Flatness conjecture for consecutive random polygon subdivisions

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Let LnL_n be the random polygon sequence generated by the consecutive random subdivision, and suppose that u u satisfies

P(ξ∈{0,1})=0\mathbb{P}(\xi\in\{0,1\})=0

and that the support of ξ\xi contains at least two distinct points in (0,1)(0,1). A sequence of polygons converges to a flat figure when

lim⁡n→∞A(Ln)(max⁡j=1,…,d∥lj(n)∥)2=0,\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{\mathcal{A}(L_n)}{\left(\max_{j=1,\dots,d}\|l_j^{(n)}\|\right)^2}=0,

where A(Ln)\mathcal{A}(L_n) is the area of LnL_n and lj(n)l_j^{(n)} are its side vectors. Flatness conjecture. Under these assumptions, the sequence of polygons LnL_n converges to a flat figure almost surely as n→∞n\to\infty. The paper presents this as the main phenomenon it aims to establish partially; the supplied text gives no resolution status beyond the assertion itself.

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Nguyen Tuan Minh and Stanislav Volkov, “A universal result for consecutive random subdivision of polygons”, arXiv:1506.04942 (2016).

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