Volume of intersections of convex bodies with their symmetric images and efficient coverings

Speaker(s)

Tomasz Tkocz

Affiliation

Carnegie Mellon University

Date

Nov. 28, 2019, 12:15 p.m.

Room

room 3260

Seminar

Seminar of Probability Group

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Let K be a convex body with volume one and barycentre at the origin. How small is the volume of the intersection of K and -K? I shall discuss such lower bounds and present applications to the Hadwidger covering/illumination conjecture. Based on joint work with H. Huang, B. Slomka and B. Vritsiou.

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