Completeness and constant width in spherical and hyperbolic spaces

DOI10.1007/BF01874493MaRDI QIDQ1911361zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors B. V. Dekster

Publication date 10 July 1997

Published in Acta Mathematica Hungarica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01874493

zbMATH Keywords

completenessconstant widthEuclidean spacehyperbolic spaceJFM 42.0091.01spherical space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convex sets without dimension restrictions (aspects of convex geometry) (52A05) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20)

Review text

A compact set in a Euclidean (\(E^n\)), spherical (\(S^n\)), or hyperbolic (\(H^n\)) space is called complete if one cannot add a point without increasing its diameter. Following the study of complete sets initiated by \textit{E. Meissner} [Naturforsch. Ges. Zürich 56, 42-50 (1911; JFM 42.0091.01)]) in a Euclidean setting, the author shows examples of complete sets on the sphere and proves that the complete set are the bodies of constant width in \(E^n\) or \(H^n\). Regarding \(S^n\), this characterization is only true for convex sets. Moreover, if the complete convex set on \(S^2\) has diameter \(D>\pi/2\), then it is smooth. The author shows examples of complete non-convex sets on \(S^2\) that do not have constant width.

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