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Let $M$ be a convex body and let $K$ be a closed convex surface $K$ both contained in the Euclidean space $\mathbb{E}^3$. What can we say about $M$ if $K$ encloses $M$ and if from all the points in $K$ the body $M$ looks the same? In this…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Efren Morales Amaya

We begin by studying the surface area of an ellipsoid in n-dimensional Euclidean space as the function of the lengths of the semi-axes. We write down an explicit formula as an integral over the unit sphere in n-dimensions and use this…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Igor Rivin

Consider a point on a convex surface in $\mathbb{R}^d$, $d \ge 2$ and a plane of support $\Pi$ to the surface at this point. Draw a plane parallel to $\Pi$ cutting a part of the surface. We study the limiting behavior of this part of…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2022-06-22 Alexander Plakhov

For a convex domain $D$ bounded by the hypersurface $\partial D$ in a space of constant curvature we give sharp bounds on the width $R-r$ of a spherical shell with radii $R$ and $r$ that can enclose $\partial D$, provided that normal…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-03-20 Kostiantyn Drach

We consider the problem of minimizing the relative perimeter under a volume constraint in an unbounded convex body $C\subset \mathbb{R}^{n+1}$, without assuming any further regularity on the boundary of $C$. Motivated by an example of an…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2016-06-27 Gian Paolo Leonardi , Manuel Ritoré , Efstratios Vernadakis

Lipschitz constants for the width and diameter functions of a convex body in $\mathbb R^n$ are found in terms of its diameter and thickness (maximum and minimum of both functions). Also, a dual approach to thickness is proposed.

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Oleg Mushkarov , Nikolai Nikolov , Pascal J. Thomas

Let us have in S^2, R^2 or H^2 a pair of convex bodies, for S^2 different from S^2, such that the intersections of any congruent copies of them are centrally symmetric. Then our bodies are congruent circles. If the intersections of any…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2024-10-03 Jesús Jerónimo-Castro , Endre Makai

The celebrated Dvoretzky theorem asserts that every $N$-dimensional convex body admits central sections of dimension $d = \Omega(\log N)$, which is nearly spherical. For many instances of convex bodies, typically unit balls with respect to…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-02 Stanislaw Szarek , Pawel Wolff

In this article we study the shape of a compact surface of constant mean curvature of Euclidean space whose boundary is contained in a round sphere. We consider the case that the boundary is prescribed or that the surface meets the sphere…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-10-22 Rafael López , Juncheol Pyo

We carry out a systematic investigation on floating bodies in real space forms. A new unifying approach not only allows us to treat the important classical case of Euclidean space as well as the recent extension to the Euclidean unit…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-06-27 Florian Besau , Elisabeth M. Werner

In this note we consider two topics involving the relationship between the symplectic capacity and the mean width of convex bodies in $\mathbb{R}^{2n}$. We first describe an alternative path from the symplectic Brunn-Minkowski inequality of…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Jonghyeon Ahn , Ely Kerman

We prove several estimates for the volume, mean width, and the value of the Wills functional of sections of convex bodies in John's position, as well as for their polar bodies. These estimates extend some well-known results for convex…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2020-12-21 David Alonso-Gutiérrez , Silouanos Brazitikos

Using the concepts of mixed volumes and quermassintegrals of convex geometry, we derive an exact formula for the exclusion volume for a general convex body that applies in any space dimension, including both the rotationally-averaged…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-09-22 Salvatore Torquato , Yang Jiao

The manuscript provides formulas for the volume of a body defined by the intersection of a solid cone and a solid sphere as a function of the sphere radius, of the distance between cone apex and sphere center, and of the cone aperture…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2023-08-15 Richard J. Mathar

In the recent paper "On a formula for sets of constant width in 2D", Comm. Pure Appl. Anal. 18 (2019), 2117-2131, we gave a constructive formula for all 2d sets of constant width. Based on this result we derive here a formula for the…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2023-10-31 Bernd Kawohl , Guido Sweers

We introduce and study a new class of $\eps$-convex bodies (extending the class of convex bodies) in metric and normed linear spaces. We analyze relations between characteristic properties of convex bodies, demonstrate how $\eps$-convex…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-02-03 Vladimir Golubyatnikov , Vladimir Rovenski

We introduce the arithmetic width of a convex body, defined as the number of distinct values a linear functional attains on the lattice points within the body. Arithmetic width refines lattice width by detecting gaps in the lattice point…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-08 Jesús A. De Loera , Brittney Marsters , Christopher O'Neill

A number of results for C$^2$-smooth surfaces of constant width in Euclidean 3-space ${\mathbb{E}}^3$ are obtained. In particular, an integral inequality for constant width surfaces is established. This is used to prove that the ratio of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-11-15 Brendan Guilfoyle , Wilhelm Klingenberg

In this paper, the following two theorems are proved: $(1)$ every spherical convex body $W$ of constant width $\Delta (W) \geq \frac{\pi}{2}$ may be covered by a disk of radius $\Delta(W) + \arcsin \left( \frac{2\sqrt{3}}{3} \cdot \cos…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2018-06-13 Michał Musielak

Barthe proved that the regular simplex maximizes the mean width of convex bodies whose John ellipsoid (maximal volume ellipsoid contained in the body) is the Euclidean unit ball; or equivalently, the regular simplex maximizes the…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-13 Károly J. Böröczky , Ferenc Fodor , Daniel Hug