New rotational integrals in space forms, with an application to surface area estimation

Abstract

A surface area estimator for three-dimensional convex sets, based on the invariator principle of local stereology, has recently motivated its generalization by means of new rotational Crofton-type formulae using Morse theory. We follow a different route to obtain related formulae which are more manageable and valid for submanifolds in constant curvature spaces. As an application, we obtain a simplified version of the mentioned surface area estimator for non-convex sets of smooth boundary.