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Hauptverfasser: Breiding, Paul, Bürgisser, Peter, Lerario, Antonio, Mathis, Léo
Format: Preprint
Veröffentlicht: 2021
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.14996
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  • We show that every multilinear map between Euclidean spaces induces a unique, continuous, Minkowski multilinear map of the corresponding real cones of zonoids. Applied to the wedge product of the exterior algebra of a Euclidean space, this yields a multiplication of zonoids, defining the structure of a commutative, associative, and partially ordered ring, which we call the zonoid algebra. This framework gives a new perspective on classical objects in convex geometry, and it allows to introduce new functionals on zonoids, in particular generalizing the notion of mixed volume. We also analyze a similar construction based on the complex wedge product, which leads to the new notion of mixed $J$-volume. These ideas connect to the theory of random determinants.