On the \(L_p\)-version of the Petty's conjectured projection inequality and applications (Q2518171)

\textit{E. Lutwak} et. al. [J. Differential Geom. 56, 111--132 (2000; Zbl 1034.52009)] defined the so called \textit{\(L_p\)-projection body}, \(p\geq 1\), of a convex body \(K\), denoted by \(\Pi_pK\), to be the \(0\)-symmetric convex body whose support function is given by \[ h(\Pi_pK,x)^p=\frac{1}{n\omega_nc_{n-2,p}}\int_{S^{n-1}}|x\cdot u|^pdS_p(K,u); \] here \(S_p(K,\cdot)\) denotes the \(p\)-surface area measure, \(\omega_n\) the volume of the unit ball and \(c_{n,p}=\omega_{n+p}/(\omega_2\omega_n\omega_{p-1})\). Among other results, Lutwak et. al. proved the \(L_p\) analogue of the Petty projection inequality, namely, for any convex body \(K\) and \(1<p<\infty\), it holds \(V(K)^{(n-p)/p}V(\Pi_p^*K)\leq\omega_n^{n/p}\), with equality if and only if \(K\) is an ellipsoid centered in the origin; here \(\Pi_p^*K\) denotes the polar body of \(\Pi_pK\). In this paper the authors study the problem of minimizing (respectively, maximizing) the functional \(f_p(K)=V(\Pi_pK)/V(K)^{(n-p)/p}\) on the family of convex bodies containing the origin in the interior (respectively, \(0\)-symmetric convex bodies). The equality is attained only for particular values of \(n\) and \(p\). As a consequence of the lower bound theorem, a new reverse Blaschke-Santaló inequality is obtained: \(V(K)V(K^*)\omega_n^{-2}\geq (1/\sqrt{n})^n\).