A pseudometric invariant under similarities in the hyperspace of non-degenerated compact convex sets of $\mathbb R^n$

Abstract

In this work we define a new pseudometric in $\mathcal K^n_*$, the hyperspace of all non-degenerated compact convex sets of $\mathbb R^n$, which is invariant under similarities. We will prove that the quotient space generated by this pseudometric (which is the orbit space generated by the natural action of the group of similarities on $\mathcal K^n_*$) is homeomorphic to the Banach-Mazur compactum $BM(n)$, while $\mathcal K^n_*$ is homeomorphic to the topological product $Q\times\mathbb R^{n+1}$, where $Q$ stands for the Hilbert cube. Finally we will show some consequences in convex geometry, namely, we measure how much two convex bodies differ (by means of our new pseudometric) in terms of some classical functionals.