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arXiv · 2311.05817

Volume product

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In this expository paper we discuss the volume product P(K) of convex bodies K in $R^n$; this is the product of volumes of K and its polar K*. The Blaschke- Santalo inequalities state that always $ P(K) \le P(B_2)$ and $ P(B_1)\le P(K)$ . Here the Closed unit Ball in norm of $l_2$ is denoted by $B_2$ and like wise for the $l_1$ unit ball. The upper bound is classical, due to Santalo in general and Blaschke and Mahler much earlier in 1930 s for dimensions 2 and 3. The lower bound is open for general K. However the result of Gordon, Meyer and Riesner says that the class of zonoids K attain the lower bound. There is Bianchi and Kelly' s proof of the upper bound in general,involving Paley-Wiener Theorem , as generalized to $R^n$ by Stein . For the lower bound, there is the result of of Kim and Zvavitch on its stability under perturbations of unconditional K . Further there are results on " functional" versions of Blashke -Santalo Inequality . In this context we discuss the newer concept of "Polar f* " for certain type of functions f and its relevance here and mention as a "functional" example a result by S.Artstein, B.Klartag and V.Milman . We mention a later one by Huang and Ai- Jun Li and discuss Ball's Inequality for unconditional bodies,another strengthening of the Blaschke-Santalo inequality .

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R Anantharaman. 2023-11-10. Volume product. https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.05817

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