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Same average in every direction

Combinatorics 2024-02-05 v2 Metric Geometry

Abstract

Given a polytope PR3P\subset R^3 and a non-zero vector zR3z \in R^3, the plane {xR3:zx=t}\{x\in R^3:zx=t\} intersects PP in convex polygon P(z,t)P(z,t) for t[t,t+]t \in [t^-,t^+] where t=min{zx:xP}t^-=\min \{zx: x \in P\} and t+=max{zx:xP}t^+=\max \{zx: x\in P\}, zxzx is the scalar product of z,xR3z,x \in R^3. Let A(P,z)A(P,z) denote the average number of vertices of P(z,t)P(z,t) on the interval [t,t+][t^-,t^+]. For what polytopes is A(P,z)A(P,z) a constant independent of zz?

Cite

@article{arxiv.2310.18960,
  title  = {Same average in every direction},
  author = {Imre Bárány and Gábor Domokos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.18960},
  year   = {2024}
}
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