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Volume product

Functional Analysis 2023-11-13 v1

Abstract

In this expository paper we discuss the volume product P(K) of convex bodies K in RnR^n; this is the product of volumes of K and its polar K*. The Blaschke- Santalo inequalities state that always P(K)P(B2) P(K) \le P(B_2) and P(B1)P(K) P(B_1)\le P(K) . Here the Closed unit Ball in norm of l2l_2 is denoted by B2B_2 and like wise for the l1l_1 unit ball. The upper bound is classical, due to Santalo in general and Blaschke and Mahler much earlier in 1930 s for dimensions 2 and 3. The lower bound is open for general K. However the result of Gordon, Meyer and Riesner says that the class of zonoids K attain the lower bound. There is Bianchi and Kelly' s proof of the upper bound in general,involving Paley-Wiener Theorem , as generalized to RnR^n by Stein . For the lower bound, there is the result of of Kim and Zvavitch on its stability under perturbations of unconditional K . Further there are results on " functional" versions of Blashke -Santalo Inequality . In this context we discuss the newer concept of "Polar f* " for certain type of functions f and its relevance here and mention as a "functional" example a result by S.Artstein, B.Klartag and V.Milman . We mention a later one by Huang and Ai- Jun Li and discuss Ball's Inequality for unconditional bodies,another strengthening of the Blaschke-Santalo inequality .

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@article{arxiv.2311.05817,
  title  = {Volume product},
  author = {R Anantharaman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.05817},
  year   = {2023}
}

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