Symmetrization in geometry

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2016.10.003MaRDI QIDQ728216zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Gabriele Bianchi, Richard J. Gardner, Paolo Gronchi

Publication date 19 December 2016

Published in Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.00643

central symmetrization convex body Minkowski symmetrization Schwarz symmetrization Steiner symmetrization

Set-valued set functions and measures; integration of set-valued functions; measurable selections (28B20) Convex sets in (n) dimensions (including convex hypersurfaces) (52A20) Length, area, volume and convex sets (aspects of convex geometry) (52A38) Mixed volumes and related topics in convex geometry (52A39) Inequalities and extremum problems involving convexity in convex geometry (52A40)

Abstract: The concept of an

i

-symmetrization is introduced, which provides a convenient framework for most of the familiar symmetrization processes on convex sets. Various properties of

i

-symmetrizations are introduced and the relations between them investigated. New expressions are provided for the Steiner and Minkowski symmetrals of a compact convex set which exhibit a dual relationship between them. Characterizations of Steiner, Minkowski and central symmetrization, in terms of natural properties that they enjoy, are given and examples are provided to show that none of the assumptions made can be dropped or significantly weakened. Other familiar symmetrizations, such as Schwarz symmetrization, are discussed and several new ones introduced.

Review text

Symmetrization procedures for sets in geometry (or for functions in analysis) are well-known techniques for proving extremal properties of particularly symmetric objects. The present paper is a thorough investigation of symmetrizations of sets in \({\mathbb R}^n\), considered per se and from a structural point of view. A general notion of \(i\)-symmetrization (with respect to an \(i\)-dimensional subspace \(H\)) is introduced. Several properties are suggested which a symmetrization procedure on compact sets or convex bodies may have or not have. Among them are monotonicity, preservation of some functional, idempotence, and several invariance properties regarding \(H\)-symmetry, projections, or translations. Various classical symmetrization procedures, such as \(p\)th central symmetrization, Steiner, Schwarz, Minkowski, Blaschke symmetrization, and an extended notion of fiber symmetrization, are carefully checked for these properties. Relations between the properties are studied, and numerous examples are given. Steiner symmetrization is characterized as the unique \((n-1)\)-symmetrization on convex bodies in \({\mathbb R}^n\), \(n\geq 2\), that is monotone, volume preserving, and either invariant on \(H\)-symmetric spherical cylinders or projection invariant. A similar result holds for Minkowski symmetrization, with `volume preserving' replaced by `mean width preserving'. Further topics are \(M\)-symmetrization, generalizations of Steiner and Minkowski symmetrization, containments between different symmetrals, and (briefly) convergence of successive symmetrals.

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