ROSECODE 539
Tesseract Pentatope Picking
First, some definitions are given:
Simplex is the generalization of line-segments ( d) or triangles ( d) to -dimensions. Tetrahedron is the well-known -simplex. Pentatope then is the -simplex.
Similarly, hypercube is the generalization of squares ( d) or cubes ( d) to -dimensions. Tesseract is the -dimensional hypercube.
Then the question builds up as follows:
In line line picking, the expected length of picked line-segment is shown to be .
Up one dimension, namely in square triangle picking, the expected area of picked triangle is analytically given as .
Up one more, namely in cube tetrahedron picking it gets a bit complicated, but there is again an analytic answer for the expected volume of picked tetrahedron, .
What about going one more up, namely tesseract pentatope picking? Since an analytic answer is hard to find, devise a numerical solution that gives the expected content of picked pentatope rounded to decimal places.
There might be some inaccuracy in my calculation for the time being...
Then the question builds up as follows:
In line line picking, the expected length of picked line-segment is shown to be
Up one dimension, namely in square triangle picking, the expected area of picked triangle is analytically given as
Up one more, namely in cube tetrahedron picking it gets a bit complicated, but there is again an analytic answer for the expected volume of picked tetrahedron,
What about going one more up, namely tesseract pentatope picking? Since an analytic answer is hard to find, devise a numerical solution that gives the expected content of picked pentatope rounded to
There might be some inaccuracy in my calculation for the time being...