Convexity conjecture for illumination bodies in nonpositive-curvature space forms

Let n3n\geq 3, let λ0\lambda\leq 0, and let KK0(Spn(λ))K\in\mathcal{K}_0(\mathrm{Sp}^n(\lambda)) be a convex body. Illumination-body convexity conjecture. For every δ>0\delta>0, the illumination body satisfies

Iδλ(K)K0(Spn(λ)).\mathcal{I}_\delta^\lambda(K)\in\mathcal{K}_0(\mathrm{Sp}^n(\lambda)).

The claim extends the proven two-dimensional hyperbolic result to higher-dimensional space forms of nonpositive curvature. In Euclidean space illumination bodies are convex, while the paper notes that convexity can fail in positive curvature; the higher-dimensional nonpositive-curvature case remains open.

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Rotem Assouline, Florian Besau and Elisabeth M. Werner, “Illumination Bodies in Projective Geometries”, arXiv:2605.25122 (2026).

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