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Converse of the Archimedean property of the sphere

In his remarkable book On the Sphere and Cylinder, where he came tantalizingly close to discovering calculus, Archimedes showed that the area of the portion of the sphere contained between a pair of ...
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Plank invariant measures on convex bodies

Let $K\subset R^2$ be a convex body, i.e., a compact convex set with interior points. A plank $P$ is the region between a pair of parallel lines in $R^2$. Let us say that $P$ intersects $K$ properly ...
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Sufficient condition for geodesic convexity/connectedness

Let $(\Sigma,g)$ be a connected smooth Riemannian manifold without boundary. By a minimizing geodesic I mean a geodesic whose length equals the distance between its endpoints. Let us consider the ...
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gradient of convex functions

Hello. Can somebody help me with the following question that I have thought over for quite some time, to no avail? Let $f$ be a smooth function (class $\mathrm{C}^{\infty}$), $f:\mathbb{R}^n \...
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Characterization of convexity by connectedness of hyperplane sections

Let $S$ be a smooth closed connected embedded hypersurface in $\mathbb R^n$. Is it true that $S$ is convex, i.e. is a boundary of a convex set, if and only if any section of $S$ by a hyperplane is ...
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Submanifolds lying on the boundary of a convex domain

Let $M$ be a submanifold of $\mathbb R^n$. Call $M$ locally convex if locally $M$ is contained in the boundary of a convex domain of $\mathbb R^n$. Is there any known condition that is equivalent to ...
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Polygon of convex arcs

Convex polygons in the plane $R^2$ arise in linear programming where the constraints are linear. The objective linear function attains its maximum at a vertex of the feasible region(if exists). Assume ...
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Is there exists (strictly) convex function on hemisphere?

Given $\mathbb{S}^n_+:=\{x\in \mathbb{R}^{n+1}: |x|=1,x_{n+1}>0\}$ be the open domain in $\mathbb{S}^n$, or be viewed as the geodesic ball centered at the pole with radius $\frac{\pi}{2}$ in $\...
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Quermassintegrals as mean curvature integrals

It is well-known that the quermassintegrals $W_{i}$ of a convex body $K\subset \mathbb{R}^{n}$ can be written as a mean curvature integral $$ W_{i}(K)=n^{-1}\int_{\partial K}H_{i-1} d\mathcal{H}^{n-1},...
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Extensions of Carathéodory's theorem

We know about the Carathéodory's theorem which is on the convex bodies of $\mathbb{R}^d$. My question is, how far we can extend it? Is it true for say, any convex object of Banach space, or for convex ...
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On the properness of the graph of a convex function

Let $f : \Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}$ be a smooth and convex function. Let us assume that $\Gamma_f = \mathrm{graph}(f) $ is a complete hypersurface of $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$. Then I know ...
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