A Minkowski-style theorem for focal functions of compact convex reflectors

DOI10.1090/S0002-9947-07-04569-2MaRDI QIDQ5429463zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Vladimir I. Oliker

Publication date 30 November 2007

Published in Transactions of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0612757

zbMATH Keywords

compact convex hypersurfacesfocal functions of reflectorsreflectors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear boundary value problems for linear elliptic equations (35J65) Optimality conditions for problems involving partial differential equations (49K20) Geometric optics (78A05)

Abstract: This paper continues the study of a class of compact convex hypersurfaces in Euclidean space $R^{n+1},ngeq1$, which are boundaries of compact convex bodies obtained by taking the intersection of (solid) confocal paraboloids of revolution. Such hypersurfaces are called reflectors. In $R^3$ reflectors arise naturally in geometrical optics and are used in design of light reflectors and reflector antennas. They are also important in rendering problems in computer graphics. The notion of a focal function for reflectors plays a central role similar to that of the Minkowski support function for convex bodies. In this paper the basic question of when a given function is a focal function of a convex reflector is answered by establishing necessary and sufficient conditions. In addition, some smoothness properties of reflectors and of the associated directrix hypersurfaces are also etablished.

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