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Brunn-Minkowski and the Ricci curvature of Hilbert geometries

Recall that a Hilbert geometry is the interior of a convex body $K \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ provided with the metric $$ d(x,y) = \frac{1}{2} \ln\left(\frac{|x-b|}{|y-b|}\frac{|y-a|}{|x-a|}\right) , $$ where $a$ and $b$ are the points of intersection of the boundary of $K$ and the straight line determined by $x$ and $y$ with the provision that $x$ lie in the segment $ay$ (and $y$ lie in the segment $xb$).

Question. Given two metric balls $B_1$ and $B_2$ of finite Hausdorff measure $\nu > 0$ in a Hilbert geometry $(K,d_K)$, is it true that the Hausdorff measure of $(B_1 + B_2)/2$, defined as the set formed by the midpoints of all line segments having one endpoint in $B_1$ and another endpoint in $B_2$, is never greater than $\nu$?

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