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Illumination Bodies in Projective Geometries

Metric Geometry 2026-05-26 v1 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We extend the notion of illumination bodies to Riemannian spaces of constant curvature and to projective Finsler geometries. We prove that the derivative of their volume defines a notion of surface area for convex bodies in these settings, generalizing the affine surface area in Euclidean space. The proof is based on a general result on the derivative of weighted volumes of weighted illumination bodies in Euclidean space. In the appendix, we give some explicit examples for non-Euclidean illumination bodies.

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@article{arxiv.2605.25122,
  title  = {Illumination Bodies in Projective Geometries},
  author = {Rotem Assouline and Florian Besau and Elisabeth M. Werner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.25122},
  year   = {2026}
}

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34 pages, 7 figures