A characterization of constant width in Minkowski planes

DOI10.1007/S00010-003-2723-5MaRDI QIDQ1884751zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Gennadiy Averkov, Horst Martini

Publication date 5 November 2004

Published in Aequationes Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00010-003-2723-5

zbMATH Keywords

chord lengthconstant widthMinkowski plane

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convex sets in (2) dimensions (including convex curves) (52A10) Convexity and finite-dimensional Banach spaces (including special norms, zonoids, etc.) (aspects of convex geometry) (52A21)

Review text

Generalizing a result of \textit{A. Heppes} [Mat. Lapok 10, 133--135 (1959; Zbl 0086.15402)], the authors show that a convex body \(K\) in a Minkowski plane has constant Minkowskian width, if and only if every chord of \(K\) splits \(K\) into two parts, one of which has diameter equal to the length of the chord. They also show that the `only if' part can be generalized to higher dimensions.

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