Euclidean ball extremality conjecture for finite-facet volume approximation

Fix nNn\in\mathbb{N} with n2n\geq 2 and Nn+1N\geq n+1, and let KK be a convex body in Rn\mathbb{R}^n. For a polytope PP with at most NN facets, write Δv(P,K)\Delta_v(P,K) for the symmetric volume difference and K|K| for the volume of KK. Euclidean-ball extremality conjecture. Then

minP has at most N facetsΔv(P,K)KminP has at most N facetsΔv(P,Dn)Dn.\min_{P\text{ has at most }N\text{ facets}}\frac{\Delta_v(P,K)}{|K|}\leq\min_{P\text{ has at most }N\text{ facets}}\frac{\Delta_v(P,D_n)}{|D_n|}.

The conjecture asserts that, among convex bodies normalized against their own volume, the Euclidean ball is hardest to approximate by polytopes with at most NN facets. It is motivated by the affine isoperimetric inequality, which gives the corresponding extremal statement for the leading asymptotic constant as NN\to\infty; the finite-NN inequality remains open.

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Gil Kur, “Approximation of the Euclidean ball by polytopes with a restricted number of facets”, arXiv:1705.00210 (2020).

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