Upper semicontinuous valuations on the space of convex discs (Q1573695)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1485589
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    Upper semicontinuous valuations on the space of convex discs
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1485589

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      Upper semicontinuous valuations on the space of convex discs (English)
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      10 May 2001
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      A valuation on the space \({\mathcal K}^2\) of non-empty compact convex sets in the euclidean plane \(\mathbb{E}^2\) is a function \(\mu:{\mathcal K}^2\to \mathbb{R}\) such that \(\mu(K)+ \mu(L)= \mu(K\cup L)+\mu (K\cap L)\) whenever \(K,L\), \(K \cup L\in {\mathcal K}^2\). An old result of \textit{H. Hadwiger} [see Vorlesungen über Inhalt, Oberfläche und Isoperimetrie, Springer Berlin (1957; Zbl 0078.35703)] states that such a valuation which is rigid motion invariant and continuous with respect to the Hausdorff metric on \({\mathcal K}^2\) is a linear combination of the Euler characteristic, perimeter and area of the sets in \({\mathcal K}^2\). Here, the author relaxes continuity to upper semi-continuity, with the result that a suitable curvature integral of the sets in \({\mathcal K}^2\) must be added to Hadwiger's list.
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      convex disc
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      valuation
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      rigid motion invariant
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      upper semi-continuity
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