If A and K are compact convex sets in ℝ n , a Steiner-type formula is valid for the erosion of A by K if and only if A is open with respect to K. The if part is proved in the general case. The only if part is conjectured, and proved only in the case n = 2.
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G. Matheron (1978) studied this question.
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