Hard Lefschetz theorem and Hodge-Riemann relations for convex valuations

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Main Authors: Bernig, Andreas, Kotrbatý, Jan, Wannerer, Thomas
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author Bernig, Andreas
Kotrbatý, Jan
Wannerer, Thomas
author_facet Bernig, Andreas
Kotrbatý, Jan
Wannerer, Thomas
contents The algebra of smooth translation-invariant valuations on convex bodies, introduced by S.Alesker in the early 2000s, was in part proved and in part conjectured to satisfy properties formally analogous to those of the cohomology ring of a compact Kähler manifold: Poincaré duality, the hard Lefschetz theorem, and the Hodge-Riemann relations. Our main result establishes the hard Lefschetz theorem and the Hodge-Riemann relations in full generality. As a consequence, we obtain McMullen's quadratic inequalities, which are valid for strongly isomorphic polytopes and known to fail in general, for convex bodies with smooth and strictly positively curved boundary. Our proof is based on elliptic operator theory and on perturbation theory applied to unbounded operators on a natural Hilbert space completion of the space of smooth translation-invariant valuations.
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spellingShingle Hard Lefschetz theorem and Hodge-Riemann relations for convex valuations
Bernig, Andreas
Kotrbatý, Jan
Wannerer, Thomas
Differential Geometry
Metric Geometry
52A40 (Primary), 52A39, 52B45, 43A75 (Secondary)
The algebra of smooth translation-invariant valuations on convex bodies, introduced by S.Alesker in the early 2000s, was in part proved and in part conjectured to satisfy properties formally analogous to those of the cohomology ring of a compact Kähler manifold: Poincaré duality, the hard Lefschetz theorem, and the Hodge-Riemann relations. Our main result establishes the hard Lefschetz theorem and the Hodge-Riemann relations in full generality. As a consequence, we obtain McMullen's quadratic inequalities, which are valid for strongly isomorphic polytopes and known to fail in general, for convex bodies with smooth and strictly positively curved boundary. Our proof is based on elliptic operator theory and on perturbation theory applied to unbounded operators on a natural Hilbert space completion of the space of smooth translation-invariant valuations.
title Hard Lefschetz theorem and Hodge-Riemann relations for convex valuations
topic Differential Geometry
Metric Geometry
52A40 (Primary), 52A39, 52B45, 43A75 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.12294