Asymptotic expected $T$-functionals of random polytopes with applications to $L_p$ surface areas

An asymptotic formula is proved for the expected $T$-functional of the convex hull of independent and identically distributed random points sampled from the Euclidean unit sphere in ${\mathbb{R}}^n$ according to an arbitrary positive continuous density. As an application, the approximation of the sphere by random polytopes in terms of $L_p$ surface area differences is discussed.