An analytic solution to the Busemann-Petty problem on sections of convex bodies

DOI10.2307/120978MaRDI QIDQ1293373zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Richard J. Gardner, Alexander Koldobsky, Th. Schlumprecht

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/9903200, https://eudml.org/doc/120294, http://www.math.princeton.edu/~annals/issues/1999/149_2.html

zbMATH Keywords

Fourier transformconvex bodyconvexityRadon transformintersection bodystar bodyBusemann-Petty problemparallel section

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fourier and Fourier-Stieltjes transforms and other transforms of Fourier type (42B10) Local theory of Banach spaces (46B07) Convex sets in (n) dimensions (including convex hypersurfaces) (52A20)

Abstract: We derive a formula connecting the derivatives of parallel section functions of an origin-symmetric star body in R^n with the Fourier transform of powers of the radial function of the body. A parallel section function (or (n-1)-dimensional X-ray) gives the ((n-1)-dimensional) volumes of all hyperplane sections of the body orthogonal to a given direction. This formula provides a new characterization of intersection bodies in R^n and leads to a unified analytic solution to the Busemann-Petty problem: Suppose that K and L are two origin-symmetric convex bodies in R^n such that the ((n-1)-dimensional) volume of each central hyperplane section of K is smaller than the volume of the corresponding section of L; is the (n-dimensional) volume of K smaller than the volume of L? In conjunction with earlier established connections between the Busemann-Petty problem, intersection bodies, and positive definite distributions, our formula shows that the answer to the problem depends on the behavior of the (n-2)-nd derivative of the parallel section functions. The affirmative answer to the Busemann-Petty problem for nle 4 and the negative answer for nge 5 now follow from the fact that convexity controls the second derivatives, but does not control the derivatives of higher orders.

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