{"paper":{"title":"The minimal volume of simplices containing a convex body","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["math.FA"],"primary_cat":"math.MG","authors_text":"Dami\\'an Pinasco, Daniel Galicer, Mariano Merzbacher","submitted_at":"2017-07-11T12:38:47Z","abstract_excerpt":"Let $K \\subset \\mathbb R^n$ be a convex body with barycenter at the origin. We show there is a simplex $S \\subset K$ having also barycenter at the origin such that $\\left(\\frac{vol(S)}{vol(K)}\\right)^{1/n} \\geq \\frac{c}{\\sqrt{n}},$ where $c>0$ is an absolute constant. This is achieved using stochastic geometric techniques. Precisely, if $K$ is in isotropic position, we present a method to find centered simplices verifying the above bound that works with very high probability.\n  As a consequence, we provide correct asymptotic estimates on an old problem in convex geometry. Namely, we show that "},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1707.03246","kind":"arxiv","version":2},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}