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

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

v(K)=(VolK)(VolK).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.

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Primary source

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

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