Characterization of Simplices via the Bezout Inequality for Mixed volumes

Abstract

We consider the following Bezout inequality for mixed volumes: $$V(K_1,\dots ,K_r,\Delta [n-r])V_n(\Delta {)}^{r-1}\le \prod _{i=1}^{r}V(K_i,\Delta [n-1])\text{ for }2\le r\le n.$$ It was shown previously that the inequality is true for any $n$-dimensional simplex $\Delta$ and any convex bodies $K_1,\dots ,K_r$ in ${\mathbb{R}}^n$. It was conjectured that simplices are the only convex bodies for which the inequality holds for arbitrary bodies $K_1,\dots ,K_r$ in ${\mathbb{R}}^n$. In this paper we prove that this is indeed the case if we assume that $\Delta$ is a convex polytope. Thus the Bezout inequality characterizes simplices in the class of convex $n$-polytopes. In addition, we show that if a body $\Delta$ satisfies the Bezout inequality for all bodies $K_1,\dots ,K_r$ then the boundary of $\Delta$ cannot have strict points. In particular, it cannot have points with positive Gaussian curvature.

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