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On a Measure of Asymmetry of Convex Bodies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

E. Asplund ,
E. Grosswald  and
B. Grünbaum
E. Asplund
Affiliation:
Institute for Advanced StudyPrinceton New Jersey
E. Grosswald
Affiliation:
Institute for Advanced StudyPrinceton New Jersey
B. Grünbaum
Affiliation:
Institute for Advanced StudyPrinceton New Jersey
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In the present note we discuss some properties of a ‘measure of asymmetry’ of convex bodies in n-dimensional Euclidean space. Various measures of asymmetry have been treated in the literature (see, for example, (1), (6); references to most of the relevant results may be found in (4)). The measure introduced here has the somewhat surprising property that for n ≥ 3 the n-simplex is not the most asymmetric convex body in En. It seems to be the only measure of asymmetry for which this fact is known.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 58 , Issue 2 , April 1962 , pp. 217 - 220
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1962

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