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L-convex-concave sets in real projective space and L-duality

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

We define a class of L-convex-concave subsets of RPn\Bbb{R}P^n, where L is a projective subspace of dimension l in RPn\Bbb{R}P^n. These are sets whose sections by any (l+1)-dimensional space L' containing L are convex and concavely depend on L'. We introduce an L-duality for these sets, and prove that the L-dual to an L-convex-concave set is an LL^*-convex-concave subset of (RPn)(\Bbb RP^n)^*. We discuss a version of Arnold hypothesis for these sets and prove that it is true (or wrong) for an L-convex-concave set and its L-dual simultaneously.

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@article{arxiv.math/0203203,
  title  = {L-convex-concave sets in real projective space and L-duality},
  author = {A. Khovanskii and D. Novikov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0203203},
  year   = {2007}
}

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