Radical-polynomial sectional volume conjecture for convex bodies

Let KRnK \subset \mathbb R^n be a compact body with CC^{\infty} boundary K\partial K. For ξRn\xi \in \mathbb R^n with ξ=1|\xi|=1 and tRt \in \mathbb R, let

AK(ξ,t)=voln1(K{xRn:ξ,x=t})A_K(\xi,t)=\operatorname{vol}_{n-1}\bigl(K\cap\{x\in\mathbb R^n:\langle \xi,x\rangle=t\}\bigr)

be the sectional volume function. Radical-polynomial sectional volume conjecture. If, for some mNm\in\mathbb N, the mm-th power AKm(ξ,t)A_K^m(\xi,t) is a polynomial in tt whenever AK(ξ,t)0A_K(\xi,t)\ne 0, then K\partial K is an ellipsoid. This conjecture seeks to characterize ellipsoids by the algebraic dependence of their sectional volume functions; polynomially integrable domains with smooth boundary are known to be ellipsoids in odd dimensions, while the radical-polynomial formulation is intended to cover all dimensions.

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Mark Agranovsky, “Domains with radical-polynomial X-ray transform”, arXiv:2102.12275 (2021).

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