A Flag Representation for a n-Dimensional Convex Body

Abstract

The cosine representation of the support function of a centrally symmetric convex body plays a fundamental role in integral geometry. In this article, one new so-called flag representation for the support function of an origin symmetric n-dimensional convex body in terms of surface curvature functions of the convex body is found. Using the representation, we propose a sufficient condition for an origin symmetric n-dimensional convex body to be a zonoid. The condition has a local equatorial description.