Points of symmetry of convex sets in the two-dimensional complex space -- a counterexample to D. Yost's problem (Q1179554): Difference between revisions

The 3-ball intersection property (\(M\)-ideal property) was known not to be equivalent to the 2-ball intersection property for real spaces. In the complex case the answer was not known. By a construction of D. Yost, the latter problem was known to be equivalent to the question whether only compact convex sets \(K\) in \(\mathbb{C}^ 2\) which have a center of symmetry have the property that \(f(K)\) is a disc for every linear map \(f:\mathbb{C}^ 2\to\mathbb{C}\). The author constructs a nice counterexample: There is a set of the form \(K=\{(z,w)\mid\;| z|\leq 1\), \(| w|\leq\varphi(z)\}\) such that \(f(K)\) is a disc for every linear \(f:\mathbb{C}^ 2\to\mathbb{C}\), but has no center of symmetry. Consequently, the 3- and 2-ball properties differ in the complex case, too.