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Title

A general geometric construction for affine surface area

Authors 1, 2

Affiliations

  1. Department of Mathematics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, U.S.A.
  2. Université de Lille 1, UFR de Mathématique, 59699 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France

Abstract

Let K be a convex body in n and B be the Euclidean unit ball in n. We show that limt0|K|-|Kt||B|-|Bt|=asKas(B), where as(K) respectively as(B) is the affine surface area of K respectively B and {Kt}t0, {Bt}t0 are general families of convex bodies constructed from K,B satisfying certain conditions. As a corollary we get results obtained in [M-W], [Schm], [S-W] and [W].

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Pages:
227-238
Main language of publication
English
Received
1997-06-30
Published
1999
Exact and natural sciences