Some applications of cross-section measures in Minkowski spaces (Q2456233)

In \textit{R. D. Holmes} and \textit{A. C. Thompson} [Pac. J. Math. 85, 77--110 (1980; Zbl 0467.51007)] studied the ratio between the volume and the surface area of the unit ball of a \(d\)-dimensional Minkowski space. They obtained both an upper and a lower bound of this ratio. The equality in the upper bound is attained if the unit ball is a cube or a cross-polytope, and they raised the question for the sharp lower bound. This problem was solved recently by \textit{Z. Mustafaev} [JIPAM, J. Inequal. Pure Appl. Math. 5, No. 1, Paper No. 17, 10 p., electronic only (2004; Zbl 1051.52005)].in the two-dimensional case. Namely, if \(B\) is the unit disc of a two-dimensional Minkowski space, then \[ 2\leq \frac{\mu_B(\partial B)}{\mu_B (B)} \leq \pi \] with equality on the left if and only if \(B\) is an ellipse and equality on the right if and only if \(B\) is a parallelogram. Mustafaev also obtained a stronger result involving the inner and outer radii of the unit disc; he raised the question about which were the lower and upper bounds of this radii. In this paper the authors establish a sharp lower bound for the inner radius of the unit ball for the Holmes-Thompson measure using cross-sectional measures. They also establish a sharp upper bound for the outer radius of the unit ball for the Busemann measure. They prove a characterization of ellipsoids in the \(d\)-dimensional euclidean space using codimensional cross-section measures providing a confirmation of a conjecture of \textit{C. A. Rogers} and \textit{G. C. Shephard}.[Mathematika, Lond. 5, 93--102 (1958; Zbl 0092.15301)].