Mahler's volume product conjecture

Let (X,)(X,\|\cdot\|) be an nn-dimensional normed space, let (X,)(X^*,\|\cdot\|^*) be its dual, and let BB and BB^{\circ} be the unit balls of XX and XX^*, respectively. Write ν(X)\nu(X) for the Liouville volume of B×BX×XB\times B^{\circ}\subset X\times X^*, also called the Mahler volume or volume product. Mahler's volume product conjecture. For every nn-dimensional normed space XX,

ν(X)4nn!.\nu(X)\geq\frac{4^n}{n!}.

The conjecture concerns the sharp lower bound for the volume product of centrally symmetric convex bodies, with equality attained by the hypercube and, non-uniquely in the broad formulation, its relevant affine counterparts. It was conjectured by Mahler in 1939 and remains an open problem in convex geometry.

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Yaron Ostrover, “When symplectic topology meets Banach space geometry”, arXiv:1404.6954 (2014).

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