Geometry of two- and three-dimensional Minkowski spaces (Q1404776)

The author describes a class of centrally-symmetric convex \(12\)-topes in \(R^3\) such that for an arbitrary norm \(\| .\| \) on \(R^3\) each polyhedron in this class can be inscribed in (circumscribed about) the \(\| .\| \)-ball via an affine transformation. In addition, this can be done with a large degree of freedom. The Banach-Mazur distance between two Minkowski spaces, \(E_1\) and \(E_2\), of the same dimension is defined as \[ d(E_1, E_2)=\inf_{A}\{\log (\| A\| \cdot\| a^{-1}\| )\}, \] where the infimum is taken over all linear isomorphisms \(A:E_1\rightarrow E_2\). The author proves that the diameter of the set of Minkowski planes with respect to the Banach-Mazur metric is at most \(\log (6-3\sqrt{2})\).