A positive solution to the Busemann-Petty problem in R^4

DOI10.2307/120974MaRDI QIDQ1293368zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Gaoyong Zhang

Publication date 25 May 2000

Published in Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9903205, https://eudml.org/doc/120295, http://www.math.princeton.edu/~annals/issues/1999/149_2.html

zbMATH Keywords

Fourier transformconvex bodyconvexityintersection bodystar bodyBusemann-Petty problemcylindrical coordinatesparallel sectioninverse spherical Radon transform

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convex sets in (n) dimensions (including convex hypersurfaces) (52A20)

Abstract: H. Busemann and C. M. Petty posed the following problem in 1956: If K and L are origin-symmetric convex bodies in R^n and for each hyperplane H through the origin the volumes of their central slices satisfy vol(K cap H) < vol(L cap H), does it follow that the volumes of the bodies themselves satisfy vol(K) < vol(L)? The problem is trivially positive in R^2. However, a surprising negative answer for n <= 12 was given by Larman and Rogers in 1975. Subsequently, a series of contributions were made to reduce the dimensions to n >= 5 by a number of authors. That is, the problem has a negative answer for n >= 5. It was proved by Gardner that the problem has a positive answer for n=3. The case of n=4 was considered in [Ann. of Math. (2) 140 (1994), 331-346], but the answer given there is not correct. This paper presents the correct solution, namely, the Busemann-Petty problem has a positive solution in R^4, which, together with results of other cases, brings the Busemann-Petty problem to a conclusion.

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