Gusakova–Zaporozhets conjecture on ellipsoids and intrinsic volumes

Let E1\mathcal E_1 and E2\mathcal E_2 be two ellipsoids in Rn\mathbb R^n. For an ellipsoid E\mathcal E, let Vi(E)V_i(\mathcal E) denote its ii-th intrinsic volume. Gusakova–Zaporozhets conjecture. If

V1(E1)=V1(E2),V2(E1)=V2(E2),,Vn(E1)=Vn(E2),V_1(\mathcal E_1)=V_1(\mathcal E_2),\quad V_2(\mathcal E_1)=V_2(\mathcal E_2),\quad\ldots,\quad V_n(\mathcal E_1)=V_n(\mathcal E_2),

then E1\mathcal E_1 and E2\mathcal E_2 are congruent. The conjecture asks whether an ellipsoid is uniquely determined, up to an isometry, by its intrinsic volumes or, equivalently, by its Steiner polynomial. It was confirmed in R3\mathbb R^3 by Petrov and Tarasov; the supplied source does not state a resolution in general dimension.

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Sergii Myroshnychenko, Kateryna Tatarko and Vladyslav Yaskin, “Unique determination of ellipsoids by their dual volumes and the moment problem”, arXiv:2007.08079 (2020).

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