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The $$\mu $$-kernel of an o-symmetric convex body is obtained by shrinking the body about its center by a factor of $$\mu $$. As a generalization of pairwise intersecting Minkowski arrangement of o-symmetric convex bodies, we can define the pairwise intersecting Minkowski arrangement of order $$\mu $$. Here, the homothetic copies of an o-symmetric convex body are so that none of their interiors intersect the $$\mu $$-kernel of any other. We give general upper and lower bounds on the cardinality of such arrangements, and study two special cases: For d-dimensional translates in classical pairwise intersecting Minkowski arrangement we prove that the sharp upper bound is $$3^d$$. The case $$\mu =1$$ is the Bezdek–Pach Conjecture, which asserts that the maximum number of pairwise touching positive homothetic copies of a convex body in $$\mathbb R^d$$ is $$2^d$$. We verify the conjecture on the plane, that is, when $$d=2$$. Indeed, we show that the number in question is four for any planar convex body.

Bounds on convex bodies in pairwise intersecting Minkowski arrangement of order $$\mu $$