The magnitude of odd balls via Hankel determinants of reverse Bessel polynomials
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چکیده
Magnitude is an invariant of metric spaces with origins in enriched category theory. Using potential theoretic methods, Barceló and Carbery gave an algorithm for calculating the magnitude of any odd dimensional ball in Euclidean space, and they proved that it was a rational function of the radius of the ball. In this paper an explicit formula is given for the magnitude of each odd dimensional ball in terms of a ratio of Hankel determinants of reverse Bessel polynomials. This is done by finding a distribution on the ball which solves the weight equations. Using Schröder paths and a continued fraction expansion for the generating function of the reverse Bessel polynomials, combinatorial formulae are given for the numerator and denominator of the magnitude of each odd dimensional ball. These formulae are then used to prove facts about the magnitude such as its asymptotic behaviour as the radius of the ball grows.
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