Dice Question Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com

Geometric interpretation of the Bernoulli-sum representation for the number of vertices

Determine a geometric interpretation of the fact that the number N_n of "true" vertices of the random convex chain T_n has the same distribution as a sum of independent Bernoulli random variables, where T_n is the convex hull of n i.i.d. uniform points in the triangle T with vertices (0,1), (0,0), and (1,0) together with the two vertices (0,1) and (1,0).

Information Square Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com

Background

Using recurrence relations for the probability generating functions G_n(t), the authors note that G_n has only negative real roots and hence N_n has the same distribution as a sum of independent Bernoulli random variables. While this facilitates probabilistic limit theorems, a direct geometric interpretation of this probabilistic decomposition is not known.

Clarifying the geometric mechanism behind this representation could link algebraic properties (orthogonality and root location of G_n) with the geometry of convex chains in the triangle model.

References

The geometric interpretation of this stochastic representation remains unclear.

On the moments of the volume for random convex chains (2510.15807 - Gusakova et al., 17 Oct 2025) in Introduction (paragraph on orthogonal polynomials and Bernoulli representation)