Normals in a Minkowski plane (Q679369)

Let \(C\) be the (centrally symmetric) unit disk of a Minkowski plane \(\mathbb{R}^2\) and let \(K\subset \mathbb{R}^2\) be a convex body. Let \(x\) be a point in the boundary \(\partial K\) of \(K\) with support line \(H\), and let \(u\in\partial C\) be such that a line parallel to \(H\) supports \(C\) at \(u\). A ray emanating form \(x\) in direction \(u\) (or \(-u)\) passing through \(K\) is called an (inner) \(C\)-normal to \(K\) at \(x\). For \(p\in K\) let \(n(K,C,p)\) denote the number of \(C\)-normals to \(K\) through \(p\), and let \(n(K,C)\) be the average over all \(p\in K\). The author proves the inequality \(2\leq n(K,C)\leq 12\) for certain families of \(K\) (smooth or polygonal) and of \(C\) (smooth). For certain subfamilies of \(K\) the upper bound is even smaller. The proofs rely on techniques of integral geometry.