The volume of the intersection of a convex body with its translates

DOI10.1112/S0025579300007051zbMATH Open0789.52012arXivmath/9204212OpenAlexW2026121555MaRDI QIDQ4287329FDOQ4287329

Authors: Mathieu Meyer, Shlomo Reisner, Michael Schmuckenschlaeger 

Publication date: 12 April 1994

Published in: Mathematika (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It is proved that for a symmetric convex body K in R^n, if for some tau > 0, |K cap (x+tau K)| depends on ||x||_K only, then K is an ellipsoid. As a part of the proof, smoothness properties of convolution bodies ls are studied.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9204212

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zbMATH Keywords

ellipsoidsymmetric convex bodyMinkowski-functional

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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