On rhombic dodecahedra (Q1580072)

The author proves that the intrinsic \(i\)-volume of any \(d\)-dimensional zonotope generated by \(d+1\) (resp. \(d\)) line segments and containing a \(d\)-dimensional unit ball in \({\mathbf E}^d\) is at least as large as the intrinsic \(i\)-volume of the \(d\)-dimensional regular zonotope generated by \(d+1\) line segments having inradius 1, where \(i=1, \dots, d-1, d\). A key role in the proof is the following particularly pleasing lemma: The inradius of any \(d\)-dimensional zonotope generated by \(d+1\) line segments of total length \(s > 0\) in \({\mathbf E}^d, \;d\geq 1\), is at most as large as the inradius of the \(d\)-dimensional regular zonotope generated by \(d+1\) line segments of total length \(s\). The special case of the lemma having four equal line segments in \({\mathbf E}^3\) was proved by \textit{J. Linhart} [Stud. Sci. Math. Hung. 21, 181-188 (1986; Zbl 0618.52007)].