Böröczky–Lutwak–Yang–Zhang even LpL_p Brunn–Minkowski conjecture

Let L,KL,K be origin-symmetric convex bodies in Rn+1\mathbb{R}^{n+1}, and let hL,hKh_L,h_K be their support functions, while SKS_K and VKV_K denote the surface-area and cone-volume measures of KK. For p[0,1)p\in[0,1), interpret the expressions at p=0p=0 by their limit.

Böröczky–Lutwak–Yang–Zhang conjecture. The LpL_p Brunn–Minkowski inequality holds:

V((1λ)L+pλK)((1λ)V(L)pn+1+λV(K)pn+1)n+1p.V((1-\lambda)L+_p\lambda K)\geq\left((1-\lambda)V(L)^{\frac{p}{n+1}}+\lambda V(K)^{\frac{p}{n+1}}\right)^{\frac{n+1}{p}}.

Equivalently,

1pSnhLphK1pdSKn+1pV(K)1pn+1V(L)pn+1.\frac{1}{p}\int_{S^n}h_L^ph_K^{1-p}\,dS_K\geq\frac{n+1}{p}V(K)^{1-\frac{p}{n+1}}V(L)^{\frac{p}{n+1}}.

At p=0p=0, this is the conjectured log-Minkowski inequality

1V(K)SnloghLhKdVK1n+1logV(L)V(K).\frac{1}{V(K)}\int_{S^n}\log\frac{h_L}{h_K}\,dV_K\geq\frac{1}{n+1}\log\frac{V(L)}{V(K)}.

The conjecture is a central global inequality in the even LpL_p Brunn–Minkowski theory and is equivalent to the corresponding even LpL_p-Minkowski problem. It is known in dimension n=1n=1, while the full range p[0,1)p\in[0,1) remains open.

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Primary source

Weiyong He and Junbang Liu, “On the uniqueness of even L^p Minkowski problem”, arXiv:2510.21530 (2025).

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