Simple estimates for ellipsoid measures

We define a one parameter family of positions of a convex body which interpolates between the John position and the Loewner position: for $r>0$, we say that $K$ is in maximal intersection position of radius $r$ if $\textrm{Vol}_{n}(K\cap rB_{2}^{n})\geq \textrm{Vol}_{n}(K\cap rTB_{2}^{n})$ for all $T\in SL_{n}$. We show that under mild conditions on $K$, each such position induces a corresponding isotropic measure on the sphere, which is simply a normalized Lebesgue measure o...

This paper is devoted to exploring the relationship between the $[1,n)\ni p$-capacity and the surface-area in $\mathbb R^{n\ge 2}$ which especially shows: if $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^n$ is a convex, compact, smooth set with its interior $\Omega^\circ\not=\emptyset$ and the mean curvature $H(\partial\Omega,\cdot)>0$ of its boundary $\partial\Omega$ then $$ \left(\frac{n(p-1)}{p(n-1)}\right)^{p-1}\le\frac{\left(\frac{\hbox{cap}_p(\Omega)}{\big(\frac{p-1}{n-p}\big)^{1-p}\sigma_{n...

We prove several estimates for the volume, mean width, and the value of the Wills functional of sections of convex bodies in John's position, as well as for their polar bodies. These estimates extend some well-known results for convex bodies in John's position to the case of lower-dimensional sections, which had mainly been studied for the cube and the regular simplex. Some estimates for centrally symmetric convex bodies in minimal surface area position are also obtained.

We derive intrinsic curvature and radius estimates for compact disks embedded in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with nonzero constant mean curvature and apply these estimates to study the global geometry of complete surfaces embedded in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with nonzero constant mean curvature.

We give a universal upper bound for the total curvature of minimizing geodesic on a convex surface in the Euclidean space.

We provide general inequalities that compare the surface area S(K) of a convex body K in ${\mathbb R}^n$ to the minimal, average or maximal surface area of its hyperplane or lower dimensional projections. We discuss the same questions for all the quermassintegrals of K. We examine separately the dependence of the constants on the dimension in the case where K is in some of the classical positions or K is a projection body. Our results are in the spirit of the hyperplane probl...

Let $K$ and $L$ be two convex bodies in $\mathbb R^n$, $n\geq 3$, with $L\subset \text{int}\, K$. In this paper we prove the following result: if every two parallel chords of $K$, supporting $L$ have the same length, then $K$ and $L$ are homothetic and concentric ellipsoids. We also prove a similar theorem when instead of parallel chords we consider concurrent chords. We may also replace, in both theorems, supporting chords of $L$ by supporting sections of constant width. In ...

Barthe proved that the regular simplex maximizes the mean width of convex bodies whose John ellipsoid (maximal volume ellipsoid contained in the body) is the Euclidean unit ball; or equivalently, the regular simplex maximizes the $\ell$-norm of convex bodies whose L\"owner ellipsoid (minimal volume ellipsoid containing the body) is the Euclidean unit ball. Schmuckenschl\"ager verified the reverse statement; namely, the regular simplex minimizes the mean width of convex bodies...

We extend to higher dimensions earlier sharp bounds for the area of two dimensional free boundary minimal surfaces contained in a geodesic ball of the round sphere. This follows work of Brendle and Fraser-Schoen in the euclidean case.

Given a centrally symmetric convex body $K \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ and a positive number $\lambda$, we consider, among all ellipsoids $E \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ of volume $\lambda$, those that best approximate $K$ with respect to the symmetric difference metric, or equivalently that maximize the volume of $E\cap K$: these are the maximal intersection (MI) ellipsoids introduced by Artstein-Avidan and Katzin. The question of uniqueness of MI ellipsoids (under the obviously necessar...