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Steiner symmetrization using a finite set of directions

Metric Geometry 2011-09-19 v2

Abstract

Let v1,...,vmv_1, ..., v_m be a finite set of unit vectors in \RRn\RR^n. Suppose that an infinite sequence of Steiner symmetrizations are applied to a compact convex set KK in \RRn\RR^n, where each of the symmetrizations is taken with respect to a direction from among the viv_i. Then the resulting sequence of Steiner symmetrals always converges, and the limiting body is symmetric under reflection in any of the directions viv_i that appear infinitely often in the sequence. In particular, an infinite periodic sequence of Steiner symmetrizations always converges, and the set functional determined by this infinite process is always idempotent.

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@article{arxiv.1105.0868,
  title  = {Steiner symmetrization using a finite set of directions},
  author = {Daniel A. Klain},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.0868},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

18 pages. The essential results are the same as in the previous version. This version includes a more thorough introduction, some clarifications in the proofs, an updated bibliography, and some open questions at the end