Even valuations on convex bodies

Klain, Daniel

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-99-02240-0

Even valuations on convex bodies
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Abstract:

The notion of even valuation is introduced as a natural generalization of volume on compact convex subsets of Euclidean space. A recent characterization theorem for volume leads in turn to a connection between even valuations on compact convex sets and continuous functions on Grassmannians. This connection can be described in part using generating distributions for symmetric compact convex sets. We also explore some consequences of these characterization results in convex and integral geometry.

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