Realization space of projection areas of convex bodies

Instructor:Shouda Wang (Princeton University)
Schedule:2025-12-31 11:00-12:00
Venue:Shuangqing Bldg. B725
Date:2025-12-31

Realization space of projection areas of convex bodies


Speaker:Shouda Wang (Princeton University)


Venue:Shuangqing Bldg. B725

Time:2025-12-31 11:00-12:00


Abstract:Fix a 4-dimensional convex body and consider the areas of its orthogonal projections onto the six coordinate planes. This associates to each convex body a 6-tuple of nonnegative numbers. I will explain a surprising connection: the set of all such 6-tuples coincides with the set of all 4-by-4 symmetric matrices with nonnegative entries, zero diagonal, and Lorentzian signature. And in addition, this set is also equal to the Grassmannian over a certain triangular hyperfield. This talk is based on joint work with Huang, Huh, Michałek, and Wang.