Inverse additive problems for Minkowski sumsets. II

DOI10.1007/S12220-011-9251-7zbMATH Open1273.52004arXiv1012.3610OpenAlexW2096220950MaRDI QIDQ1935487FDOQ1935487

Authors: G. A. Freiman, David J. Grynkiewicz, Oriol Serra, Y. V. Stanchescu 

Publication date: 18 February 2013

Published in: The Journal of Geometric Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Brunn-Minkowski Theorem asserts that $m{u}_d(A+B{)}^{1/d}geqm{u}_d(A{)}^{1/d}+m{u}_d(B{)}^{1/d}$ for convex bodies $A,,Bsubseteq{R}^d$, where $m{u}_d$ denotes the $d$-dimensional Lebesgue measure. It is well-known that equality holds if and only if $A$ and $B$ are homothetic, but few characterizations of equality in other related bounds are known. Let $H$ be a hyperplane. Bonnesen later strengthened this bound by showing ${\displaystyle }$mu_d(A+B)geq (M^{1/(d-1)}+N^{1/(d-1)})^{d-1}(frac{mu_d(A)}{M}+frac{mu_d(B)}{N}),${\displaystyle }$ where $M=supm{u}_{d-1}((mathbfx+H)capA)midmathbfxin{R}^d$ and $N=supm{u}_{d-1}((mathbfy+H)capB)midmathbfyin{R}^d$. Standard compression arguments show that the above bound also holds when $M=m{u}_{d-1}(pi(A))$ and $N=m{u}_{d-1}(pi(B))$, where $pi$ denotes a projection of $mathbb{R}^d$ onto $H$, which gives an alternative generalization of the Brunn-Minkowski bound. In this paper, we characterize the cases of equality in this later bound, showing that equality holds if and only if $A$ and $B$ are obtained from a pair of homothetic convex bodies by `stretching' along the direction of the projection, which is made formal in the paper. When $d=2$, we characterize the case of equality in the former bound as well.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.3610

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zbMATH Keywords

convex bodyBrunn-Minkowski

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convexity of real functions of several variables, generalizations (26B25) Convex sets in (n) dimensions (including convex hypersurfaces) (52A20) Inequalities and extremum problems involving convexity in convex geometry (52A40) Additive bases, including sumsets (11B13) Inverse problems of additive number theory, including sumsets (11P70)

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