Brunn-Minkowski inequality


Let A and B be non-empty compact subsets of d. Then

vol(A+B)1/dvol(A)1/d+vol(B)1/d,

where A+B denotes the Minkowski sum of A and B, and vol(S) denotes the volume of S.

References

  • 1 Jiří Matoušek. Lectures on Discrete Geometry, volume 212 of GTM. Springer, 2002. http://www.emis.de/cgi-bin/zmen/ZMATH/en/quick.html?type=html&an=0999.52006Zbl 0999.52006.
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