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| In geometry, the '''mean width''' is a measure of dimension length of the "size" of a body; see [[Hadwiger's theorem]] for more about the available measures of bodies. In <math>n</math> dimensions, one has to consider <math>(n-1)</math>-dimensional hyperplanes perpendicular to a given direction <math>\hat{n}</math> in <math>S^{n-1}</math>, where <math>S^n</math> is the [[n-sphere]] (the surface of a <math>(n+1)</math>-dimensional sphere).
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| The "width" of a body in a given direction <math>\hat{n}</math> is the distance between the closest pair of such planes, such that the body is entirely in between the two hyper planes (the planes only intersect
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| with the boundary of the body). The mean width is the average of this "width" over all <math>\hat{n}</math> in <math>S^{n-1}</math>.
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| [[File:Width in dir n for mean width.png|thumb|alt=width in dir n|The definition of the "width" of body B in direction <math>\hat{n}</math> in 2 dimensions.]]
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| More formally, define a compact body B as being equivalent to set of points in its interior plus the points on the boundary (here, points denote elements of <math>\mathbb{R}^n</math>). The support function of body B is defined as
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| : <math>h_B(n)=\max\{ \langle n,x\rangle |x \in B \}</math>
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| where <math>n</math> is a direction and <math>\langle,\rangle</math> denotes the usual inner product on <math>\mathbb{R}^n</math>. The mean width is then
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| : <math>b(B)=\frac{1}{S_{n-1}} \int_{S^{n-1}} h_B(\hat{n})+h_B(-\hat{n}),</math> | |
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| where <math>S_{n-1}</math> is the <math>(n-1)</math>-dimensional volume of <math>S^{n-1}</math>.
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| Note, that the mean width can be defined for any body (that is compact), but it is most
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| useful for convex bodies (that is bodies, whose corresponding set is a [[convex set]]).
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| ==Mean widths of convex bodies in low dimensions== | |
| ===One dimension===
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| The mean width of a line segment ''L'' is the length (1-volume) of ''L''.
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| ===Two dimensions=== | |
| The mean width ''w'' of any compact shape ''S'' in two dimensions is ''p''/π, where ''p'' is the perimeter of the convex hull of ''S''. So ''w'' is the diameter of a circle with the same perimeter as the convex hull.
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| ===Three dimensions=== | |
| For convex bodies ''K'' in three dimensions, the mean width of ''K'' is related to the average of the [[mean curvature]], ''H'', over the whole surface of ''K''. In fact,
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| : <math>\int_{\delta K} \frac{H}{2\pi} dS = b(K)</math> | |
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| where <math>\delta K</math> is the boundary of the convex body <math>K</math> and <math>dS</math>
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| a surface integral element, <math>H</math> is the [[mean curvature]] at the corresponding position
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| on <math>\delta K</math>. Similar relations can be given between the other measures
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| and the generalizations of the mean curvature, also for other dimensions
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| .<ref name=""> | |
| {{citation
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| |last1=Jiazu
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| |first1=Zhou
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| |first2=Jiang
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| |last2=Deshuo
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| |title=On mean curvatures of a parallel convex body
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| |display-authors=2
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| |journal=Acta Mathematica Scientia
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| |volume=28
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| |issue=3
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| |pages=489–494
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| |year=2008
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| |doi=10.1016/S0252-9602(08)60050-8
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| }}</ref>
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| As the integral over the mean curvature is typically much easier to calculate
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| than the mean width, this is a very useful result.
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| ==Reference material==
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| The mean width is usually mentioned in any good reference on convex geometry, for instance, ''Selected topics in convex geometry'' by Maria Moszyńska (Birkhäuser, Boston 2006). The relation between the mean width and the mean curvature is also derived in that reference.
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| The application of the mean width as one of the measures featuring in [[Hadwiger's theorem]]
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| is discussed in Beifang Chen in "A simplified elementary proof of Hadwiger's volume theorem." ''Geom. Dedicata'' 105 (2004), 107—120.
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| ==Cited references==
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| {{Reflist}}
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| [[Category:Integral geometry]]
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