Deformations of unbounded convex bodies and hypersurfaces

DOI10.1353/AJM.2012.0041zbMATH Open1287.52005arXiv0912.2780OpenAlexW2017910434MaRDI QIDQ2851607FDOQ2851607

Authors: Mohammad Ghomi 

Publication date: 14 October 2013

Published in: American Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the topology of the space $d{K}^n$ of complete convex hypersurfaces of $R^n$ which are homeomorphic to $R^{n-1}$. In particular, using Minkowski sums, we construct a deformation retraction of $d{K}^n$ onto the Grassmannian space of hyperplanes. So every hypersurface in $d{K}^n$ may be flattened in a canonical way. Further, the total curvature of each hypersurface evolves continuously and monotonically under this deformation. We also show that, modulo proper rotations, the subspaces of $d{K}^n$ consisting of smooth, strictly convex, or positively curved hypersurfaces are each contractible, which settles a question of H. Rosenberg.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.2780

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zbMATH Keywords

convex bodyconvex hypersurfaceGrassmannian space of hyperplanes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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