Selected topics from the theory of intersections of balls

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Main Authors: Bezdek, Károly, Lángi, Zsolt, Naszódi, Márton
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Published: 2024
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author Bezdek, Károly
Lángi, Zsolt
Naszódi, Márton
author_facet Bezdek, Károly
Lángi, Zsolt
Naszódi, Márton
contents In this survey, we discuss volumetric and combinatorial results concerning (mostly finite) intersections or unions of balls (mostly of equal radii) in the $d$-dimensional real vector space, mostly equipped with the Euclidean norm. Our first topic is the Kneser--Poulsen Conjecture, according to which if a finite number of balls are rearranged so that the pairwise distances of the centers increase, then the volume of the union (resp., intersection) increases (resp., decreases). Next, we discuss Blaschke--Santaló-type inequalities, and reverse isoperimetric inequalities for convex sets in Euclidean $d$-space obtained as intersections of (possibly infinitely many) balls of radius $r$, which we call $r$-ball bodies. We present some results on $1$-ball bodies (also called ball-bodies or spindle convex sets) in the plane, with special attention paid to their approximation by the spindle convex hull of a finite subset. A ball-polyhedron is a ball-body obtained as the intersection of finitely many unit balls in Euclidean $d$-space. We consider the combinatorial structure of their faces, and volumetric properties of ball-polyhedra obtained from choosing the centers of the balls randomly.
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Bezdek, Károly
Lángi, Zsolt
Naszódi, Márton
Metric Geometry
In this survey, we discuss volumetric and combinatorial results concerning (mostly finite) intersections or unions of balls (mostly of equal radii) in the $d$-dimensional real vector space, mostly equipped with the Euclidean norm. Our first topic is the Kneser--Poulsen Conjecture, according to which if a finite number of balls are rearranged so that the pairwise distances of the centers increase, then the volume of the union (resp., intersection) increases (resp., decreases). Next, we discuss Blaschke--Santaló-type inequalities, and reverse isoperimetric inequalities for convex sets in Euclidean $d$-space obtained as intersections of (possibly infinitely many) balls of radius $r$, which we call $r$-ball bodies. We present some results on $1$-ball bodies (also called ball-bodies or spindle convex sets) in the plane, with special attention paid to their approximation by the spindle convex hull of a finite subset. A ball-polyhedron is a ball-body obtained as the intersection of finitely many unit balls in Euclidean $d$-space. We consider the combinatorial structure of their faces, and volumetric properties of ball-polyhedra obtained from choosing the centers of the balls randomly.
title Selected topics from the theory of intersections of balls
topic Metric Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.10302