On a Simplex Inscribed in a Ball

Abstract

Let $B_n$ be the $n$-dimensional unit ball given by the inequality $\Vert x\Vert \le 1$, where $\Vert x\Vert$ is the standard Euclid norm in ${\mathbb{R}}^n$. For an $n$-dimensional nondegenerate simplex $S$, we denote by $E$ the ellipsoid of minimum volume which contains $S$. Suppose $S\subset B_n$, $0\le m\le n-1$. Let $G$ be any $m$-dimensional face of $S$ and let $H$ be the opposite $(n-m-1)$-dimensional face. Denote by $g$ and $h$ the centers of gravity of $G$ and $H$ respectively. Define $y$ as the intersection point of the line passing from $g$ to $h$ with the boundary of $E$. Let us call the face $G$ suitable if $y\in B_n.$ Earlier it was proved that each simplex $S\subset B_n$ has a suitable face of any dimension $\le n-1$. We show the following. Let $S$ be inscribed in $B_n$. If some vertex of $S$ is suitable, then there exists a suitable face of any dimension $\le n-1$ which contains this vertex.

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