Conjecture on intersections of support cones characterizing homothetic ellipsoids

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Let L,K⊂RnL,K\subset \mathbb{R}^{n} be convex bodies, with n≥3n\geq 3, and suppose that L⊂int⁡KL\subset \operatorname{int}K. For x∈Rn∖Kx\in\mathbb{R}^{n}\setminus K, let S(L,x)S(L,x) denote the boundary of the cone generated by LL with apex xx. Support-cone intersection conjecture. For every x∈bd⁡Kx\in\operatorname{bd}K, there exist y∈bd⁡Ky\in\operatorname{bd}K and a hyperplane Π\Pi such that

S(L,x)∩S(L,y)=Π∩bd⁡K.S(L,x)\cap S(L,y)=\Pi\cap\operatorname{bd}K.

Then LL and KK are homothetic ellipsoids. The source presents this as a problem motivated by an observation about intersections of support cones; the supplied parser gives no evidence that it has been resolved.

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Efrén Morales-Amaya, Geronimmo Mondragón and Jesús Jerónimo-Castro, “On characteristic properties of the ellipsoid in terms of circumscribed cones of a convex body”, arXiv:2401.03983 (2025).

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