Comparison of volumes of convex bodies in real, complex, and quaternionic spaces

Details Comparison of volumes of convex bodies in real, complex, and quaternionic spaces Comparison of volumes of convex bodies in real, complex, and quaternionic spaces

2008-12-06

arxiv.org/abs/0812.1300v2

Mathematics

Functional Analysis

41 pages

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The classical Busemann-Petty problem (1956) asks, whether origin-symmetric convex bodies in $\mathbb {R}^n$ with smaller hyperplane central sections necessarily have smaller volumes. It is known, that the answer is affirmative if $n\le 4$ and negative if $n>4$. The same question can be asked when volumes of hyperplane sections are replaced by other comparison functions having geometric meaning. We give unified exposition of this circle of problems in real, complex, and quaternionic $n$-dimensional spaces. All cases are treated simultaneously. In particular, we show that the Busemann-Petty problem in the quaternionic $n$-dimensional space has an affirmative answer if and only if $n =2$. The method relies on the properties of cosine transforms on the unit sphere. Possible generalizations are discussed.

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