On \(\mathbb R_p^n\)-analog of the Borsuk problem (Q1945778)

Let \(G\) be a figure of constant width (that is a body in \({\mathbb R}^n_p\) with the constant distance between parallel supporting hyperplanes). Define the functions \(\chi: G\rightarrow {\mathbb R}\) and \(\varsigma: {\mathbb S}_p^{n-1}\rightarrow \partial G\) as follows. For \(x\in G\), \(\chi(x)\) is the number of diameters of the figure \(G\) passing through \(x\). For \(\theta\in {\mathbb S}_p^{n-1}\), \(\varsigma(\theta)=x\), where \(x,y\) are points on the boundary \(\partial G\) of \(G\), \(|x-y|_p=\mathrm{diam}\, G\) and \(x-y=\theta \mathrm{ diam}\, G\). The main result of the paper under review is given by the following theorem: Let \(G\subset {\mathbb R}^n_p\), \(1<p<\infty\), be a figure with constant width, let \(EP=\{x\in \partial G: \chi(x)=\infty\}\), and let \(L\) be the set of all connected components of the set \(\Theta=\{\theta: \varsigma(\theta)\in EP\}\). Suppose also that the following conditions are satisfied: (i) for any \(U\in L\), \(\sup_{\alpha,\beta \in U}|\alpha-\beta|_p<\min(2^{1/p}, 2^{(p-1)/p}) -\sigma\) for some \(\sigma>0\) independent of \(U\); (ii) if \(U,V\in L\), \(U\setminus \tilde{V}\neq \emptyset\) and \(\tilde{V}\setminus U\neq \emptyset\) for \(\tilde{V}=\{-\beta: \beta\in V\}\), then \(\mathrm{int}(\tilde{V})\cap U=\emptyset\). Then there exist \(Y_0, Y_1, \ldots, Y_n \subset G\) such that \(\mathrm{diam}\, Y_i<\mathrm{diam}\, G\) for \(0\leq i\leq n\) and \(\cup_{i=0}^n Y_i=G\).