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Simple valuations on convex bodies

Part of: General convexity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

Rolf Schneider
Rolf Schneider
Affiliation:
Mathematisches Institut, Albertstr. 23 b, D-79104 Freiburg i.Br., Germany.
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Abstract

We determine all continuous translation invariant simple valuations on the space of convex bodies in d-dimensional Euclidean space.

MSC classification

Secondary: 52A39: Mixed volumes and related topics
Type
Research Article
Information
Mathematika , Volume 43 , Issue 1 , June 1996 , pp. 32 - 39
Copyright
Copyright © University College London 1996

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