Convex bodies all whose sections (projections) are equal

DOI10.4171/8ECM/24MaRDI QIDQ6064592zbMATH OpenFDO

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Publication date 10 November 2023

Published in European Congress of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.08917

zbMATH Keywords

ellipsoidgroup of affine symmetriesprojectionsection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lie groups (22E99) Characterizations of Hilbert spaces (46C15) Convex sets in (n) dimensions (including convex hypersurfaces) (52A20) Homotopy groups of spheres (55Q40)

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to answer the following question: If all hyperplane sections through the origin of a convex body are "equal", is the convex body "equal" to the ball? The meaning of the notion "equal" will change in the course of this paper. Similarly, we are interested in the following problem: If all orthogonal projections of a convex body onto hyperplanes are "equal", is the convex body "equal" to the ball? Topology and convex geometry are deeply interrelated in the solution and understanding of these problems.

Review text

The crucial question of the article is: ``If all hyperplane sections through the origin resp. orthogonal projections of a convex body are `equal', is the convex body `equal' to the ball? The central question is furthermore, what `equal' means: the notion of this word changes throughout the paper. So stands this word for \begin{itemize} \item [(a)] `Equal area': in general the answer is `no', but it is `yes' for central symmetric bodies. \item [(b)] `Congruence': the answer is `yes'. \item [(c)] `Similarity': the answer is `yes', but the resulting ball is not necessarily centred at the origin. \item [(d)] `Affine Equivalence': In this case the question is equivalent to the Banach conjecture over the reals. \end{itemize} The last meaning of `equal' leads to the real and complex Banach conjecture. This conjecture says that ``if all hyperplane sections through the origin of a \(4\)-dimensional convex body \(B\) are affine equivalent, the convex body \(B\) is an ellipsoid. The author studies the topology of Lie groups, introduces the ideas and results of M. Gromov and discusses the exceptional case \(n=5\). In the last chapter the author considers the related question: ``If all orthogonal projections of a convex body onto hyperplanes are `equal', is the convex body 'equal' to a ball? If `equal' means `same area' the answer is `yes' [Alexandrov], for other meaning the author shows that this leads to a characterisation of an ellipsoid; for this proof he uses the ideas developed for the Banach conjecture. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1519.00033].

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