One of the results discussed in the book is Ball's theorem, establishing the exact upper bound for the ย -dimensional volume of hyperplane sections of the ย -dimensional unit cube (it is ย ย ย ย for each ย ). Another is the Busemann-Petty problem: if ย and ย are two convex origin-symmetric ย -dimensional bodies and the ย -dimensional volume of each central hyperplane section of ย is less than the ย -dimensional volume of the corresponding section of ย , is it true that the ย -dimensional volume of ย is less than the volume of ย ? (The answer is positive for ย and negative for ย .)
The book is suitable for graduate students and researchers interested in geometry, harmonic and functional analysis, and probability. Prerequisites for reading this book include basic real, complex, and functional analysis.