More on the potential for the farthest-point distance function

DOI10.1007/S11118-014-9454-1MaRDI QIDQ2345897zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Carlo Nitsch, Guido Sweers, Bernd Kawohl

Publication date 21 May 2015

Published in Potential Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11118-014-9454-1

zbMATH Keywords

convex setfarthest point distance functionpotential

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Potentials and capacities, extremal length and related notions in higher dimensions (31B15) Convex sets in (n) dimensions (including convex hypersurfaces) (52A20) Inequalities and extremum problems involving convexity in convex geometry (52A40)

Review text

Let \(E\subset \mathbb{R}^{n}\) be compact. The farthest point distance function of \(E\) is defined by \(d_{E}(x)=\max \{\left| x-y\right| :y\in E\}\) for \(x\in \mathbb{R}^{n}\). It is known that \(\log d_{E}\) is the logarithmic potential of a probability measure when \(n=2\), and \(d_{E}^{2-n}\) is the Newtonian potential of a probability measure when \(n\geq 3\). The associated measure is denoted by \(\sigma _{E}\). In the case where \(E\) is a ball (or disc) it is easy to compute that \(\sigma _{E}(E)=2^{1-n}\). \textit{R. S. Laugesen} and \textit{I. E. Pritsker} [Can. Math. Bull. 46, No. 3, 373--387 (2003; Zbl 1052.31002)] made the tantalizing conjecture that \(\sigma _{E}(E)\leq 2^{1-n}\) whenever \(E\) has more than one point. When \(n=2\) this was verified by the reviewer and \textit{I. Netuka} [J. Anal. Math. 101, 163--177 (2007; Zbl 1134.31001)], who also described the cases of equality. \textit{W. Wise} [Potential Anal. 39, No. 4, 341--353 (2013; Zbl 1279.31005)] provided evidence in support of the higher-dimensional conjecture, which remains open. The authors of the present paper establish a new formula for estimating \(\sigma _{E}\). This allows them to verify the higher-dimensional conjecture in the particular cases where \(E\) has constant width or is centrally symmetric. Their methods also yield another approach to proving the two-dimensional case.

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