New combinations of convex sets

DOI10.1023/A:1005019802841MaRDI QIDQ1817945zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Peter McMullen

Publication date 9 February 2000

Published in Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005019802841

zbMATH Keywords

Brunn-Minkowski theoremMinkowski sum

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convex sets in (n) dimensions (including convex hypersurfaces) (52A20) Convex functions and convex programs in convex geometry (52A41)

Review text

The author introduces and studies new binary operations for convex sets \(K_0,K_1\) in a finite-dimensional real vector space \(V\). They refer to a fixed decomposition of \(V\) into complementary linear subspaces \(L\) and \(M\). If \(x\in V\), \(x=y+z\) with \(y\in L\) and \(z\in M\), write \(X=(y,z)\). The fibre sum of \(K_0\) and \(K_1\) relative to \((L,M)\) is defined by \[ K_0\uplus K_1:=\bigl\{ (y_0+y_1,z) \mid(y_i,z)\in K_i\text{ for }i=0,1\bigr\}. \] Thus \(\uplus\) interpolates between Minkowski sum (case \(L=V)\) and intersection (case \(M=V)\). \(K_0\uplus K_1\) is again convex. Among the results of the investigation are topological properties, an extension of the Brunn-Minkowski theorem, a representation of the support function of \(K_0\uplus K_1\), the determination of the polar body of \(K_0\uplus K_1\) if \(o\) is in the interiors of \(K_0\) and \(K_1\). The latter result is the motivation for introducing a further binary operation for convex sets. The paper concludes with the study of a related operation for convex functions.

Recommendations

• A new class of polynomially convex sets
• A combinatorial property of convex sets
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3211481
• Combinatorial convexity
• A new concept of convex set and some of its characteristic properties
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 624756
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4193691
• Combinatorial properties of nonarchimedean convex sets
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 850072
• Convexity and sumsets

Cited in

(13)

• Direct and inverse addition in convex analysis: The continuous case
• Convergence properties of symmetrization processes
• Operations between sets in geometry
• The Brunn-Minkowski inequality
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1567798 (Why is no real title available?)
• Symmetrizations
• Higher-order \(L^p\) isoperimetric and Sobolev inequalities
• The mth order Orlicz centroid bodies
• Affine isoperimetric inequalities for higher-order projection and centroid bodies
• New fiber and graph combinations of convex bodies
• The mth order Orlicz projection bodies
• Symmetrization in geometry
• Direct and inverse addition in convex analysis and applications

This page was built for publication: New combinations of convex sets

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q1817945)