Minkowski normals for polycircles
Convexity and finite-dimensional Banach spaces (including special norms, zonoids, etc.) (aspects of convex geometry) (52A21) Random convex sets and integral geometry (aspects of convex geometry) (52A22) Length, area, volume and convex sets (aspects of convex geometry) (52A38) Mixed volumes and related topics in convex geometry (52A39) Inequalities and extremum problems involving convexity in convex geometry (52A40) Integral geometry (53C65)
Let \(K,B\subset {\mathbb R}^2\) be compact convex sets with non-empty interiors, and assume that \(0\) is an interior point of \(B\). A \(B\)-normal of \(K\) is any ray \(\{x-tb:t\geq 0\}\) such that \(x\) and \(b\) lie in parallel and equally oriented support lines of \(K\) and \(B\), respectively. Further, let \(n(K,B,p)\) denote the number of \(B\)-normals of \(K\) passing through \(p\in {\mathbb R}^2\), let \(DK:=K+(-K)\) be the difference body of \(K\), and let \(\lambda^2\) denote a translation invariant Haar measure on \({\mathbb R}^2\). The main result of the paper is the estimate \[ 2\lambda^2(K)\leq \int_Kn(K,B,p)\lambda^2(dp)\leq \lambda^2(K+DK)-\lambda^2(K) , \] which is proved in the following two cases: (a) \(K\) and \(B\) are polygons without parallel edges and \(B=-B\); (b) \(K\) is strictly convex and of class \(C^2\) and \(B\) is a polygon with \(B=-B\). Thus this result extends the investigation of the average number of normals through a point in a convex body from Euclidean spaces [see \textit{D. Hug}, Geom. Dedicata 55, No. 3, 319-340 (1995; Zbl 0835.52011)] to the setting of Minkowski geometry [see \textit{K. Hann}, Geom. Dedicata 64, No. 3, 355-364 (1997; Zbl 0886.52009); Am. Math. Mon. 103, No. 10, 897-900 (1996; Zbl 0882.52003)]. Reviewer's remark: The reviewer has extended this and related results to arbitrary pairs of planar convex bodies \(K\), \(B\) not containing parallel and equally oriented segments in their boundaries [see \textit{D. Hug}, ``Measures, curvatures and currents in convex geometry, thesis submitted for the certificate of habilitation, Univ. Freiburg, December (1999), \S 2.3-2.4]; there extensions to the case of dimension \(d\geq 3\) are also provided.
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