Non-zero probability of hitting a convex hull of d + 1 i.i.d. points in R...
iarc6io
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2022-07-18
Non-zero probability of hitting a convex hull of i.i.d. points in . Let be i.i.d. random points in sampled from a continuous probability μ of density f. Let . Is it true that almost surely with respect to , where Conv denotes the convex hull of the points?
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Alanna Downs
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2022-07-19Added 11 answers
Step 1 Choose balls in such that for any choices of for . For instance, fix a regular d-simplex centered at 0 and replace each vertex with a small ball. Step 2 Now let be a Lebesgue point of f such that . Then it is straightforward to prove that