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Volumes of sets of constant width in high dimensions

Background The $n$-dimensional Euclidean ball of radius $1/2$ has width $1$ in every direction. Namely, when you consider a pair of parallel tangent hyperplanes in any direction the distance between ...
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Effective radius of section of a convex set compared to that of the convex itself

The effective radius $er(A)$ of a $n$-solid $A$, is defined by Schramm (see the question by Gil Kalai Volumes of Sets of Constant Width in High Dimensions) to be the radius of the $n$-ball that has ...
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