The lower bounded k-th mean curvature characterization of balls

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Let K⊆Rn+1K\subseteq\mathbf{R}^{n+1} be a convex body. For k=1,…,nk=1,\ldots,n, let Hk(K,⋅)H_k(K,\cdot) denote its pointwise kk-th mean curvature, and write Hn\mathscr{H}^{n} and Ln+1\mathscr{L}^{n+1} for Hausdorff and Lebesgue measure, respectively. Ball characterization conjecture. If

Hk(K,x)≥(Hn(∂K)(n+1)Ln+1(K))k(nk)H_k(K,x)\geq\bigg(\frac{\mathscr{H}^{n}(\partial K)}{(n+1)\mathscr{L}^{n+1}(K)}\bigg)^k{n\choose k}

for Hn\mathscr{H}^{n}-almost every x∈∂Kx\in\partial K, then KK is a ball. This conjecture proposes a characterization of the ball using only a pointwise lower bound on the kk-th mean curvature; the source gives no resolution, so its status remains open.

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Primary source

Mario Santilli, “Uniqueness of singular convex hypersurfaces with lower bounded k-th mean curvature”, arXiv:1908.05952 (2020).

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