Monotonicity conjecture for the expected beta-content function

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Let dd and nn be as in the beta-polytope model, and fix parameters β1,…,βn≥−1\beta_1,\ldots,\beta_n\geq -1. Write Pn,dβ1,…,βn\mathscr{P}_{n,d}^{\beta_1,\ldots,\beta_n} for the corresponding beta polytope, and let Cont⁡β\operatorname{Cont}_\beta denote its beta-content function. Monotonicity conjecture. The function

β⟼ECont⁡β(Pn,dβ1,…,βn)\beta\longmapsto \mathbb{E}\operatorname{Cont}_\beta(\mathscr{P}_{n,d}^{\beta_1,\ldots,\beta_n})

is increasing in β\beta. The conjecture concerns the probability that a beta-distributed point is a vertex; the preceding discussion identifies the limiting cases β=−1\beta=-1 and β→+∞\beta\to+\infty, but does not establish the asserted monotonicity.

References

Primary source

Zakhar Kabluchko and David Albert Steigenberger, “Beta Polytopes and Beta Cones: An Exactly Solvable Model in Geometric Probability”, arXiv:2503.22488 (2025).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2501.00671.

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