Infinite dimensional Lie algebras: an introduction by Victor G. Kac

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Ak ; t1 , . . , tk ) = ak ∈ A. Let tk < 1 and ti = Then k−1 i=1 ti ti for i = 1, . . , k − 1. 1 − tk = 1 and c(a1 , . . , ak ; t1 , . . , tk ) = (1 − tk )c(a1 , . . , ak−1 , t1 , . . , tk−1 ) + tk ak ∈ A by the inductive assumption. 2) is true for k; this completes the proof. 4. For any nonempty A, B, C(A + B) = C(A) + C(B). , there exist t1 , . . , tk ∈ [0, 1], a1 , . . , ak ∈ A, and b1 , . . , bk ∈ B such that i ti = 1 and 1 Compare [64]. 1 Convex combinations 27 k x= ti (ai + bi ).

Generally, the sets X and Y are trapezoids with their bases perpendicular to H . It is easy to verify that Y = S H (X ). 3. Therefore, (y1 , y2 ) ⊂ S H (A). (ii): By (i), it suffices to prove intA = ∅ ⇒ intS H (A) = ∅. 3, the set S H (B) is a ball contained in S H (A). Volume is one of the important invariants of the Steiner symmetrization. 8. THEOREM. For every A ∈ Kn , Vn (S H (A)) = Vn (A). Proof. Applying Fubini’s theorem twice, we obtain Vn (S H (A)) = = π(A) π(A) V1 (A x )d Vn−1 (x) V1 (A ∩ L x )d Vn−1 (x) = Vn (A).

3 We have to show that S H (A) = lim S H (Ak ). 5, S H +v (X ) = S H (X ) + v for every X ∈ Kn and v ⊥ H , without loss of generality we may assume that 0 ∈ H . Obviously, 0 ∈ int(A + u) for some unit vector u. Let u = u 1 + u 2 , u 1 H, u 2 ⊥ H. 6, S H (A + u) = S H (A + u 1 ) = S H (A) + u 1 and analogously, for every k, S H (Ak + u) = S H (Ak ) + u 1 ; thus we may also assume that 0 ∈ intA. 3 We write here lim instead of lim . 2 Symmetrizations of convex sets. The Steiner symmetrization 47 Since A = lim Ak , it follows that there is a function φ : (0, ∞) → N such that for every δ > 0, ∀k > φ(δ) A ⊂ Ak + δ B n and Ak ⊂ A + δ B n .

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