On d-dimensional d-semimetrics and simplex-type inequalities for high-dimensional sine functions

  • Authors:
  • Gilad Lerman;J. Tyler Whitehouse

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, 127 Vincent Hall, 206 Church St. S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA;Department of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, 127 Vincent Hall, 206 Church St. S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Approximation Theory
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

We show that high-dimensional analogues of the sine function (more precisely, the d-dimensional polar sine and the d-th root of the d-dimensional hypersine) satisfy a simplex-type inequality in a real pre-Hilbert space H. Adopting the language of Deza and Rosenberg, we say that these d-dimensional sine functions are d-semimetrics. We also establish geometric identities for both the d-dimensional polar sine and the d-dimensional hypersine. We then show that when d=1 the underlying functional equation of the corresponding identity characterizes a generalized sine function. Finally, we show that the d-dimensional polar sine satisfies a relaxed simplex inequality of two controlling terms ''with high probability''.