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

DOI10.2307/120978zbMATH Open0937.52003arXivmath/9903200OpenAlexW2006252618MaRDI QIDQ1293373FDOQ1293373

Th. Schlumprecht, Richard J. Gardner, Alexander Koldobsky

Publication date: 25 May 2000

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

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.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9903200

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)

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