The spherical conjecture in Minkowski geometry
Combinatorial aspects of packing and covering (05B40) Minkowski geometries in nonlinear incidence geometry (51B20) Mixed volumes and related topics in convex geometry (52A39) Inequalities and extremum problems involving convexity in convex geometry (52A40) Packing and covering in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C17)
In 1991 Croft, Falconer and Guy wrote ``\dots packing \(m\) disks or balls into a convex body so that the perimeter or surface area, or alternatively the diameter is minimum, it seems that the optimum shape is roughly circular or spherical if \(m\) is large. This ``spherical conjecture was independently verified by Böröczky and Zong in 1994. Both prove that the conjecture is true in a more general setting: whenever a quermassintegral different from the volume is minimum. In this note the author shows that the ``spherical conjecture is also valid in Minkowski geometry. In particular he proves that the shapes of convex bodies containing \(m\) translates of a convex body \(K\) so that their Minkowskian surface area is minimum tend to a convex body \(L\) which depends on the chosen Minkowskian space.
- On a conjecture of Croft, Falconer and Guy on finite packings
- Minimal surface area position of a convex body is not always an M-position
- Konvexe Bereiche kleinster Oberfläche bei gegebener Dicke. (Convex domains of given thickness with smallest surface area)
- A Brunn-Minkowski-type inequality
- scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1132839
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