Smooth convex bodies with proportional projection functions

DOI10.1007/S11856-007-0049-ZMaRDI QIDQ995399zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ralph Howard, Daniel Hug

Publication date 3 September 2007

Published in Israel Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0408028

zbMATH Keywords

\(C^2\) support function\(C^2_+\) classcentrally symmetricconvex bodyEuclidean ballprojection function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convex sets in (n) dimensions (including convex hypersurfaces) (52A20)

Abstract: For a convex body $Ksubset{R}^n$ and $iin1,\mathrm{...},n-1$, the function assigning to any $i$-dimensional subspace $L$ of $R^n$, the $i$-dimensional volume of the orthogonal projection of $K$ to $L$, is called the $i$-th projection function of $K$. Let $K,K_{0}subset{R}^n$ be smooth convex bodies of class $C_{+}^2$, and let $K_0$ be centrally symmetric. Excluding two exceptional cases, that of $(i,j)=(1,n-1)$ and $(i,j)=(n-2,n-1)$, we prove that $K$ and $K_0$ are homothetic if they have two proportional projection functions. The special case when $K_0$ is a Euclidean ball provides an extension of Nakajima's classical three-dimensional characterization of spheres to higher dimensions.

Review text

This very carefully written paper contains the correct proofs for several results stated by \textit{F. Haab} [J. Differ. Geom. 52, 117--144 (1999; Zbl 1036.52007)]. The main result of the paper under review asserts that two convex bodies \(K, K_0 \subset \mathbb R ^n\) with \(K_0\) of class \(C_+^2\) and centrally symmetric and with \(K\) having \(C^2\) support function, are homothetic if their \(i\)th and \(j\)th projection functions are proportional. Here, \(i<j\) can be any integers between 1 and \(n-1\), with the exception of \((1,n-1)\) and \((n-2,n-1)\). In particular, any convex body \(K\subset \mathbb R ^n\) with \(C^2\) support body whose \(i\)th and \(j\)th projection functions are constant must be an Euclidean ball.

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