p-Cross-section bodies

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P-Cross-section bodies





The authors investigate so-called \(p\)-cross-section bodies \(C_pK(p>-1)\) whose radial function in any direction \(u\in S^{d-1}\) is the \(p\)-th mean of the \((d-2)\)-volumes of hyperplane sections (orthogonal to \(u)\) of a convex body \(K\subset\mathbb{R}^d\). They prove that \(C_1K\) is convex, whereas \(C_pK\) is generally not convex for \(p>1\). Also they obtain the best-possible inclusion \[ a_{d,q}C_qK\subseteq a_{d,p}C_pK, \] where \(-1<p<q\) and \[ a_{d,p}= \left({dp+d- p\over d}\right)^{1 \over p},\;p\neq 0. \] Further on, if the origin is the centroid of \(K\), then \[ e^{-1+1/d} IK\subset C_pK,\quad p>0, \] a complement to the inclusion \(CK \subset e^{1-1/d_{IK}}\) due to \textit{E. Makai} and \textit{H. Martini} [Geom. Dedicata 63, 267-296 (1996; Zbl 0865.52005)] where the usual cross-section body \(CK\) has the maximal hyperplane section of \(K\) (normal to \(u)\) as its radial function, and \(IK\) denotes the well-known intersection body of \(K\). Showing that there is an ellipsoid \(E\) such that \(E\subset CK\subset\sqrt {12} E\), the authors are able to disprove a conjecture of Makai and Martini (see the above mentioned paper) related to the containment of the projection body \(\pi K\) of \(K\) in \(CK\), and finally they obtain that \(\pi K\subset d CK\) for any convex body \(K\) in \(\mathbb{R}^d\).











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