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Double normals of most convex bodies

Metric Geometry 2018-04-20 v1

Abstract

We consider a typical (in the sense of Baire categories) convex body KK in Rd+1\mathbb{R}^{d+1}. The set of feet of its double normals is a Cantor set, having lower box-counting dimension 00 and packing dimension dd. The set of lengths of those double normals is also a Cantor set of lower box-counting dimension 00. Its packing dimension is equal to 12\frac{1}{2} if d=1d=1, is at least 34\frac{3}{4} if d=2d=2, and equals 11 if d3d\geq3. We also consider the lower and upper curvatures at feet of double normals of KK, with a special interest for local maxima of the length function (they are countable and dense in the set of double normals). In particular, we improve a previous result about the metric diameter.

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@article{arxiv.1804.07015,
  title  = {Double normals of most convex bodies},
  author = {Alain Rivière and Joël Rouyer and Costin Vîlcu and Tudor Zamfirescu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.07015},
  year   = {2018}
}

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22 pages