On the dependence on \(\varepsilon\) in a theorem of J. Bourgain, J. Lindenstrauss and V. D. Milman (Q4037247)

[For the entire collection see Zbl 0755.00015.] In [Acta. Math. 162, No. 1/2, 73-141 (1989; Zbl 0682.46008)] it was shown by the authors named in the title that for any convex compact set \(K\) in \(\mathbb{R}^ n\) there exist orthogonal transformations \((U_ j)^ N_{j=1}\) on \(\mathbb{R}^ n\), with \(N\leq cn\varepsilon^{-2} \log{1\over\varepsilon}\) so that the Minkowski sum of the sets \(\bigl({1\over N} U_ j(K)\bigr)^ N_{j=1}\) is up to \(\varepsilon\) a Euclidean ball of radius \(r=\int_{n-1} \| x\|_ * d\sigma_ n(x)\) (\(\|\;\|_ *\) denotes the norm whose unit ball is the polar to \((K-K)\) and \(\sigma_ n\) is the unique rotation invariant probability measure on \(S^{n-1}\)). The purpose of this note is t prove the same statement without the \(\log{1\over \varepsilon}\) factor. We use a variation of the arguments of \textit{G. Schechtman} [Lect. Notes Math. 1376, 274-277 (1989; Zbl 0679.46011)].