A Brunn-Minkowski-type inequality (Q1304014): Difference between revisions

For convex bodies \(K,L\) in \(\mathbb{R}^n\), let \(M(K,L): =\max_{x\in \mathbb{R}^n}|K\cap(x+L)|\) (where \(|\cdot|\) denotes volume). The author conjectures that \[ |K+L |^{1/n}\geq M(K,L)^{1/n} +{|K |^{1/n} |L|^{1/n}\over M(K,L)^{1/n}}, \] which would be a useful improvement of the Brunn-Minkowski theorem. He proves the conjecture in some special cases, for example, if \(K\) and \(L\) are ellipsoids, or in the plane if \(K\) is a parallelogram and \(L\) is centrally symmetric.