On a question by Firey concerning uniqueness

Abstract

We prove that the curvature equation $\sum_{j=1}^n \alpha_j E_j(\tau_{\mathcal{M}})=\sum_{j=1}^n \alpha_j E_j(\tau_{\mathcal{N}})$ yields uniqueness up to translation for any two closed $C^2_+$ hypersurfaces $\mathcal{M}, \mathcal{N}\hookrightarrow\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ whenever $(\alpha_1,\ldots,\alpha_n)\in\mathbb{R}_{\geq 0}^n\setminus\{0\}$ is log-concave and has no internal zeros. This gives an affirmative answer to a uniqueness question posed by Firey in the $C^2_+$ class.