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On the affine diameter of closed convex hypersurfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Weimin Sheng
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310028, Peoples Republic of China, e-mail: weimins@css.zju.edu.cn
Neil S. Trudinger
Affiliation:
Centre for Mathematics and Its Applications, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, e-mail: Neil.Trudinger@maths.anu.edu.au
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Abstract

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In this paper we prove that the affine diameter of any closed uniformly convex hypersurface in Euclidean space enclosing finite volume is bounded from above.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 2003

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