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Gruber P. Convex and Discrete Geometry

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10 Problems of Minkowski <strong>and</strong> Weyl <strong>and</strong> Some Dynamics 195<br />

The isoperimetric inequality then shows that<br />

(19) The sequence � V (Pm) � is bounded above.<br />

By translating Pm, if necessary, we may suppose that<br />

(20) o ∈ Pm for all m.<br />

We next show that<br />

(21) The sequence of polytopes (Pm) is bounded.<br />

For all α ∈ R let α + = max{α, 0}. Let x =�x�v ∈ Pm. Since h Pm (u) ≥ h[o,x](u) =<br />

�x�(u · v) + for u ∈ S d−1 by (20), it follows from (17) that<br />

(22) V (Pm) = 1 d<br />

n�<br />

i=1<br />

= �x�<br />

d<br />

h Pm (ui)αi ≥ �x�<br />

d<br />

�<br />

S d−1<br />

n�<br />

(ui · v)<br />

i=1<br />

+ αi<br />

(u · v) + dσm(u) � → �x�<br />

d<br />

�<br />

S d−1<br />

>β�x� for all sufficiently large m <strong>and</strong> x ∈ Pm.<br />

(u · v) + dσ(u) �<br />

Here, β>0 is independent of v <strong>and</strong> thus of x. (19) <strong>and</strong> (22) together yield Proposition<br />

(21).<br />

For the proof that<br />

(23) The sequence � V (Pm) � is bounded below by a positive constant,<br />

it is sufficient to take, in (22), x ∈ Pm such that �x� ≥γ > 0 for all sufficiently<br />

large m, where γ is a suitable positive constant. This is possible by (18).<br />

Blaschke’s selection theorem, the continuity of the volume on C, see Theorem<br />

7.5, <strong>and</strong> Propositions (21) <strong>and</strong> (23) yield the following. By taking a suitable<br />

subsequence of (Pm) <strong>and</strong> renumbering, if necessary,<br />

By Proposition 10.2,<br />

σm = σPm<br />

Pm → C, say, where C ∈ Cp.<br />

then converges weakly to σC.<br />

Comparing this with (17) implies that σ = σC. This settles the existence of the<br />

convex body C.<br />

To show that C is unique up to translation, assume that σ = σD for a convex<br />

body D ∈ Cp. Corollary 10.1 then shows that<br />

V (C, D,...,D) = 1<br />

�<br />

hC(u) dσD(u) =<br />

d<br />

1<br />

�<br />

hC(u) dσC(u)<br />

d<br />

S d−1<br />

= V (C, C,...,C) = V (C).<br />

S d−1

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