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We investigate the asymptotic best approximation of a smooth, strictly convex body $K$ in $\mathbb{R}^d$ by inscribed polytopes with a restricted number of vertices under the intrinsic volume difference. We prove rigidity phenomena in both…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Steven Hoehner

We prove a version of the Aleksandrov-Fenchel inequality for mixed volumes of coconvex bodies. This version is motivated by an inequality from commutative algebra relating intersection multiplicities of ideals.

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2013-05-21 Askold Khovanskii , Vladlen Timorin

A direct approach to Ball's simplex inequality is presented. This approach, which does not use the Brascamp-Lieb inequality, also gives Barthe's characterization of the simplex for Ball's inequality and extends it from discrete to arbitrary…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Erwin Lutwak , Deane Yang , Gaoyong Zhang

In the course of classifying generic sparse polynomial systems which are solvable in radicals, Esterov recently showed that the volume of the Minkowski sum $P_1+\dots+P_d$ of $d$-dimensional lattice polytopes is bounded from above by a…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2020-12-22 Gennadiy Averkov , Christopher Borger , Ivan Soprunov

We consider the problem of maximizing the volume of hermitian ellipsoids inscribed in a given pseudoconvex domain in complex Euclidean space. We prove existence and uniqueness, and give a characterization of the maximizer.

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2026-02-19 Laszlo Lempert

We study a long standing open problem by Ulam, which is whether the Euclidean ball is the unique body of uniform density which will float in equilibrium in any direction. We answer this problem in the class of origin symmetric n-dimensional…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2020-12-15 D. I. Florentin , C. Schuett , E. M. Werner , N. Zhang

We present a spherical version of the theorem of Blaschke that every body of constant width $w < \frac{\pi}{2}$ can be approximated as well as we wish in the sense of the Hausdorff distance by a body of constant width $w$ whose boundary…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2021-06-17 Marek Lassak

A finite Blaschke product, restricted to the unit circle, is a smooth covering map. The maximum and minimum values of the derivative of this map reflect the geometry of the Blaschke product. We identify two classes of extremal Blaschke…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2021-06-28 Leonid V. Kovalev , Xuerui Yang

The Alexandrov--Fenchel inequality bounds from below the square of the mixed volume $V(K_1,K_2,K_3,\ldots,K_n)$ of convex bodies $K_1,\ldots,K_n$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$ by the product of the mixed volumes $V(K_1,K_1,K_3,\ldots,K_n)$ and…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2021-06-25 Károly J. Böröczky , Daniel Hug

If a pair of subsets of two-dimensional Euclidean space nearly achieves equality in the Brunn-Minkowski inequality, in the sense that the measure of the associated sumset is nearly equal to the lower bound provided by the inequality, then…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2012-07-24 Michael Christ

The Alexandrov-Fenchel inequality, a far-reaching generalization of the classical isoperimetric inequality to arbitrary mixed volumes, lies at the heart of convex geometry. The characterization of its extremal bodies is a long-standing open…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2022-02-04 Yair Shenfeld , Ramon van Handel

The Illumination Problem may be phrased as the problem of covering a convex body in Euclidean $n$-space by a minimum number of translates of its interior. By a probabilistic argument, we show that, arbitrarily close to the Euclidean ball,…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2016-02-24 Márton Naszódi

In this paper, the results of Mei, Wang, Weng and Xia [Math. Z., 2025, MR4911815] on capillary convex bodies are extended to the anisotropic setting. We develop a theory for anisotropic capillary convex bodies in the half-space and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Jinyu Gao , Guanghan Li

We derive lower bounds in best rational approximation of given degree to finite Blaschke products, in the Hardy space $H^2$ of the unit disk. We first consider approximation to $z^N$, and then move on to more general Blaschke products whose…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2026-03-18 Laurent Baratchart , Alexander Borichev , Sylvain Chevillard , Claire Coiffard Marre , Rachid Zarouf

The present note is a result of an on-going investigation into the logarithmic Brunn-Minkowski inequality. We obtain lower estimates on the volume product for convex bodies in $\mathbb{R}^n$ not necessarily symmetric with respect to the…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2014-06-03 Alina Stancu

We consider $k$-dimensional central sections of the unit ball of $\ell_p^n$ (denoted $B_p^n$) and we prove that their volume are bounded by the volume of $B_p^n$ whenever $1<p<2$ and $1\le k\le (n-1)/2$ or $k=n-1$. We also consider $0<p<1$…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jesus Bastero , Fernando Galve , Ana Pena , Miguel Romance

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

We consider the volume expansion of the Blaschke metric, which is a projectively invariant metric on a strictly convex domain in a locally flat projective manifold. When the boundary is even dimensional, we express the logarithmic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-08-08 Taiji Marugame

Mixed volumes in $n$-dimensional Euclidean space are functionals of $n$-tuples of convex bodies $K,L,C_1,\ldots,C_{n-2}$. The Alexandrov--Fenchel inequalities are fundamental inequalities between mixed volumes of convex bodies. As very…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2023-10-02 Daniel Hug , Paul A. Reichert

Motivated by a long-standing conjecture of Polya and Szeg\"o about the Newtonian capacity of convex bodies, we discuss the role of concavity inequalities in shape optimization, and we provide several counterexamples to the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-02-10 Dorin Bucur , Ilaria Fragalà , Jimmy Lamboley