On some vector balancing problems

Apostolos Giannopoulos

Studia Mathematica (1997)

  • Volume: 122, Issue: 3, page 225-234
  • ISSN: 0039-3223

Abstract

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Let V be an origin-symmetric convex body in ℝ n , n≥ 2, of Gaussian measure γ n ( V ) ≥ 1 / 2 . It is proved that for every choice u 1 , . . . , u n of vectors in the Euclidean unit ball B n , there exist signs ε j ∈ - 1 , 1 with ε 1 u 1 + . . . + ε n u n ∈ ( c l o g n ) V . The method used can be modified to give simple proofs of several related results of J. Spencer and E. D. Gluskin.

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Giannopoulos, Apostolos. "On some vector balancing problems." Studia Mathematica 122.3 (1997): 225-234. <http://eudml.org/doc/216373>.

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