Minkowski valuations under volume constraints

Convex sets in (n) dimensions (including convex hypersurfaces) (52A20) Mixed volumes and related topics in convex geometry (52A39) Inequalities and extremum problems involving convexity in convex geometry (52A40) Dissections and valuations (Hilbert's third problem, etc.) (52B45)

Abstract: We provide a description of the space of continuous and translation invariant Minkowski valuations

P h i : m a t h c a l K^{n} o m a t h c a l K^{n}

for which there is an upper and a lower bound for the volume of

P h i (K)

in terms of the volume of the convex body

K

itself. Although no invariance with respect to a group acting on the space of convex bodies is imposed, we prove that only two types of operators appear: a family of operators having only cylinders over

(n - 1)

-dimensional convex bodies as images, and a second family consisting essentially of 1-homogeneous operators. Using this description, we give improvements of some known characterization results for the difference body.

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The paper under review develops the Brunn-Minkowski theory of convex bodies and initiates a study aiming at a better understanding of relationships between \textit{affine isoperimetric inequalities} and characterization results for specific \textit{Minkowski valuations}. Namely, the authors consider continuous Minkowski valuations on the space \({\mathcal K}^n\) of convex bodies in \(\mathbb R^n\), \(n\geq 2\), and impose an extra requirement, \textit{the volume constraint}, arising from the affine isoperimetric inequality associated with the difference body operator: by definition, a continuous Minkowski valuation \(\Phi: {\mathcal K}^n\to {\mathcal K}^n\) satisfies the volume constraint if there exist constants \(c_\Phi\), \(C_\Phi\) such that \[ c_\Phi V(K)\leq V(\Phi(K))\leq C_\Phi V(k),\, \forall K\in {\mathcal K}^n. \] The main result of the paper provides an explicit description of all translation invariant continuous Minkowski valuations satisfying the volume constraint. Theorem. Let \(\Phi: {\mathcal K}^n\to {\mathcal K}^n\) be a translation invariant continuous Minkowski valuation satisfying the volume constraint. Then exactly one of the following two possibilities occurs: 1) there exist a translation invariant continuous Minkowski valuation \(\Phi_1: {\mathcal K}^n\to {\mathcal K}^n\) homogeneous of degree 1 and a translation invariant continuous valuation \(p: {\mathcal K}^n\to \mathbb R^n\) such that \[ \Phi(K) = \Phi_1(K)+ p(K),\,\, \forall K\in {\mathcal K}^n; \] 2) there exist a segment \(S\), an \((n-1)\)-dimensional convex body \(L\) with \(\dim (L+S)=n\), and a translation invariant continuous valuation \(p: {\mathcal K}^n\to \mathbb R^n\) such that \[ \Phi(K) = L + V(K) S + p(K),\,\, \forall K\in {\mathcal K}^n. \] Consequently, the authors improve results from [\textit{J. Abardia-Evéquoz} et al., J. Geom. Anal. 28, No. 3, 2422--2455 (2018)] by removing homogeneity assumptions concerning Minkowski valuations. An interesting open problem is to consider other kinds of affine isoperimetric inequalities and derive corresponding metric-geometrical constraints in order to characterize particular families of Minkowski valuations.

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