凸域内矩形的运动测度

本文研究了凸域内矩形的运动测度,通过对凸域内定长线段运动测度的推广,建立了包含在凸域内且长、宽都确定的矩形运动测度的一般公式,利用此公式得到了圆域和矩形域内此类矩形的运动测度,并以此为基础得到了推广后的Buffon投针问题的一些结果.     

A new expression for the density of totally geodesic submanifolds in space forms, with stereological applications

Integral section formulae for totally geodesic submanifolds (planes) intersecting a compact submanifold in a space form are available from appropriate representations of the motion invariant density (measure) of these planes. Here we present a new decomposition of the invariant density of planes in space forms. We apply the new decomposition to rewrite Santaló's sectioning formula and thereby to obtain new mean values for lines meeting a convex body. In particular we extend to space forms a recently published stereological formula valid for isotropic plane sections through a fixed point of a convex body in R³.     

Gaussian measure of sections of convex bodies

In this paper we study properties of sections of convex bodies with respect to the Gaussian measure. We develop a formula connecting the Minkowski functional of a convex symmetric body K with the Gaussian measure of its sections. Using this formula we solve an analog of the Busemann-Petty problem for Gaussian measures.     

Minimal volume product near Hanner polytopes

Mahler?s conjecture asks whether the cube is a minimizer for the volume product of a body and its polar in the class of symmetric convex bodies in a fixed dimension. It is known that every Hanner polytope has the same volume product as the cube or the cross-polytope. In this paper we prove that every Hanner polytope is a strict local minimizer for the volume product in the class of symmetric convex bodies endowed with the Banach–Mazur distance.     

Kinematische Berührung im Äquiaffinen

Given two curves in the real affine plane, one is fixed and the other undergoes volume-preserving affinities. Through transversal affinities we define a contact measure on the subset consisting of those affinities, which cause third-order contact between the fixed and the transformed curve. A kinematic formula expresses this contact measure in terms of affine lengths and affine curvatures of the given curves. In a similar way, parallel supporting planes of closed convex surfaces in affine space are treated.     

从积分几何的观点看几何不等式——纪念李国平院士吴新谋教授诞辰100周年

该文先介绍一些中国数学家在几何不等式方面的工作.作者用积分几何中著名的Poincarè公式及Blaschke公式估计一随机凸域包含另一域的包含测度, 得到了经典的等周不等式和Bonnesen -型不等式.还得到了一些诸如对称混合等周不等式、Minkowski -型和Bonnesen -型对称混合等似不等式在内的一些新的几何不等式.最后还研究了Gage -型等周不等式以及Ros -型等周不等式.     

Curvature measures of convex bodies

Summary The curvature measures, introduced by Federer for the sets of positive reach, are investigated in the special case of convex bodies. This restriction yields additional results. Among them are:(5.1), an integral-geometric interpretation of the curvature measure of order m, showing that it measures, in a certain sense, the affine subspaces of codimension m+1 which touch the convex body;(6.1), an axiomatic characterization of the (linear combinations of) curvature measures similar to Hadwiger's characterization of the quermassintegrals of convex bodies;(8.1), the determination of the support of the curvature measure of order m, which turns out to be the closure of the m-skeleton of the convex body. Moreover we give, for the case of convex bodies, a new and comparatively short proof of an integral-geometric kinematic formula for curvature measures. Entrata in Redazione il 14 dicembre 1976.     

An Identity Relating Moments of Functionals of Convex Hulls

Denote by $K_n$ the convex hull of $n$ independent random points distributed uniformly in a convex body $K$ in $\R^d$, by $V_n$ the volume of $K_n$, by $D_n$ the volume of $K\backslash K_n$, and by $N_n$ the number of vertices of $K_n$. A well-known identity due to Efron relates the expected volume ${\it ED}_n$---and thus ${\it EV}_n$---to the expected number ${\it EN}_{n+1}$. This identity is extended from expected values to higher moments. The planar case of the arising identity for the variances provides in a simple way the corrected version of a central limit theorem for $D_n$ by Cabo and Groeneboom ($K$ being a convex polygon) and an improvement of a central limit theorem for $D_n$ by Hsing ($K$ being a circular disk). Estimates of $\var D_n$ ($K$ being a two-dimensional smooth convex body) and $\var N_n$ ($K$ being a $d$-dimensional smooth convex body, $d\geq 4$) are obtained. The identity for moments of arbitrary order shows that the distribution of $N_n$ determines ${\it EV}_{n-1}, {\it EV}_{n-2}^2,\dots, {\it EV}_{d+1}^{n-d-1}$. Reversely it is proved that these $n-d-1$ moments determine the distribution of $N_n$ entirely. The resulting formula for the probability that $N_n=k\ (k=d+1,\dots , n)$ appears to be new for $k\geq d+2$ and yields an answer to a question raised by Baryshnikov. For $k=d+1$ the formula reduces to an identity which has been repeatedly pointed out.     

Chord power integrals and radial mean bodies

In this paper, we obtain a formula relating the chord power integrals of a convex body K and the dual quermassintegrals of its radial pth mean body RpK. With this, a relation among the chord power integrals of a convex body K under dilation transformations is found. As an interesting application, some geometric inequalities between the dual quermassintegrals of RpK and the volume of K, which are equivalent to the isoperimetric-type inequalities of chord power integrals, are also established.     

Extremal Polygons with Minimal Perimeter

In this paper we will investigate an isoperimetric type problem in lattices. If K is a bounded O-symmetric (centrally symmetric with respect to the origin) convex body in En of volume v(K) = 2n det L which does not contain non-zero lattice points in its interior, we say that K is extremal with respect to the given lattice L. There are two variations of the isoperimetric problem for this class of polyhedra. The first one is: Which bodies have minimal surface area in the class of extremal bodies for a fixed n-dimensional lattice? And the second one is: Which bodies have minimal surface area in the class of extremal bodies with volume 1 of dimension n? We characterize the solutions of these two problems in the plane. There is a consequence of these results, the solutions of the above problems in the plane give the solution of the lattice-like covering problem: Determine those centrally symmetric convex bodies whose translated copies (with respect to a fixed lattice L) cover the space and have minimal surface area.

     

Sylvester’s Problem for Symmetric Convex Bodies and Related Problems

We consider moments of the normalized volume of a symmetric or nonsymmetric random polytope in a fixed symmetric convex body. We investigate for which bodies these moments are extremized, and calculate exact values in some of the extreme cases. We show that these moments are maximized among planar convex bodies by parallelograms.     

New affine measures of symmetry for convex bodies

Grünbaum introduced measures of symmetry for convex bodies that measure how far a given convex body is from a centrally symmetric one. Here, we introduce new measures of symmetry that measure how far a given convex body is from one with “enough symmetries”.To define these new measures of symmetry, we use affine covariant points. We give examples of convex bodies whose affine covariant points are “far apart”. In particular, we give an example of a convex body whose centroid and Santaló point are “far apart”.     

Sylvester’s Problem for Symmetric Convex Bodies and Related Problems

We consider moments of the normalized volume of a symmetric or nonsymmetric random polytope in a fixed symmetric convex body. We investigate for which bodies these moments are extremized, and calculate exact values in some of the extreme cases. We show that these moments are maximized among planar convex bodies by parallelograms.     

ON GENERALIZED BUFFON NEEDLE PROBLEM FOR LATTICES

Two new concepts, the generalized support function and restricted chord function, both referring to a convex set, were introduced in [1]. General formulae to yield the kinematic measure of a segment of fixed length in a convex set were established based on these concepts. In this article , using the partial intersection method, we consider the generalized Buffon problem for three kinds of lattices. We determine the probability of intersection of a body test needle of length l, l < a.     

Total variation and Cheeger sets in Gauss space

The aim of this paper is to study the isoperimetric problem with fixed volume inside convex sets and other related geometric variational problems in the Gauss space, in both the finite and infinite dimensional case. We first study the finite dimensional case, proving the existence of a maximal Cheeger set which is convex inside any bounded convex set. We also prove the uniqueness and convexity of solutions of the isoperimetric problem with fixed volume inside any convex set. Then we extend these results in the context of the abstract Wiener space, and for that we study the total variation denoising problem in this context.     

On the covering index of convex bodies

Covering a convex body by its homothets is a classical notion in discrete geometry that has resulted in a number of interesting and long-standing problems. Swanepoel introduced the covering parameter of a convex body as a means of quantifying its covering properties. In this paper, we introduce two relatives of the covering parameter called covering index and weak covering index, which upper bound well-studied quantities like the illumination number, the illumination parameter and the covering parameter of a convex body. Intuitively, the two indices measure how well a convex body can be covered by a relatively small number of homothets having the same relatively small homothety ratio. We show that the covering index is a lower semicontinuous functional on the Banach-Mazur space of convex bodies. We further show that the affine d-cubes minimize the covering index in any dimension d, while circular disks maximize it in the plane. Furthermore, the covering index satisfies a nice compatibility with the operations of direct vector sum and vector sum. In fact, we obtain an exact formula for the covering index of a direct vector sum of convex bodies that works in infinitely many instances. This together with a minimization property can be used to determine the covering index of infinitely many convex bodies. As the name suggests, the weak covering index loses some of the important properties of the covering index. Finally, we obtain upper bounds on the covering and weak covering index.     

Equiaffine inner parallel curves of a plane convex body and the convex hulls of randomly chosen points

Summary. A general formula is proved, which relates the equiaffine inner parallel curves of a plane convex body and the probability that the convex hull of j independent random points is disjoint from the convex hull of k further independent random points. This formula is applied to improve some well-known results in geometric probability. For example, an estimate, which was established for a special case by L. C. G. Rogers, is obtained with the best possible bound, and an asymptotic formula due to A. Rényi and R.␣Sulanke is extended to an asymptotic expansion. Received: 21 May 1996     

On the volume of convex hulls of sets on spheres

We prove that for a measurable subset of S ^n–1 with fixed Haar measure, the volume of its convex hull is minimized for a cap (i.e. a ball with respect to the geodesic measure). We solve a similar problem for symmetric sets and n=2, 3. As a consequence, we deduce a result concerning Gaussian measures of dilatations of convex, symmetric sets in R ² and R ³.Partially supported by KBN (Poland), Grant No. 2 1094 91 01.     

随机针偶与凸体K相交的几何概率问题

本文研究了随机针偶与凸体K相交的几何概率,利用有向直线偶的运动不变密度公式,获得了针偶的运动不变密度公式,从而进一步得到随机针偶与凸体K相交且针偶的交点属于K的几何概率.     

R3中相交直线偶的运动密度

本文利用活动标架法,得到了积分几何中至今还没有的R3中相交直线偶的运动密度公式,并根据此公式计算了相交直线偶的交点落入凸体K的运动测度.