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Gruber P. Convex and Discrete Geometry

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176 <strong>Convex</strong> Bodies<br />

The Brunn–Minkowski Inequality<br />

The following proof reduces the Brunn–Minkowski inequality to the trivial case<br />

where both bodies are balls.<br />

Theorem 9.4. Let C, D ∈ C. Then V (C + D) 1 d ≥ V (C) 1 d + V (D) 1 d .<br />

Proof. It is sufficient to consider the case where C, D ∈ Cp. By Corollary 9.1, there<br />

are hyperplanes H1, H2,... through o, such that<br />

st Hn ···st �<br />

V (C)<br />

� 1<br />

d d<br />

H1C → B ,<br />

st Hn ···st H1 D →<br />

κd<br />

�<br />

V (D)<br />

� 1<br />

d d<br />

B .<br />

Thus Proposition 9.1(vi,iii) <strong>and</strong> the continuity of V , see Theorem 7.5, yield the<br />

following.<br />

V (C + D) 1 d = V � st H1 (C + D)� 1 d ≥ V (st H1C + st H1 D) 1 d ≥···<br />

�� � 1<br />

V (C) d<br />

→ V<br />

B d � � 1<br />

V (D) d<br />

+<br />

B d<br />

� 1 ⎛<br />

d<br />

= V ⎝ 1<br />

�<br />

V (C) 1 d + V (D) 1� d<br />

κd<br />

= V (C) 1 d + V (D) 1 d . ⊓⊔<br />

κd<br />

The Blaschke–Santaló Inequality<br />

Blaschke [126] proved the following result for d = 3. It was extended to general d<br />

by Santaló [880].<br />

Theorem 9.5. Let C ∈ Cp be o-symmetric. Then<br />

κd<br />

V (C)V (C ∗ ) ≤ κ 2 d .<br />

Proof. By the Corollary 9.1 to the sphericity theorem of Gross, there are hyperplanes<br />

H1, H2,... through o, such that<br />

Cn = st Hn ···st � � 1<br />

V (C) d<br />

H1C →<br />

B d .<br />

An easy argument for polar bodies then shows that<br />

C ∗ n →<br />

� � 1<br />

κd<br />

d<br />

B<br />

V (C)<br />

d .<br />

Thus<br />

V (C)V (C ∗ ) ≤ V (st H1 C)V � (st H1 C)∗� = V (C1)V (C ∗ 1 )<br />

κd<br />

κ 1 d<br />

d<br />

≤ V (st H2C1)V � (st H2C1) ∗� = V (C2)V (C ∗ 2 ) ≤ ...<br />

→ V (B d ) 2 = κ 2 d .<br />

by Proposition 9.2 <strong>and</strong> the continuity of volume on C, see Theorem 7.5. ⊓⊔<br />

B d<br />

⎞<br />

⎠<br />

1<br />

d

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