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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…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2016-07-12 Rolf Schneider

A classical inequality by Gr\"unbaum provides a sharp lower bound for the ratio $\mathrm{vol}(K^{-})/\mathrm{vol}(K)$, where $K^{-}$ denotes the intersection of a convex body with non-empty interior $K\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ with a halfspace…

For a given convex body K in $R^d$, a random polytope $K^{(n)}$ is defined (essentially) as the intersection of $n$ independent closed halfspaces containing $K$ and having an isotropic and (in a specified sense) uniform distribution. We…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2009-01-22 Károly J. Böröczky , Rolf Schneider

Let $K$ be a convex body in $\R^d$, let $j\in\{1, ..., d-1\}$, and let $\varrho$ be a positive and continuous probability density function with respect to the $(d-1)$-dimensional Hausdorff measure on the boundary $\partial K$ of $K$. Denote…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2014-10-07 Károly J. Böröczky , Ferenc Fodor , Daniel Hug

Gr\"unbaum's inequality guarantees that the centroid of a convex body has halfspace depth at least $1/e$: every halfspace containing the centroid captures at least a $1/e$ fraction of the body's volume. For mixed-integer convex sets…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Hongyu Cheng , Amitabh Basu

Asymptotic results for weighted floating bodies are established and used to obtain new proofs for the existence of floating areas on the sphere and in hyperbolic space and to establish the existence of floating areas in Hilbert geometries.…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2019-06-18 Florian Besau , Monika Ludwig , Elisabeth M. Werner

A new algorithm for the determination of the relative convex hull in the plane of a simple polygon A with respect to another simple polygon B which contains A, is proposed. The relative convex hull is also known as geodesic convex hull, and…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2016-05-02 P. Wiederhold , H. Reyes

In this note we give an upper bound on the Hausdorff dimension of removable setsfor elliptic and canceling homogeneous differential operators with constant coefficients in the class of bounded functions, using a simple extension of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-12-06 Victor Biliatto , Laurent Moonens , Tiago Picon

In this paper, we construct two convex bodies $K$ and $L$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$, $n\geq 3$, such that their projections $K|H$, $L|H$ onto every subspace $H$ are congruent, but nevertheless, $K$ and $L$ do not coincide up to a translation or a…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2017-11-29 Ning Zhang

In this article we encode Hadwiger's covering conjecture and Borsuk's partition conjecture into continuous functions defined on the spaces of convex bodies, propose a four-step program to approach them, and obtain some partial results.

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2010-07-14 Chuanming Zong

This paper provides an overview of selected results and open problems in the theory of hyperplane arrangements, with an emphasis on computations and examples. We give an introduction to many of the essential tools used in the area, such as…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-07-14 Hal Schenck

We address the problem, not of the determination -- which usually needs numerical methods -- but of an accurate analytical estimation of the distance of a raw elasticity tensor to cubic symmetry and to orthotropy. We point out that there…

Classical Physics · Physics 2022-06-08 Rodrigue Desmorat , Boris Kolev

We determine the maximal hyperplane sections of the regular $n$-simplex, if the distance of the hyperplane to the centroid is fairly large, i.e. larger than the distance of the centroid to the midpoint of edges. Similar results for the…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-26 Hermann König

We construct the hyperbolic plane with its geodesic flow as the scale plus symmetry reduction of a three-body problem in the Euclidean plane. The potential is $-I/\Delta^2$ where $I$ is the triangle's moment of inertia and $\Delta$ its…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2016-09-20 Richard Montgomery

We discuss how well a given convex body B in a real d-dimensional vector space V can be approximated by a set X for which the membership question: ``given an x in V, does x belong to X?'' can be answered efficiently (in time polynomial in…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Alexander Barvinok , Ellen Veomett

The floating body approach to affine surface area is adapted to a holomorphic context providing an alternate approach to Fefferman's invariant hypersurface measure.

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2007-05-23 David E. Barrett

We present an alternative approach to some results of Koldobsky on measures of sections of symmetric convex bodies, which allows us to extend them to the not necessarily symmetric setting. We prove that if $K$ is a convex body in ${\mathbb…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2015-12-31 Giorgos Chasapis , Apostolos Giannopoulos , Dimitris-Marios Liakopoulos

We show that every planar convex body is contained in a quadrangle whose area is less than $(1 - 2.6 \cdot 10^{-7}) \sqrt{2}$ times the area of the original convex body, improving the best known upper bound by W. Kuperberg.

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-13 Ferenc Fodor , Florian Grundbacher

In this paper, using the compression method, we recover the lower bound for the Erd\H{o}s unit distance problem and provide an alternative proof to the distinct distance conjecture. In particular, in $\mathbb{R}^k$ for all $k\geq 2$, we…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-07 Theophilus Agama

Let $K$ be a planar convex body af area $|K|$, and take $0 \textless{} \alpha \textless{} 1$.An $\alpha$-section of $K$ is a line cutting $K$ into two parts, one of whichhas area $\alpha|K|$. This article presents a systematic study of the…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2015-09-15 Nicolas Chevallier , Augustin Fruchard , Costin Vîlcu