Non-uniqueness of convex bodies with prescribed volumes of sections and projections

DOI10.1112/S0025579312001027zbMATH Open1267.52007arXiv1112.3976MaRDI QIDQ4911033FDOQ4911033

Authors: Fedor Nazarov, Artem Zvavitch, D. Ryabogin 

Publication date: 13 March 2013

Published in: Mathematika (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that if $dge4$ is even, then one can find two essentially different convex bodies such that the volumes of their maximal sections, central sections, and projections coincide for all directions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1112.3976

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zbMATH Keywords

volumeprojectionconvex bodycentral sectionmaximal section

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Length, area, volume and convex sets (aspects of convex geometry) (52A38) Convex sets in (n) dimensions (including convex hypersurfaces) (52A20) Inequalities and extremum problems involving convexity in convex geometry (52A40)

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• Tomography of convex and star bodies
• On the Determination of Convex Bodies by Projection Functions

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