Nakajima's Problem: Convex Bodies of Constant Width and Constant Brightness

Abstract: For a convex body

K s u b s e t R^{n}

, the

k

th projection function of

K

assigns to any

k

-dimensional linear subspace of

R^{n}

the

k

-volume of the orthogonal projection of

K

to that subspace. Let

K

and

K_{0}

be convex bodies in

R^{n}

, and let

K_{0}

be centrally symmetric and satisfy a weak regularity and curvature condition (which includes all

K_{0}

with

f K_{0}

of class

C^{2}

with positive radii of curvature). Assume that

K

and

K_{0}

have proportional 1st projection functions (i.e., width functions) and proportional

k

th projection functions. For

2 l e k < (n + 1) / 2

and for

k = 3, n = 5

we show that

K

and

K_{0}

are homothetic. In the special case where

K_{0}

is a Euclidean ball, we thus obtain characterizations of Euclidean balls as convex bodies of constant width and constant

k

-brightness.

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