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arxiv: math/0408028 · v1 · submitted 2004-08-02 · 🧮 math.MG · math.DG

Smooth convex Bodies with proportional projection functions

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

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