Some new positions of maximal volume of convex bodies

DOI10.1007/S44007-022-00031-0zbMATH Open1503.52011arXiv2112.02525OpenAlexW4306661305MaRDI QIDQ2105780FDOQ2105780

Authors: Eli Putterman, S. Artstein-Avidan 

Publication date: 8 December 2022

Published in: La Matematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper, we extend and generalize several previous works on maximal-volume positions of convex bodies. First, we analyze the maximal positive-definite image of one convex body inside another, and the resulting decomposition of the identity. We discuss continuity and differentiability of the mapping associating a body with its positive John position. We then introduce the saddle-John position of one body inside another, proving that it shares some of the properties possessed by the position of maximal volume, and explain how this can be used to improve volume ratio estimates. We investigate several examples in detail and compare these positions. Finally, we discuss the maximal intersection position of one body with respect to another, and show the existence of a natural decomposition of identity associated to this position, extending previous work which treated the case when one of the bodies is the Euclidean ball.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.02525

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zbMATH Keywords

maximal volumemaximal intersection positionpositive John position

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Length, area, volume and convex sets (aspects of convex geometry) (52A38) Inequalities and extremum problems involving convexity in convex geometry (52A40) Asymptotic theory of convex bodies (52A23)

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