Mahler's lower-bound conjecture for centrally symmetric convex bodies

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Let K⊆RnK\subseteq\mathbb{R}^n be a centrally symmetric convex body, and let K∘K^\circ be its polar body. Define the Mahler volume by

v(K)=(Vol⁡K)(Vol⁡K∘).v(K)=(\operatorname{Vol} K)(\operatorname{Vol} K^\circ).

Let Cn=[−1,1]nC_n=[-1,1]^n be the cube. Mahler's conjecture. In any fixed dimension nn, v(K)v(K) is minimized among centrally symmetric convex bodies by CnC_n.

The conjecture is the lower-bound counterpart to the Blaschke–Santaló inequality, which says that ellipsoids uniquely maximize v(K)v(K). The lower bound remains open in general.

References

Primary source

Greg Kuperberg, “From the Mahler conjecture to Gauss linking integrals”, arXiv:math/0610904 (2008).

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