On the Blaschke-Santaló inequality (Q2639342): Difference between revisions

Let K be a convex body in the n-dimensional Euclidean space \(E^ n\). The Blaschke-Santaló inequality states that p(K)\(\leq p(B)\), where B denotes the Euclidean ball in \(E^ n\), and p(K) and p(B) are the volumic products of K and B. The authors prove the following generalization of this inequality. Let \(H=\{x\in E^ n <x,u>=a\}\) be an affine hyperplane \((u\in E^ n\setminus 0\), \(a\in {\mathbb{R}})\), such that int(K)\(\cap H\neq \emptyset\). Then there exists \(z\in int(K)\cap H\) such that \(| K| | K^ z| \leq p(B)/4\lambda (1-\lambda),\) where \(\lambda\in]0,1[\) is defined by \(| \{x\in K|\) \(<x,u>\geq a\}| =\lambda | K|\). Here \(<, >\) represents the scalar product and \(K^ z\) the polar body of K with respect to an interior point z and \(| K|\) denotes a volume measure on \(E^ n\).