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Smooth convex Bodies with proportional projection functions

Metric Geometry 2007-05-23 v1 Differential Geometry

Abstract

For a convex body KRnK\subset\R^n and i{1,...,n1}i\in\{1,...,n-1\}, the function assigning to any ii-dimensional subspace LL of Rn\R^n, the ii-dimensional volume of the orthogonal projection of KK to LL, is called the ii-th projection function of KK. Let K,K0RnK, K_0\subset \R^n be smooth convex bodies of class C+2C^2_+, and let K0K_0 be centrally symmetric. Excluding two exceptional cases, that of (i,j)=(1,n1)(i,j)=(1,n-1) and (i,j)=(n2,n1)(i,j)=(n-2,n-1), we prove that KK and K0K_0 are homothetic if they have two proportional projection functions. The special case when K0K_0 is a Euclidean ball provides an extension of Nakajima's classical three-dimensional characterization of spheres to higher dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.math/0408028,
  title  = {Smooth convex Bodies with proportional projection functions},
  author = {Ralph Howard and Daniel Hug},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0408028},
  year   = {2007}
}

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17 pages

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