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Polynomially integrable bodies

Symmetry and convexity in geometric inequalities · Historical workshop question

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Replacing volume of the sections by the surface area (or any intrinsic volume), is it true that the only bodies in even dimensions with such property are ellipsoids?

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Let AK,u(t)=∣K∩{tu+u⊥}∣n−1A_{K,u}(t) = |K \cap \{ tu + u^\perp \}|_{n-1} be a parallel section function of KK, then an infinitely smooth convex body KK in Rn\mathbb{R}^n is called polynomially integrable if its parallel section functions AK,u(t)A_{K,u}(t) are polynomials of tt (on its support) for all u∈Sn−1u \in S^{n-1}.

It is known that the only smooth bodies in odd dimensions are ellipsoids, and in even dimensions, such bodies do not exist.

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