In tolerance analysis, it is necessary to check that the cumulative defect limits specified for the component parts of a product are compliant with the functional requirements expected of the product. Cumulative defect limits can be modelled using a calculated polytope, the result of a set of intersections and Minkowski sums of polytopes. This article presents a method to be used to determine f...

in this paper, we introduce a new concept of volumes difference function of the projection and intersection bodies. following this, we establish the minkowski and brunn-minkowski inequalities for volumes difference function of the projection and intersection bodies.

In Geometric Convexity, but also beyond its limits, isoperimetric inequalities have always played a central role. Applications of such inequalities can be found in Stochastic Geometry, Functional Analysis, Fourier Analysis, Mathematical Physics, Discrete Geometry, Integral Geometry, and various further mathematical disciplines. We will present a survey on isoperimetric inequalities in real, fin...

We consider a rate independent evolution quasivariational inequality in a Hilbert space X with closed convex constraints having nonempty interior. We prove that there exists a unique solution which is Lipschitz dependent on the data, if the dependence of the Minkowski functional on the solution is Lipschitzian with a small constant and if also the gradient of the square of the Minkowski functio...

In contemporary convex geometry, the rapidly developing Lp-Brunn Minkowski theory is a modern analogue of the classical Brunn Minkowski theory. A cornerstone of this theory is the Lp-affine surface area for convex bodies. Here, we introduce a functional form of this concept, for log concave and s-concave functions. We show that the new functional form is a generalization of the original Lp-affi...

Classical nonlocal field models consisting of probability density functionals over functions defined everywhere on Minkowski space are constructed directly from a quantum field state, using functional methods.

The Brunn-Minkowski inequality theory plays an important role in a number of mathematical disciplines such as measure theory, crystallography, optimal control theory, functional analysis, and geometric convexity. It has many useful applications in combinatorics, stochastic geometry, and mathematical economics. In recent years, several authors including Ball [1, 2, 3], Bourgain and Lindenstrauss...

We prove the existence of infinite volume Quermass-Interaction Process in a general setting of non locally stable interaction and non bounded convex grains. No condition on the parameters of the linear combination of the Minkowski functionals is assumed. The only condition is that the square of the random radius of the grain admits exponential moments for all orders. Our methods are based on en...

In this work we consider robust control of discrete-time linear systems affected by time-varying additive disturbance inputs. We present a linear matrix inequality (LMI) based design technique that takes into account in an explicit manner, by means of a Minkowski function, the shape of the set in which the disturbances are bounded. This technique allows one to obtain tight bounds on the perform...

A generalization of Phelps’ lemma to locally convex spaces is proven, applying its well-known Banach space version. We show the equivalence of this theorem, Ekeland’s principle and Danes̆’ drop theorem in locally convex spaces to their Banach space counterparts and to a Pareto efficiency theorem due to Isac. This solves a problem, concerning the drop theorem, proposed by G. Isac in 1997. We show...