Functional Brunn-Minkowski inequalities induced by polarity

S. Artstein-Avidan, D. I. Florentin*, A. Segal

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Abstract

We prove a new family of inequalities, which compare the integral of a geometric convolution of non-negative functions with the integrals of the original functions. For classical inf-convolution, this type of inequality is called the Prékopa-Leindler inequality, which, restricted to indicators of convex bodies, gives the classical Brunn-Minkowski inequality. The convolution we consider is a different one, which arises from the study of the polarity transform for functions. While inf-convolution arises as the pull back of usual addition of convex functions under the Legendre transform, our geometric inf-convolution arises as the pull back of the second order reversing transform on geometric convex functions (called either polarity transform or A-transform). These are, up to linear terms, the only order reversing isomorphisms on the class of geometric convex functions. We prove that the integral of this new geometric convolution of two functions is bounded from below by the harmonic average of the individual integrals. Our inequality implies the Brunn-Minkowski inequality, as well as some other, new, inequalities for volumes of bodies. Our inequalities are intimately connected with Busemann's convexity theorem, a new variant of which we prove for 1-convex hulls and log-concave densities.

Original languageEnglish
Article number107006
JournalAdvances in Mathematics
Volume364
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Apr 2020

Funding

FundersFunder number
European Research Council
Horizon 2020
National Science Foundation1101636
Iowa Science Foundation665/15
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme770127

    Keywords

    • Concave functionals
    • Convex functions
    • Infimum convolution
    • Integral inequalities
    • Interpolation

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