The plank problem for symmetric bodies (Q915132)
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The plank problem for symmetric bodies (English)
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1991
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Given a symmetric convex body C in an Euclidean space, and n hyperplanes, there is a homothetic copy of C, inside C, at least \((1/n+1)\) times as large, whose interior does not meet any of the hyperplanes. The result solves the affine plank problem of Bang, for symmetric bodies, and has applications to Diophantine approximations.
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symmetric convex body
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plank problem
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