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Gruber P. Convex and Discrete Geometry

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208 <strong>Convex</strong> Bodies<br />

Note that ui ∈ B d ∩ bd C. Hence C is contained in the support halfspace of B d at<br />

ui, <strong>and</strong> thus ui · x ≤ 1forx ∈ C = TB|·|. Represent x by (6) in the form<br />

Then<br />

x = Ix = �<br />

λi (ui ⊗ ui) x = �<br />

λi (ui · x) ui.<br />

i<br />

x 2 = x · x = �<br />

λi (ui · x) 2 ≤ �<br />

λi = d for x ∈ TB|·|,<br />

i<br />

again by (6). Thus TB|·| ⊆ √ dB d . ⊓⊔<br />

Ball’s Reverse Isoperimetric Inequality<br />

Ball [50] proved the following result. The simpler 2-dimensional result was given<br />

previously by Behrend [89].<br />

Theorem 11.3. Let C ∈ Cp be symmetric in o. Then there is a non-singular linear<br />

transform T such that<br />

S(TC) d<br />

V (TC) d−1 ≤ (2d)d .<br />

This cannot be improved if C is a cube.<br />

Ball’s proof shows that the isoperimetric quotient of TC is small, if B d is the ellipsoid<br />

of maximum volume in TC. As shown by Barthe [76], the equality sign is<br />

needed precisely in the case where C is a parallelotope.<br />

Proof. We need the following version of the inequality of Brascamp <strong>and</strong> Lieb [162]<br />

due to Ball [49], see also Barthe [76].<br />

(7) Let ui ∈ Sd−1 ,λi > 0, i = 1,...,m, such that<br />

I = �<br />

λi ui ⊗ ui, �<br />

λi = d<br />

i<br />

i<br />

<strong>and</strong> let fi, i = 1,...,m, be non-negative measurable functions on R. Then<br />

�<br />

�<br />

fi(ui · x) λi<br />

� �<br />

dx ≤ � �λi fi(t) dt .<br />

E d<br />

i<br />

Choose a linear transformation T such that B d is the ellipsoid of maximum<br />

volume in TC. We will show that<br />

(8) V (TC) ≤ 2 d .<br />

Take ui,λi as in John’s theorem <strong>and</strong> consider the convex body D ={x :|ui · x| ≤<br />

1, i = 1,...,m}. For each i let fi be the characteristic function of the interval<br />

[−1, 1]. Then the function<br />

i<br />

i<br />

i<br />

R

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