Solid angle measure of polyhedral cones
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This paper addresses the computation of normalized solid angle measure of polyhedral cones. This is well understood in dimensions two and three. For higher dimensions, assuming that a positive-definite criterion is met, the measure can be computed via a multivariable hypergeometric series. We present two decompositions of full-dimensional simplicial cones into finite families of cones satisfying the positive-definite criterion, enabling the use of the hypergeometric series to compute the solid angle measure of any polyhedral cone. Additionally, our second decomposition method yields cones with a special tridiagonal structure, reducing the number of required coordinates for the hypergeometric series formula. Furthermore, we investigate the convergence of the hypergeometric series for this case. Our findings provide a powerful tool for computing solid angle measures in high-dimensional spaces.
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