A new expression for the density of totally geodesic submanifolds in space forms, with stereological applications

DOI10.1016/J.DIFGEO.2008.06.013MaRDI QIDQ1002009zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Publication date 20 February 2009

Published in Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.difgeo.2008.06.013

convex body integral geometry Santaló's sectioning formula space form stereology submanifold support set

Length, area, volume and convex sets (aspects of convex geometry) (52A38) Spherical and hyperbolic convexity (52A55) Integral geometry (53C65)

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A new expression of the density \(dL^n_r\) of the \(r\)-planes \(L^n_r\) in the \(n\)-dimensional simply connected space form \(M^n_\lambda\) with constant sectional curvature \(\lambda\) is shown, namely the formula \(dL^n_r=c_\lambda(\rho)^r s_\lambda(\rho)^{n-2r-1}d\sigma_{r+1}dL^n_{r+1[O]}\) with \[ s_\lambda(\rho)= \begin{cases} \lambda^{-\frac 12}\sin(\rho\sqrt\lambda), & \lambda>0,\\ \rho, & \lambda =0,\\ |\lambda|^{-\frac 12}\sinh(\rho\sqrt{|\lambda|}), & \lambda<0,\end{cases} \quad \text{and}\quad c_\lambda(\rho)=\begin{cases} \cos(\rho\sqrt\lambda), & \lambda>0,\\ 1, & \lambda=0,\\ \cosh(\rho\sqrt{|\lambda|}), & \lambda<0.\end{cases} \] Hereby \(d \sigma_{r+1}\) is the volume element in the \(r+1\)-plane \(L^n_{r+1[O]}\) through a fixed point \(O\) and \(L^n_r\) corresponds to the nearest point of \(L_r\) from \(O\). The authors apply this decomposition to rewrite Santalo's sectional formula, and thereby they obtain new mean values for lines meeting a convex body.

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