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Generalized Hadwiger numbers for symmetric ovals
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by Valentin Boju and Louis Funar
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 119 (1993), 931-934
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1993-1176065-5
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Abstract:

Some estimations for the "juxtaposition function" ${h_F}$ and an asymptotic formula for the function ${h_F}/{h_G}$, where $F,\;G$ are central symmetric convex bodies, are given. Hadwiger and Grünbaum gave for ${h_F}(1)$ the bounds ${n^2} + n \leqslant {h_F}(1) \leqslant {3^n} - 1$. Grünbaum conjectured (and proved for $n = 2$ in Pacific J. Math. 11 (1961), 215-219) that for every even $r$ between these bounds there exists in ${E^n}$ an oval $F$ such that ${h_F}(1) = r$. Lower bounds for ${h_F}$ could be derived in the same way as in Theorems 1 and 2 from a good estimate of packing numbers on a Minkowski sphere, that is, from solutions to a Tammes-type problem in a Banch space.
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Bibliographic Information
  • © Copyright 1993 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 119 (1993), 931-934
  • MSC: Primary 52C15; Secondary 52A10, 52C17
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1993-1176065-5
  • MathSciNet review: 1176065