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Width of convex bodies in hyperbolic space

Metric Geometry 2024-02-27 v4

Abstract

For every hyperplane HH supporting a convex body CC in the hyperbolic space Hd\mathbb{H}^d we define the width of CC determined by HH as the distance between HH and a most distant ultraparallel hyperplane supporting CC. We prove that if \widthH(C)=Δ(C)\width_H (C) = \Delta (C) and if there exists a unique most distant point jCj \in C from HH, then the projection of jj onto HH belongs to HCH \cap C. We verify that the diameter of CC equals to the maximum width of CC. We define bodies of constant width in Hd\mathbb{H}^d in the standard way as bodies whose all widths are equal. We show that every body of constant width is strictly convex. The minimum width of CC over all supporting HH is called the thickness Δ(C)\Delta (C) of CC. A convex body RHdR \subset \mathbb{H}^d is said to be reduced if Δ(Z)<Δ(R)\Delta (Z) < \Delta (R) for every convex body ZZ properly contained in RR. We show that regular tetrahedra in H3\mathbb{H}^3 are not reduced. Similarly as in the Euclidean and spherical spaces, we introduce complete bodies and bodies of constant diameter in Hd\mathbb{H}^d. We show that every body of constant width δ\delta is a body of constant diameter δ\delta and a complete body of diameter δ\delta. Moreover, the two last conditions are equivalent.

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@article{arxiv.2306.04412,
  title  = {Width of convex bodies in hyperbolic space},
  author = {Marek Lassak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.04412},
  year   = {2024}
}

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14 pages, 6 figures

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