A directional curvature formula for convex bodies in R^n

DOI10.1016/J.JMAA.2021.125656MaRDI QIDQ2236057zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Fátima F. Pereira

Publication date 22 October 2021

Published in Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.14643

zbMATH Keywords

curvature radiusdirectional curvature

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convex sets in (n) dimensions (including convex hypersurfaces) (52A20)

Abstract: For a compact convex set F in R^n, with the origin in its interior, we present a formula to compute the curvature at a fixed point on its boundary, in the direction of any tangent vector. This formula is equivalent to the existing ones, but it is easier to apply.

Review text

Let \(F\) be a compact convex set in \(\mathbb{R}^n\), with the origin in its interior, let \(P\) be a point on its boundary; the neighbourhood of \(P\) is given by an implicit equation. An important question is then to calculate the curvature (and the curvature radius) of \(F\) nearby \(P\). In particular one wants to know the directional curvature, i.e. the curvature when one starts at \(P\) and walk towards a given direction. To find a precise [and easy to use] formula for the curvature, the author considers the intersection curve between the boundary of \(F\) and a suitable plane, but the (usually) tangential plane is avoided. Technically, \(F\) is embedded into the epigraph of the functional \(f\) what enables to calculate the directional curvature by the use of \(f\) and its gradient. Of course it is shown that the new formula is equivalent to the existing formula for implicit spatial curves and some concrete examples are presented.

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