Average number of solutions

Abstract

Let $X$ be an $n$-dimensional manifold and $V_1,\ldots,V_n\subset C^\infty(X,\mathbb R)$ finite-dimensional vector spaces. For systems of equations $\{f_i = a_i\colon\: f_i\in V_i,\:a_i \in\mathbb R,\:i=1,\ldots,n\}$ we discover a relationship between the average number of their solutions and mixed volumes of convex bodies. To do this, we choose Banach metrics in the spaces $V_i$. Using these metrics, we construct 1) the measure in the space of systems, and 2) Banach convex bodies in $X$, i.e., collections of centrally symmetric convex bodies in the fibers of the cotangent bundle of $X$. It turns out that the average number of solutions is equal to the mixed symplectic volume of Banach convex bodies. Earlier this result was obtained for Euclidean metrics in spaces $V_i$. In Euclidean case, the Banach convex bodies are the collections of ellipsoids.