Mathematics – Metric Geometry
Scientific paper
2011-11-22
Mathematics
Metric Geometry
Slight change of terminology; some typos corrected; one figure added
Scientific paper
In this note we introduce a natural Finsler structure on convex surfaces, referred to as the projective Finsler structure, which is dual in a sense to the obvious inclusion of a convex surface in a normed space. It has an associated projective girth, which is similar to the notion of girth defined by Sch\"affer. We prove the analogs of Sch\"affer's dual girth conjecture (proved by \'Alvarez-Paiva) and the Holmes-Thompson dual volumes theorem in the projective setting. We then show that the projective Finsler structure admits a natural extension to higher Grassmannians, and prove the corresponding theorems in the general case. We follow \'Alvarez-Paiva's approach to the problem, namely, we study the symplectic geometry of the associated co-ball bundles. For the higher Grassmannians, the theory of Hamiltonian actions is applied.
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