The cone volume measure of antipodal points (Q343232)

If \(K\subset{\mathbb R}^n\) is a convex body containing the origin as an interior point, the \textit{cone volume measure} of \(K\) is the Borel measure on the unit sphere \(S^{n-1}\) given by \[ V_K(\omega)=\frac{1}{n}\int_{x\in\nu_K^{-1}(\omega)}\bigl\langle x,\nu_K(x)\bigr\rangle d\mathcal{H}_{n-1}(x), \quad \text{for each Borel }\omega\subset S^{n-1}. \] Here, \(\nu_K\) is the Gauss map of \(K\) (defined on the set of boundary points of \(K\) having a unique outer unit normal) and \(\mathcal{H}_{n-1}\) is the (\(n-1\))-dimensional Hausdorff measure. Then, the \textit{logarithmic Minkowski problem} asks for necessary and sufficient conditions on a finite Borel measure \(\mu\) on \(S^{n-1}\) to be the cone volume measure of an \(n\)-dimensional convex body. The logarithmic Minkowski problem is the relevant limit case \(p=0\) in the general \(L_p\)-Minkowski problem, introduced by \textit{E. Lutwak} in [J. Differ. Geom. 38, No. 1, 131--150 (1993; Zbl 0788.52007)]. In the recent years, many important contributions to this problem have been obtained. In the paper under review, the authors show a new optimal inequality for the cone volume measure of a convex body at two antipodal points. More precisely, they prove that given a convex body \(K\) containing the origin in its interior and with volume \(V(K)=1\), if \(V_K(\{u\}),V_K(\{-u\})>0\) for \(u\in S^{n-1}\), then \[ V_K(\{u\})+V_K(\{-u\})+\min_{\rho>0}\sum_{i=1}^{n-1}\Bigl(V_K(\{u\})\rho^{-2i}+V_K(\{-u\})\rho^{2i}\Bigr)\leq 1. \] The equality case is also characterized.