An inequality for the volume of inscribed ellipsoids
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instance of: scholarly article
title: An inequality for the volume of inscribed ellipsoids
zbMATH Open document ID: 0694.52006
DOI: 10.1007/BF02187786
published in: Discrete \& Computational Geometry
publication date: 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/131113
review text: Let K be a convex body in \({\mathbb{R}}^ n\), and let \(x^*\in int K\) be the center of the ellipsoid of the maximal volume inscribed in the body. An arbitrary hyperplane through \(x^*\) divides K into two convex bodies \(K^+\) and \(K^-\). It is shown that \[ w(K^{\pm})/w(K) \leq \max_{d^ 2}\{1/(d^ 2)\cdot \exp (2-[\sqrt{(4d^ 2+1)}]/d^ 2)\}=0.844..., \] where w(.) is the volume of the inscribed ellipsoid. (Note that there is a misprint in the final inequality.)
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 52A40
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 52A20
zbMATH DE Number: 4136881
zbMATH Keywords: convex body
zbMATH Keywords: volume
zbMATH Keywords: inscribed ellipsoid
zbMATH Keywords: inequality
author: Leonid G. Khachiyan
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
cites work: Über das Löwnersche Ellipsoid und sein Analogon unter den einem Eikörper einbeschriebenen Ellipsoiden
cites work: Q4204004
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