The simplex conjecture for covering shadows

Let K,LKnK,L\in\mathcal{K}_n be convex bodies, and for a unit vector uRnu\in\mathbb{R}^n let KuK_u and LuL_u denote their projections onto the hyperplane orthogonal to uu. Suppose that, for every unit vector uRnu\in\mathbb{R}^n, the projection LuL_u contains a translate of KuK_u. The simplex conjecture. Then

Vn(K)nn1Vn(L).V_n(K)\leq\frac{n}{n-1}V_n(L).

The bound is known in dimension 22, where the best possible universal constant is 3/23/2, but remains open for dimensions n3n\geq3. If true, it would imply that the universal volume-ratio constant in all dimensions n2n\geq2 is 3/23/2; the conjectured bound is not expected to be sharp separately in dimensions n3n\geq3.

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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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