A surface area formula for compact hypersurfaces in \mathbb{R}^n

DOI10.1186/S13660-024-03129-XMaRDI QIDQ6428633zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yen-Chang Huang

Publication date 7 March 2023

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Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1186/s13660-024-03129-x

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Sub-Riemannian geometry (53C17) Global geometric and topological methods (à la Gromov); differential geometric analysis on metric spaces (53C23) Integral geometry (53C65)

Abstract: The classical result of Cauchy's surface area formula states that the surface area of the boundary $partialK=Sigma$ of any $n$-dimensional convex body in the $n$-dimensional Euclidean space $mathbb{R}^n$ can be obtained by the average of the projected areas of $Sigma$ along all directions in $mathbb{S}^{n-1}$. In this notes, we generalize the formula to the boundary of arbitrary $n$-dimensional submanifolds in $mathbb{R}^n$ by defining a natural notion of projected areas along any direction in $mathbb{S}^{n-1}$. This surface area formula derived from the new concept coincides with not only the result of the Crofton's formula but that of De Jong cite{de2013volume} by using tubular neighborhood. We also define the projected $r$-volumes of $Sigma$ onto any $r$-dimensional subspaces, and obtain a recursive formula for mean projected $r$-volumes of $Sigma$.

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