The mixed-volume Minkowski-sum volume conjecture

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Let dd be a positive integer, let mm be a real number, and let K1,…,KdK_1,\ldots,K_d be convex bodies in \mathdsRd\mathds{R}^d satisfying

Vol⁡(K1)≥1, …, Vol⁡(Kd)≥1,and  V⁡(K1,…,Kd)=m.\operatorname{Vol}(K_1) \ge 1,\ \ldots,\ \operatorname{Vol}(K_d) \ge 1,\quad\text{and }\ \operatorname{V}(K_1,\ldots,K_d)=m.

For an integer ℓ\ell with 1≤ℓ≤d1\leq\ell\leq d, the mixed-volume Minkowski-sum volume conjecture. The maximum of Vol⁡(K1+⋯+Kℓ)\operatorname{Vol}(K_1+\cdots+K_\ell) equals (m+ℓ−1)d(m+\ell-1)^d and is attained when K1=mK2=⋯=mKdK_1=mK_2=\cdots=mK_d with Vol⁡(Kd)=1\operatorname{Vol}(K_d)=1.

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Gennadiy Averkov, Christopher Borger and Ivan Soprunov, “Inequalities between mixed volumes of convex bodies: volume bounds for the Minkowski sum”, arXiv:2002.03065 (2020).

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