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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299981603321

Autore

Alesker Semyon

Titolo

Integral Geometry and Valuations / / by Semyon Alesker, Joseph H.G. Fu ; edited by Eduardo Gallego, Gil Solanes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel : , : Springer Basel : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2014

ISBN

3-0348-0874-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 112 p.)

Collana

Advanced Courses in Mathematics - CRM Barcelona, , 2297-0304

Disciplina

516.362

Soggetti

Convex geometry

Discrete geometry

Geometry, Differential

Convex and Discrete Geometry

Differential Geometry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Part I: New Structures on Valuations and Applications -- Translation invariant valuations on convex sets -- Valuations on manifolds -- Part II: Algebraic Integral Geometry -- Classical integral geometry -- Curvature measures and the normal cycle -- Integral geometry of euclidean spaces via Alesker theory -- Valuations and integral geometry on isotropic manifolds -- Hermitian integral geometry.

Sommario/riassunto

Valuations are finitely additive functionals on the space of convex bodies. Their study has become a central subject in convexity theory, with fundamental applications to integral geometry. In the last years there has been significant progress in the theory of valuations, which in turn has led to important achievements in integral geometry. This book originated from two courses delivered by the authors at the CRM and provides a self-contained introduction to these topics, covering most of the recent advances. The first part, by Semyon Alesker, is devoted to the theory of convex valuations, with emphasis on the latest developments. A special focus is put on the new fundamental structures of the space of valuations discovered after Alesker's irreducibility theorem. Moreover, the author describes the newly developed theory of valuations on manifolds. In the second part, Joseph



H. G. Fu gives a modern introduction to integral geometry in the sense of Blaschke and Santaló, based on the notions and tools presented in the first part. At the core of this approach lies the close relationship between kinematic formulas and Alesker's product of valuations. This original viewpoint not only enlightens the classical integral geometry of Euclidean space, it has also produced previously unreachable results, such as the explicit computation of kinematic formulas in Hermitian spaces.