An isomorphic version of the slicing problem (Q1763938): Difference between revisions

Let \({\mathcal C}({\mathbb R}^n)\) denote the set od all centrally-symmetric convex bodies in~\({\mathbb R}^n\). Given \(K,T\in {\mathcal C}({\mathbb R}^n)\), \(d_{BM}(K,T)\) will denote the Banach-Mazur distance between \(K\) and~\(T\), and \(L_T\) denote the isotropic constant of \(T\). The following relaxation form of the slicing problem is considered: Do there exist \(c_1,c_2>0\) such that for any \(n\in {\mathbb N}\) and for any \(K,T\in {\mathcal C}({\mathbb R}^n)\) there exists \(T\in {\mathcal C}({\mathbb R}^n)\) such that \(d_{BM}(K,T)<c_1\) and \(L_T<c_2\)? In this note the answer is given affirmatively, up to~\(\log n\): For any \(n\in {\mathbb N}\) and any \(K\in {\mathcal C}({\mathbb R}^n)\) there exist \(T\in {\mathcal C}({\mathbb R}^n)\), \(c_1,c_2>0\) such that \(d_{BM}(K,T) <c_1\log n\) and \(L_T<c_2\). A similar answer (uniformly bounded) is obtained for quasi-convex sets.