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An improved stability result for Gr\"unbaum's inequality

Metric Geometry 2025-07-16 v3

Abstract

Given a hyperplane HH cutting a compact, convex body KK of positive Lebesgue measure through its centroid, Gr\"unbaum proved that KH+K(nn+1)n,\frac{|K\cap H^+|}{|K|}\geq \left(\frac{n}{n+1}\right)^n, where H+H^+ is a half-space of boundary HH. The inequality is sharp and equality is reached only if KK is a cone. Moreover, bodies that almost achieve equality are geometrically close to being cones, as Groemer showed in 2000 by giving his stability estimates for Gr\"unbaum's inequality. In this paper, we improve the exponent in the stability inequality from Groemer's 12n2\frac{1}{2n^2} to 12n\frac{1}{2n}.

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@article{arxiv.2410.12072,
  title  = {An improved stability result for Gr\"unbaum's inequality},
  author = {Luca Tanganelli Castrillón},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.12072},
  year   = {2025}
}

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