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The number of extreme points in the convex hull of a random sample

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

David J. Aldous ,
Bert Fristedt ,
Philip S. Griffin  and
William E. Pruitt
David J. Aldous*
Affiliation:
University of California
Bert Fristedt*
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
Philip S. Griffin*
Affiliation:
Syracuse University
William E. Pruitt*
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
*
∗Postal address: Department of Statistics, University of California, 367 Evans Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
∗∗Postal address: School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, 127 Vincent Hall, 206 Church Street S. E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
∗∗∗Postal address: Department of Mathematics, Syracuse University, 200 Carnegie, Syracuse, NY 13244–1150, USA.
∗∗Postal address: School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, 127 Vincent Hall, 206 Church Street S. E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Abstract

Let {Xk} be an i.i.d. sequence taking values in ℝ2 with the radial and spherical components independent and the radial component having a distribution with slowly varying tail. The number of extreme points in the convex hull of {X1, · ··, Xn} is shown to have a limiting distribution which is obtained explicitly. Precise information about the mean and variance of the limit distribution is obtained.

Keywords

LIMIT DISTRIBUTIONMEANVARIANCE

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Research Papers
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , June 1991 , pp. 287 - 304
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1991 

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Footnotes

Research partially supported by NSF Grant MCS 87–01426.

Research partially supported by NSF Grants DMS 87–01866 (BF) and DMS 86–03437 (WEP).

Research partially supported by NSF Grant DMS 87–00928.

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