New \(L_p\) affine isoperimetric inequalities (Q2427569)

The main aim of the paper is to prove new affine isoperimetric inequalities for the so-called \(L_p\)-affine surface area \(as_p(K)\) of a convex body \(K\subset{\mathbb R}^n\), for all \(p\in[-\infty,1)\). The \(L_p\)-affine surface area was introduced by \textit{E. Lutwak} in [Adv. Math. 118, No.~2, 244--294 (1996; Zbl 0853.52005)], where he established \(L_p\)-affine isoperimetric inequalities for \(p>1\). In this paper the authors start by giving new geometric interpretations of the \(L_p\)-affine surface areas, obtaining as a consequence an interesting duality formula relating the \(L_p\)-affine surface area of a convex body \(K\) with the one of its polar body \(K^{\circ}\): \(as_p(K)=as_{n^2/p}(K^{\circ})\). Then they prove several affine isoperimetric inequalities: for a convex body \(K\) with centroid at the origin, if \(p\geq 0\) then \[ \frac{as_p(K)}{as_p(B^n_2)}\leq\left(\frac{| K| }{| B^n_2| }\right)^{(n-p)/(n+p)}, \] and the opposite inequality when \(-n<p<0\); here \(| K| \) denotes the volume of \(K\) and \(B^n_2\) the Euclidean unit ball. In both inequalities the equality holds if and only if \(K\) is an ellipsoid. If \(K\) is in addition sufficiently smooth and \(p<-n\), then the lower bound for the quotient of the \(L_p\)-affine surface areas is scaled by a certain constant. Finally, nice relations among the \(L_p\)-affine surface areas of \(K\) and its dual are obtained: \(as_p(K)\,as_p(K^{\circ})\leq n^2| K| | K^{\circ}| \) when \(p\geq 0\), and the opposite inequality if \(-n<p<0\).