Central diagonal sections of the $n$-cube

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Autori principali: Bartha, Ferenc, Fodor, Ferenc, Merino, Bernardo González
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author Bartha, Ferenc
Fodor, Ferenc
Merino, Bernardo González
author_facet Bartha, Ferenc
Fodor, Ferenc
Merino, Bernardo González
contents We prove that the volume of central hyperplane sections of a unit cube in $\mathbb{R}^n$ orthogonal to a diameter of the cube is a strictly monotonically increasing function of the dimension for $n\geq 3$. Our argument uses an integral formula that goes back to Pólya \cite{P} (see also \cite{H} and \cite{B86}) for the volume of central sections of the cube, and Laplace's method to estimate the asymptotic behaviour of the integral. First we show that monotonicity holds starting from some specific $n_0$. Then, using interval arithmetic (IA) and automatic differentiation (AD), we compute an explicit bound for $n_0$, and check the remaining cases between $3$ and $n_0$ by direct computation.
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spellingShingle Central diagonal sections of the $n$-cube
Bartha, Ferenc
Fodor, Ferenc
Merino, Bernardo González
Metric Geometry
Functional Analysis
We prove that the volume of central hyperplane sections of a unit cube in $\mathbb{R}^n$ orthogonal to a diameter of the cube is a strictly monotonically increasing function of the dimension for $n\geq 3$. Our argument uses an integral formula that goes back to Pólya \cite{P} (see also \cite{H} and \cite{B86}) for the volume of central sections of the cube, and Laplace's method to estimate the asymptotic behaviour of the integral. First we show that monotonicity holds starting from some specific $n_0$. Then, using interval arithmetic (IA) and automatic differentiation (AD), we compute an explicit bound for $n_0$, and check the remaining cases between $3$ and $n_0$ by direct computation.
title Central diagonal sections of the $n$-cube
topic Metric Geometry
Functional Analysis
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.08292