The simplex conjecture for covering shadows
The simplex conjecture for covering shadows
Let be convex bodies, and for a unit vector let and denote their projections onto the hyperplane orthogonal to . Suppose that, for every unit vector , the projection contains a translate of . The simplex conjecture. Then
The bound is known in dimension , where the best possible universal constant is , but remains open for dimensions . If true, it would imply that the universal volume-ratio constant in all dimensions is ; the conjectured bound is not expected to be sharp separately in dimensions .
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Christina Chen, Tanya Khovanova and Daniel A. Klain, “Volume bounds for shadow covering”, arXiv:1109.1619 (2011).
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