A local uniqueness theorem for minimizers of Petty's conjectured projection inequality

Abstract

Employing the inverse function theorem on Banach spaces, we prove that in a $C^{2}(S^{n-1})$-neighborhood of the unit ball, the only solutions of $\Pi^2K=cK$ are origin-centered ellipsoids. Here $K$ is an $n$-dimensional convex body, $\Pi K$ is the projection body of $K$ and $\Pi^2K=\Pi(\Pi K).$