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Record Nr.

UNISA996418271503316

Autore

Hug Daniel

Titolo

Lectures on Convex Geometry [[electronic resource] /] / by Daniel Hug, Wolfgang Weil

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-50180-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 pages)

Collana

Graduate Texts in Mathematics, , 0072-5285 ; ; 286

Disciplina

516.08

Soggetti

Convex geometry 

Discrete geometry

Polytopes

Measure theory

Functional analysis

Convex and Discrete Geometry

Measure and Integration

Functional Analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Preliminaries and Notation -- 1. Convex Sets -- 2. Convex Functions -- 3. Brunn-Minkowski Theory -- 4. From Area Measures to Valuations -- 5. Integral Geometric Formulas.-6. Solutions of Selected Exercises -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a self-contained introduction to convex geometry in Euclidean space. After covering the basic concepts and results, it develops Brunn–Minkowski theory, with an exposition of mixed volumes, the Brunn–Minkowski inequality, and some of its consequences, including the isoperimetric inequality. Further central topics are then treated, such as surface area measures, projection functions, zonoids, and geometric valuations. Finally, an introduction to integral-geometric formulas in Euclidean space is provided. The numerous exercises and the supplementary material at the end of each section form an essential part of the book. Convexity is an elementary and natural concept. It plays a key role in many mathematical fields,



including functional analysis, optimization, probability theory, and stochastic geometry. Paving the way to the more advanced and specialized literature, the material will be accessible to students in the third year and can be covered in one semester.