Determining convex polygons from their covariograms

Citation
Bianchi, Gabriele, Determining convex polygons from their covariograms, Advances in applied probability , 34(2), 2002, pp. 261-266
ISSN journal
00018678
Volume
34
Issue
2
Year of publication
2002
Pages
261 - 266
Database
ACNP
SICI code
Abstract
Knowing the (geometric) covariogram of a convex body is equivalent to knowing, for each direction u, the distribution of the lengths of the chords of that body which are parallel to u. We prove that the covariogram determines convex polygons, among all convex bodies, up to translation and reflection. This gives a partial answer to a problem posed by Matheron.