A classification of some unit Lorentz balls as non-intersection bodies

Spencer, Patrick

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-2014-11821-1

A classification of some unit Lorentz balls as non-intersection bodies
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Abstract:

We show that the unit ball of the $n$-dimensional Lorentz space $\ell _{w,q}^n$ is not an intersection body for $q>2$ and $n\ge 5$.

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