On measures of symmetry and floating bodies

arXiv1302.2076MaRDI QIDQ6239489FDOQ6239489

Stanislaw J. Szarek

Publication date: 8 February 2013

Abstract: We consider the following measure of symmetry of a convex n-dimensional body K: $ho(K)$ is the smallest constant for which there is a point x in K such that for partitions of K by an n-1-dimensional hyperplane passing through x the ratio of the volumes of the two parts is at most $ho(K)$. It is well known that $ho(K)=1$ iff K is symmetric. We establish a precise upper bound on $ho(K)$; this recovers a 1960 result of Grunbaum. We also provide a characterization of equality cases (relevant to recent results of Nill and Paffenholz about toric varieties) and relate these questions to the concept of convex floating bodies.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometry and structure of normed linear spaces (46B20) Convex sets in (n) dimensions (including convex hypersurfaces) (52A20) Inequalities and extremum problems involving convexity in convex geometry (52A40)

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