On integral formulas for convex domains (Q1324768)

The paper consists of three sections. Sections 1 and 2 concern closed convex curves of class \(C^ 1\). In Section 1, with any such curve \(C\) and a suitable function \(\nu: [0,\infty)\to R\), the authors associate a family of curves \(C_ \lambda\) for \(\lambda\in (0;1)\). Theorem 1 gives a formula for the area of the region bounded by \(C\cup C_ \lambda\). In Section 2 they establish an integral formula for a convex domain with boundary \(C\) of the class \(C^ 1\) (Theorem 2). Section 3 concerns ovaloids (i.e., compact surfaces in \(R^ 3\) with strictly positive Gauss curvature). For any pair \((M,x_ 0)\) consisting of an ovaloid \(M\) and a point \(x_ 0\) of the convex domain bounded by \(M\), the authors prove an integral formula which links mean curvature, surface area, and normal vector field on \(M\).