Higher-dimensional Alexandrov isodiametric conjecture

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Let Σ\Sigma be a closed oriented convex Riemannian manifold of dimension dd, with Riemannian volume AA and intrinsic diameter DD. Let BdB^d denote the dd-dimensional unit ball, and let ∣Bd∣|B^d| be its volume.

Higher-dimensional Alexandrov conjecture. The inequality

ADd≤∣Bd∣2d−1\frac{A}{D^d} \leq \frac{|B^d|}{2^{d-1}}

holds for any such manifold.

This is proposed as the extension to arbitrary dimension of Alexandrov's surface conjecture. The inequality has been proved for closed spherically symmetric Riemannian manifolds diffeomorphic to SdS^d that are isometrically embedded in Rd+1\mathbb{R}^{d+1}, but remains open for general closed oriented convex Riemannian manifolds.

References

Primary source

Pedro Freitas and David Krejcirik, “Alexandrov's isodiametric conjecture and the cut locus of a surface”, arXiv:1406.0811 (2014).

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