Maximal perimeters of polytope sections and origin-symmetry

DOI10.1007/S00454-022-00401-ZMaRDI QIDQ2167306zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Matthew Stephen

Publication date 25 August 2022

Published in Discrete \& Computational Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.01506

zbMATH Keywords

convex bodiesconvex polytopesorigin-symmetrysections

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convex sets in (n) dimensions (including convex hypersurfaces) (52A20) Length, area, volume and convex sets (aspects of convex geometry) (52A38) Symmetry properties of polytopes (52B15)

Abstract: Let $Psubsetmathbb{R}^n$ $(ngeq3)$ be a convex polytope containing the origin in its interior. Let $$ denote the $(n-2)$-dimensional volume of the relative boundary of $Pcaplbracetxi+x{i}^{p}erpbrace$ for $tinmathbbR$, $xiin{S}^{n-1}$. We prove the following: if �egin{align*} mbox{vol}_{n-2} Big( mbox{relbd} �ig( Pcapxi^perp �ig) Big) = max_{tinmathbb{R}} mbox{vol}_{n-2} Big( mbox{relbd} �ig( Pcaplbrace txi + xi^perp brace �ig) Big) forall xiin S^{n-1}, end{align*} then $P$ is origin-symmetric, i.e. $P=-P$. Our result gives a partial affirmative answer to a conjecture by Makai, Martini, and 'Odor. We also characterize the origin-symmetry of $C^1$ convex bodies in terms of the dual quermassintegrals of their sections; this can be seen as a dual version of the conjecture of Makai et al.

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