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A remark on the Alexandrov-Fenchel inequality

Complex Variables 2018-02-13 v2 Algebraic Geometry Functional Analysis Metric Geometry

Abstract

In this article, we give a complex-geometric proof of the Alexandrov-Fenchel inequality without using toric compactifications. The idea is to use the Legendre transform and develop the Brascamp-Lieb proof of the Pr\'ekopa theorem. New ingredients in our proof include an integration of Timorin's mixed Hodge-Riemann bilinear relation and a mixed norm version of H\"ormander's L2L^2-estimate, which also implies a non-compact version of the Khovanski\u{i}-Teissier inequality.

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@article{arxiv.1705.09933,
  title  = {A remark on the Alexandrov-Fenchel inequality},
  author = {Xu Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.09933},
  year   = {2018}
}

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New version, "on line first" in Journal of Functional Analysis: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfa.2018.01.016