Modified Shephard's problem on projections of convex bodies

DOI10.1007/S11856-008-1065-3MaRDI QIDQ1001428zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors V. Yaskin

Publication date 17 February 2009

Published in Israel Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0707.1476

zbMATH Keywords

positive definite distributionprojection functionprojections of convex bodiesShephard's problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fourier and Fourier-Stieltjes transforms and other transforms of Fourier type (42B10) Inequalities and extremum problems involving convexity in convex geometry (52A40)

Abstract: We disprove a conjecture of A. Koldobsky asking whether it is enough to compare $(n-2)$-derivatives of the projection functions of two symmetric convex bodies in the Shephard problem in order to get a positive answer in all dimensions.

Review text

Motivated by the successful applications of Fourier analysis to questions on central sections of symmetric convex bodies and by the often observed analogy between sections and projections (around the Busemann--Petty problem and the Shephard problem), this paper exhibits some instances where this analogy breaks down. Let \(K,L\) be \(0\)-symmetric convex bodies in \({\mathbb R}^n\) (\(n\geq 3)\), which are infinitely smooth and have positive Gauss curvature. Suppose that \[ (-\Delta)^{\alpha/2}\text{vol}_{n-1}(K|\theta^\perp) \geq (-\Delta)^{\alpha/2} \text{vol}_{n-1}(L|\theta^\perp) \qquad \text{for all }\theta\in S^{n-1},\tag{1} \] where \(\text{vol}_{n-1}(K|(\cdot)^\perp)\) is extended to \({\mathbb R}^n\) as a homogeneous function of degree \(1\). Whereas it is proved that this implies \(\text{vol}_n(K) \leq \text{vol}_n(L)\) if \(\alpha\in[n,n+1)\), examples \(K,L\) are found satisfying (1) with some \(\alpha \in[n-2,n)\) but \(\text{vol}_n(K) > \text{vol}_n(L)\) (and other examples \(K,L\) with \(\text{vol}_n(K) < \text{vol}_n(L)\)). Moreover, it is shown that the Fourier transform of \(\|x\|_K|x|_2^{-n+2}\) (where \(|\cdot|_2\) is the Euclidean norm) is not necessarily a positive definite distribution. This disproves a conjecture of A. Koldobsky.

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