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Sections of the difference body

Functional Analysis 2007-05-23 v1 Metric Geometry

Abstract

Let KK be an nn-dimensional convex body. Define the difference body by KK={xyx,yK}. K-K= \{x-y \mid x,y \in K \}. We estimate the volume of the section of KKK-K by a linear subspace FF via the maximal volume of sections of KK parallel to FF. We prove that for any mm-dimensional subspace FF there exists xRnx \in R^n, such that vol((KK)F)Cm(min(n/m,m))mvol(K(F+x)), vol ((K-K) \cap F) \le C^m (\min (n/m, \sqrt{m}))^m \cdot vol (K \cap (F+x)), for some absolute constant CC. We show that for small dimensions of FF this estimate is exact up to a multiplicative constant.

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@article{arxiv.math/9812008,
  title  = {Sections of the difference body},
  author = {M. Rudelson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9812008},
  year   = {2007}
}

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10 pages, AMSTeX