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Random polytopes on the torus
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 93 (1985), 312-316 Request permission

Abstract:

The expected volume of the convex hull of $n$ random points chosen independently and uniformly on the $d$-dimensional torus is determined.
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  • © Copyright 1985 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 93 (1985), 312-316
  • MSC: Primary 60D05; Secondary 52A22
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1985-0770543-1
  • MathSciNet review: 770543