continuous function such ...
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