On the Width of the Regular $n$-Simplex

Consider the regular $n$-simplex $Δ_n$ - it is formed by the convex-hull of $n+1$ points in Euclidean space, with each pair of points being in distance exactly one from each other. We prove an exact bound on the width of $Δ_n$ which is $\approx \sqrt{2/n}$. Specifically, $\mathrm{width}(Δ_n) = \sqrt{\frac{2}{n + 1}}$ if $n$ is odd, and $\mathrm{width}(Δ_n) = \sqrt{\frac{2(n+1)}{n(n+2)}}$ if $n$ is even. While this bound is well known [GK92, Ale77], we provide a self-contained elementary proof that might (or might not) be of interest.

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