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Gruber P. Convex and Discrete Geometry

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12 Special <strong>Convex</strong> Bodies 219<br />

Characterizations of Simplices of Choquet <strong>and</strong> Rogers–Shephard<br />

Choquet [208] ((i)⇔(ii)) <strong>and</strong> Rogers <strong>and</strong> Shephard [852] ((i)⇔(iii)) proved the<br />

following seminal result.<br />

Theorem 12.1. Let C ∈ C. Then the following statements are equivalent:<br />

(i) Cisasimplex.<br />

(ii) For any λ, µ ≥ 0 <strong>and</strong> x, y ∈ E d with (λC + x) ∩ (µC + y) �= ∅, there are<br />

ν ≥ 0 <strong>and</strong> z ∈ E d such that<br />

(λC + x) ∩ (µC + y) = νC + z.<br />

(iii) For any x, y ∈ E d with (C + x) ∩ (C + y) �= ∅, there are ν ≥ 0 <strong>and</strong> z ∈ E d<br />

such that<br />

(C + x) ∩ (C + y) = νC + z.<br />

An exposed point of a convex body C is a point p ∈ C, such that there is a support<br />

hyperplane H of C with H ∩ C ={p}.<br />

Proof. The implications (i)⇒(ii) <strong>and</strong> (ii)⇒(iii) are easy to prove (consider the simplex<br />

{x : 0 ≤ xi, x1 +···+xd ≤ 1}), or trivial. Thus it is sufficient to show that<br />

(iii)⇒(i) We may suppose that dim C = d. The proof is by induction on d. For<br />

d = 0, 1 each convex body <strong>and</strong> thus, in particular, C is a simplex. Assume now that<br />

d > 1 <strong>and</strong> that the implication (iii)⇒(i) holds for dimensions 0, 1,...,d − 1.<br />

C contains an exposed boundary point, take for example a point where a circumscribed<br />

sphere touches C. After a translation, if necessary, we may suppose that this<br />

point is the origin o. Choose a support hyperplane H of C with C ∩ H ={o}. Since<br />

C is proper, the smooth points are dense in bd C, see Theorem 5.1. Thus we may<br />

choose a smooth point p ∈ bd C such that the open line segment with endpoints o, p<br />

is contained in int C. In order to see that<br />

(1) C ∩ (C − λp) = (1 − λ)C for 0

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