Bourgain's hyperplane conjecture

For uB2nu\in\partial B_2^n, define u={xRn:x,u=0}u^\perp=\{x\in\mathbb{R}^n:\langle x,u\rangle=0\}. For a convex body KRnK\subseteq\mathbb{R}^n, let b(K)=Kxdx/Kb(K)=\int_K x\,dx/\lvert K\rvert be its barycenter. Bourgain's hyperplane conjecture. There is a universal constant c>0c>0 such that, for every n2n\geq2 and every convex body KRnK\subseteq\mathbb{R}^n with b(K)=0b(K)=0 and K=1\lvert K\rvert=1,

maxuB2nKuc.\max_{u\in\partial B_2^n}\lvert K\cap u^\perp\rvert\geq c.

This is also called the slicing conjecture. The supplied text states that it is equivalent to a universal bound on the isotropic constant and that it remains unresolved.

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Vlassis Mastrantonis and Yanir A. Rubinstein, “Two-dimensional Błocki, L^p-Mahler, and Bourgain conjectures”, arXiv:2401.10992 (2024).

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