Centrally symmetric convex bodies and sections having maximal quermassintegrals (Q2915435)

Let \(d \geq 2\) and let \(K\subset \mathbb R^d\) be a convex body containing the origin~\(0\) in its interior. In the previous paper by the authors and \textit{T. Ódor} [Mathematika, 47, 19--30 (2000; Zbl 1012.52008)] the following was proved: A body \(K\) is 0-symmetric if and only if for each \(\omega\in S^{d-1}\), the \((d-1)\)-volume of the intersection of \(K\) and an arbitrary hyperplane, with normal \(\omega\), attains its maximum if the hyperplane contains~0. An analogous theorem, for 1-dimensional sections and 1-volumes, has been proved long ago by \textit{P. C. Hammer} in [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 5, 304--306 (1954; Zbl 0057.38603)]. The present paper is concerned with the cases \(1\leq l \leq d-2\), an infinitesimal variant of the converse implication is proved for small \(C^2\)-perturbations of the Euclidean unit ball for \(l=1\) and for small \(C^3\)-perturbations of the Euclidean unit ball for \(2 \leq l \leq d-2\).