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In 1954 B. Szökefalvi-Nagy proved that a convex body in Euclidean \(d\)-space \(E^d\) has Helly's dimension equal to 1 if and only if it is a parallelotope [Acta Sci. Math. 15, 169-177 (1954; Zbl 0057.14502)]. Recall that Helly's dimension of a convex body \(M \subset E^d\) is the smallest possible positive integer \(m\) such that for arbitrary translates \(M_1, \dots, M_s\) of \(M\), where \(s>m+1\), the following implication holds true: if every \(m+1\) from those translates have non-empty intersection, then \(M_1\cap \cdots \cap M_s\neq \emptyset\). Under the Szökefalvi-Nagy problem in the space \(E^d\) for \(r\in \{2, \dots, d\}\), the authors understand the task of a geometric description of all \(d\)-dimensional convex bodies whose Helly's dimension is equal to \(r\). They also consider analogical problem but limited to classes of special convex bodies: centrally-symmetric convex bodies, zonotopes, zonoids, belt polytopes, belt bodies. Especially, they are interested in convex bodies which fulfill the following condition: the body has Helly's dimension at most \(r\) if and only if it is a vector sum of convex sets of Helly's dimension at most \(r\). For classes of zonotopes, zonoids and belt bodies, the family of convex bodies fulfilling this condition is just the solution of the Szökefalvi-Nagy problem for the value \(r\). The book presents partial solutions of the Szökefalvi-Nagy problem obtained in a number of papers by E. D. Baladze, V. G. Boltyanskij, T. A. Chabukiani, A. B. Hansen, J. Kinces, A. Lima and J. Lindenstrauss. All corresponding proofs and also some examples are given. Moreover, the authors consider the well known Hadwiger's problem about covering a convex body by smaller positive homothetic copies. They present in details the known solutions of this problem for zonotopes and zonoids. Here are the titles of succeeding chapters of this book. Description of the problem. A survey of results. The main properties of the \(md\)-invariant. \(H\)-convexity. Theory of separation of convex cones. A Helly-type theorem for \(H\)-convex bodies. The direct sum conjecture. Convex bodies fulfilling condition \(mdM=2\). A solution of the homothetic covering problem for zonotopes and zonoids. A solution of the Szökefalvi-Nagy problem for zonoids. Belt polytopes.