Estimates for the extremal sections of [formula omitted]-balls

Abstract

The problem of finding the maximal hyperplane section of Bpn, where p>2, has been open for a long time. It is known that the answer depends on both p and n. In this paper, using the well-known equivalence between hyperplane sections and the isotropic constant of a body, we give an upper bound estimate for the volume of hyperplane sections of normalized ℓpn-balls that does not depend on n and p. In addition, on the basis of results of Meyer, Pajor and Schmuckenschläger, we show further the corresponding extremal body and hyperplane section when this volume attains its minimum.