Sections of the difference body

DOI10.1007/PL00009487MaRDI QIDQ1961858zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Mark Rudelson

Publication date 17 January 2001

Published in Discrete \& Computational Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9812008

zbMATH Keywords

difference bodysection volume

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convex sets in (n) dimensions (including convex hypersurfaces) (52A20) Inequalities and extremum problems involving convexity in convex geometry (52A40)

Abstract: Let $K$ be an $n$-dimensional convex body. Define the difference body by ${\displaystyle }$ K-K= {x-y mid x,y in K }. ${\displaystyle }$ We estimate the volume of the section of $K-K$ by a linear subspace $F$ via the maximal volume of sections of $K$ parallel to $F$. We prove that for any $m$-dimensional subspace $F$ there exists $xin{R}^n$, such that ${\displaystyle }$ vol ((K-K) cap F) le C^m (min (n/m, sqrt{m}))^m cdot vol (K cap (F+x)), ${\displaystyle }$ for some absolute constant $C$. We show that for small dimensions of $F$ this estimate is exact up to a multiplicative constant.

Review text

Let \(K\) be a convex body in \(\mathbb{R}^n\) and let \(F\) be an \(m\)-dimensional linear subspace of \(\mathbb{R}^n\). The author remarks that the Rogers-Shephard inequality implies \[ \left({\text{vol}\bigl(P_F(K-K)\bigr) \over\text{vol}(P_FK)} \right)^{1/m} <4, \] where \(P_F\) denotes orthogonal projection onto \(F\), and he asks for similar results for sections, that is, for \[ R(K,F): =\left( {\text{vol} \bigl((K-K) \cap F\bigr) \over\sup_{x \in\mathbb{R}^n} \text{vol} \bigl(K\cap (F+x)\bigr)} \right)^{1/m}. \] He proves that \(R(K,F)\leq C\min(n/m, \sqrt m)\) with an absolute constant \(C\). On the other hand, he shows (in a sharper form) that there exist a convex body \(K\subset \mathbb{R}^n\) and an \(m\)-subspace \(F\subset\mathbb{R}^n\) with \(R(K,F)\geq c\sqrt {\log n}\) when \(c\log n\leq m\leq n^\alpha\) and \(\alpha\in (0,1)\).

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