Convexity and Applications

NSF Award Search · 01002526DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT · $149,983 · view on nsf.gov ↗

Abstract

This project is in asymptotic geometric analysis and affine convex geometry. One main emphasis of the research is on high dimensional objects and phenomena. This leads to applications in areas as physics, biology and medicine, computer science, optimization and economics and material science. Indeed, many objects appearing in these areas exhibit the property of being convex, including crystals, organs, high dimensional data clouds. How can one reconstruct or gain substantial knowledge of such convex objects when one only has partial information? This is one classical problem in convexity, called geometric tomography, and its research finds applications in medicine and biology where convex shapes occur naturally. In addition to the research activities, the PI will continue giving lectures to the scientific community, as well as to the general public and training graduate students and postdocs. Important features of the proposed project are the study of high dimensional objects and phenomena and their links with other areas of mathematics and mathematical sciences, such as probability, statistics and information theory. Of particular interest are the affine invariant functionals on convex bodies in high dimensions. Among the most important such functionals are affine surface area and p-affine surface area. Their corresponding affine isoperimetric inequalities, established by the PI and collaborators for all p, are stronger than their Euclidean counterparts and related to th

Key facts

NSF award ID
2506790
Awardee
Case Western Reserve University (OH)
SAM.gov UEI
HJMKEF7EJW69
PI
Elisabeth M Werner
Primary program
01002526DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
All programs
Estimated total
$149,983
Funds obligated
$149,983
Transaction type
Standard Grant
Period
08/15/2025 → 07/31/2027