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On a generalization of Godbersen's conjecture

Metric Geometry 2025-10-30 v2

Abstract

The long-standing Godbersen's conjecture asserts that the Rogers-Shephard inequality for the volume of the difference body is refined by an inequality for the mixed volume of a convex body and its reflection about the origin. The conjecture is known in several special cases, notably for anti-blocking convex bodies. In this note, we propose a generalization of Godbersen's conjecture that refines Schneider's generalization of the Rogers-Shephard inequality to higher-order difference bodies and prove our conjecture for anti-blocking convex bodies. Moreover, we relate the conjectured inequality to the higher-rank mixed volume defined by the author and Wannerer which leads to an equivalent formulation in terms of the Alesker product of smooth, translation invariant valuations.

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@article{arxiv.2502.02149,
  title  = {On a generalization of Godbersen's conjecture},
  author = {Jan Kotrbatý},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.02149},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

10 pages, minor corrections, to appear in IMRN