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The middle hedgehog of a planar convex body

Metric Geometry 2016-07-12 v1

Abstract

A convexity point of a convex body is a point with the property that the union of the body and its reflection in the point is convex. It is proved that in the plane a typical convex body (in the sense of Baire category) has infinitely many convexity points. The proof makes use of the `middle hedgehog' of a planar convex body KK, which is the curve formed by the midpoints of all affine diameters of KK. The stated result follows from the fact that for a typical planar convex body the convex hull of the middle hedgehog has infinitely many exposed points.

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@article{arxiv.1607.03014,
  title  = {The middle hedgehog of a planar convex body},
  author = {Rolf Schneider},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.03014},
  year   = {2016}
}

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10 pages, 2 figures