Gusakova–Zaporozhets uniqueness conjecture for ellipsoids

Let E1\mathcal{E}_1 and E2\mathcal{E}_2 be ellipsoids in Rn\mathbb{R}^n. For a bounded convex set KRnK\subset\mathbb{R}^n, let V0(K),,Vn(K)V_0(K),\ldots,V_n(K) denote its intrinsic volumes, defined by the Steiner formula

Vol(K+tBn)=k=0nκnkVk(K)tnk,\operatorname{Vol}(K+tB_n)=\sum_{k=0}^n\kappa_{n-k}V_k(K)t^{n-k},

where BnB_n is the Euclidean unit ball, κk=πk/2/Γ(k2+1)\kappa_k=\pi^{k/2}/\Gamma(\frac{k}{2}+1), and Vol\operatorname{Vol} is nn-dimensional volume. Two ellipsoids are congruent when one is obtained from the other by a rigid motion. Gusakova–Zaporozhets' conjecture. If

Vi(E1)=Vi(E2)V_i(\mathcal{E}_1)=V_i(\mathcal{E}_2)

for every i=1,2,,ni=1,2,\ldots,n, then E1\mathcal{E}_1 and E2\mathcal{E}_2 are congruent. The conjecture asserts uniqueness of an ellipsoid up to rigid motions from its intrinsic volumes. It was conjectured by Anna Gusakova and Dmitry Zaporozhets in 2017 and is proved in the source paper for n=3n=3, while the general-dimensional case is not resolved here.

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Fedor Petrov and Alexander Tarasov, “Uniqueness of a 3D ellipsoid with given intrinsic volumes”, arXiv:1905.01728 (2019).

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