Most convex bodies are isometrically indivisible (Q1021297)

For a given natural number \(m\geq 2\), a set \(C\subset{\mathbb R}^d\) is called \textit{isometrically \(m\)-divisible} if it can be partitioned into \(m\) disjoint subsets which are pairwise congruent with respect to the group of Euclidean isometries of \({\mathbb R}^d\). It has been conjectured that no convex body in \({\mathbb R}^d\), \(d\geq 1\), is isometrically \(m\)-divisible for any \(m\in\{2,3,4,\dots\}\). Right now, the conjecture has been confirmed only in the case \(d=1\), as well as for very particular sets and values of \(m\); for instance, it is known that the Euclidean ball is isometrically \(m\)-indivisible for any \(m\in\{2,\dots,d\}\). In this paper the author proves that most convex bodies --in the sense of Baire category-- are not isometrically \(m\)-divisible for any \(m\in\{2,3,4,\dots\}\), which strongly supports the above mentioned conjecture.