Functional affine-isoperimetry and an inverse logarithmic Sobolev inequality

S. Artstein-Avidan, B. Klartag, C. Schütt, E. Werner*

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Abstract

We give a functional version of the affine isoperimetric inequality for log-concave functions which may be interpreted as an inverse form of a logarithmic Sobolev inequality for entropy. A linearization of this inequality gives an inverse inequality to the Poincaré inequality for the Gaussian measure.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4181-4204
Number of pages24
JournalJournal of Functional Analysis
Volume262
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2012

Keywords

  • Affine isoperimetric inequality
  • Logarithmic Sobolev inequality

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