Conjecture that planar grazes characterize ellipsoids

Let K,LRnK,L\subset\mathbb R^n be convex bodies with LintKL\subset\operatorname{int}K. For a point xRnLx\in\mathbb R^n\setminus L, let Σ(L,x)\Sigma(L,x) denote the graze of LL from xx, namely the intersection of the boundary of the support cone of LL from xx with L\partial L. Suppose that, for every xKx\in\partial K, Σ(L,x)\Sigma(L,x) lies in a hyperplane. Planar-graze characterization conjecture. Then LL is an ellipsoid. The source presents this as an expected extension of known characterizations of ellipsoids by planar shadow boundaries and grazes; its status is not resolved in the supplied text.

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Ivan Gonzalez Garcia, Jesus Jeronimo Castro, Diana Janett Verdusco Hernandez and Efren Morales Amaya, “A characterization of the ellipsoid through planar grazes”, arXiv:2207.13294 (2025).

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