Local Blaschke--Kakutani ellipsoid characterization and Banach's isometric subspaces problem

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Main Authors: Ivanov, Sergei, Mamaev, Daniil, Nordskova, Anya
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Published: 2023
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author Ivanov, Sergei
Mamaev, Daniil
Nordskova, Anya
author_facet Ivanov, Sergei
Mamaev, Daniil
Nordskova, Anya
contents We prove the following local version of Blaschke--Kakutani's characterization of ellipsoids: Let $V$ be a finite-dimensional real vector space, $B\subset V$ a convex body with 0 in its interior, and ${2\le k<\dim V}$ an integer. Suppose that the body $B$ is contained in a cylinder based on the cross-section $B \cap X$ for every $k$-plane $X$ from a connected open set of linear $k$-planes in $V$. Then in the region of $V$ swept by these $k$-planes $B$ coincides with either an ellipsoid, or a cylinder over an ellipsoid, or a cylinder over a $k$-dimensional base. For $k=2$ and $k=3$ we obtain as a corollary a local solution to Banach's isometric subspaces problem: If all cross-sections of $B$ by $k$-planes from a connected open set are linearly equivalent, then the same conclusion as above holds.
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spellingShingle Local Blaschke--Kakutani ellipsoid characterization and Banach's isometric subspaces problem
Ivanov, Sergei
Mamaev, Daniil
Nordskova, Anya
Metric Geometry
46C15, 52A21
We prove the following local version of Blaschke--Kakutani's characterization of ellipsoids: Let $V$ be a finite-dimensional real vector space, $B\subset V$ a convex body with 0 in its interior, and ${2\le k<\dim V}$ an integer. Suppose that the body $B$ is contained in a cylinder based on the cross-section $B \cap X$ for every $k$-plane $X$ from a connected open set of linear $k$-planes in $V$. Then in the region of $V$ swept by these $k$-planes $B$ coincides with either an ellipsoid, or a cylinder over an ellipsoid, or a cylinder over a $k$-dimensional base. For $k=2$ and $k=3$ we obtain as a corollary a local solution to Banach's isometric subspaces problem: If all cross-sections of $B$ by $k$-planes from a connected open set are linearly equivalent, then the same conclusion as above holds.
title Local Blaschke--Kakutani ellipsoid characterization and Banach's isometric subspaces problem
topic Metric Geometry
46C15, 52A21
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.12231