Width of convex bodies in hyperbolic space
Abstract
For every hyperplane supporting a convex body in the hyperbolic space we define the width of determined by as the distance between and a most distant ultraparallel hyperplane supporting . We prove that if and if there exists a unique most distant point from , then the projection of onto belongs to . We verify that the diameter of equals to the maximum width of . We define bodies of constant width in 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 over all supporting is called the thickness of . A convex body is said to be reduced if for every convex body properly contained in . We show that regular tetrahedra in are not reduced. Similarly as in the Euclidean and spherical spaces, we introduce complete bodies and bodies of constant diameter in . We show that every body of constant width is a body of constant diameter and a complete body of diameter . Moreover, the two last conditions are equivalent.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2306.04412,
title = {Width of convex bodies in hyperbolic space},
author = {Marek Lassak},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.04412},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
14 pages, 6 figures