An application of the Fourier transform to sections of star bodies (Q1269766)

Let \(K\) be a centrally symmetric star body in Euclidean space \(\mathbb{R}^n\), and let \(\| x\|:= \min\{a>0: x\in aK\}\). It is proved that \[ \text{Vol}_{n- 1}(K\cap \xi^\perp)= {1\over \pi(n- 1)} (\| x\|^{-n+1})^{\wedge}(\xi) \] for unit vectors \(\xi\), where \(\xi^\perp\) is the hyperplane through \(0\) orthogonal to \(\xi\) and \(\wedge\) denotes the Fourier transform. The result is then used to show that, for the unit ball \(B_p\) of \(\ell^n_p\), \(p\in(0,2)\), the section volume \(\text{Vol}_{n- 1}(B_p\cap \xi^\perp)\) is minimal if \(\xi\) has the direction of the vector \((1,1,\dots, 1)\). This had been conjectured by Meyer and Pajor.