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On the (outer) Minkowski content with lower-dimensional structuring element

Metric Geometry 2025-12-19 v2

Abstract

Given a convex body QQ (structuring element) and a set AA in a Euclidean space, we consider the QQ-Minkowski content of AA. It is defined as the usual isotropic Minkowski content of AA, but where the Euclidean ball is replaced by QQ. When QQ is full-dimensional, the existence of the QQ-Minkowski content can be assured by a sufficient condition which was stated by Ambrosio, Fusco and Pallara in the isotropic case. If QQ is not full-dimensional, we show that a weaker condition is sufficient for this purpose. We also consider the outer QQ-Minkowski content of AA yielding the anisotropic perimeter of AA and we find a sufficient condition for its existence. Finally, we present an example of a set in three-dimensional Euclidean space, which does not admit the isotropic outer Minkwski content, but it admits the outer QQ-Minkowski content for all two-dimensional disks QQ.

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@article{arxiv.2504.03339,
  title  = {On the (outer) Minkowski content with lower-dimensional structuring element},
  author = {Markus Kiderlen and Jan Rataj},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.03339},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

The proof of Lemma 7 has been reduced significantly and some typos have been corrected

R2 v1 2026-06-28T22:46:35.469Z