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A reverse isoperimetric inequality in three-dimensional space forms

Differential Geometry 2026-03-10 v1 Metric Geometry

Abstract

A λ\lambda-convex body in a three-dimensional space form M3(c)M^3(c) of constant curvature cc is a compact convex set KK whose boundary K\partial K has normal curvatures bounded below by a constant λ>0\lambda>0 (in a weak sense). Within this class, we prove a sharp reverse isoperimetric inequality: among all λ\lambda-convex bodies in M3(c)M^3(c), with a fixed surface area, the body of minimal volume is the λ\lambda-convex lens, i.e., the domain bounded by two totally umbilical caps of curvature λ\lambda. Moreover, this minimizer is unique. This result confirms Borisenko's Conjecture in the three-dimensional model spaces of constant curvature for c0c\neq 0, and complements recent progress on the conjecture in the Euclidean case c=0c=0. As a by-product, our method also yields an alternative proof of the corresponding reverse isoperimetric inequality in two-dimensional hyperbolic space.

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@article{arxiv.2603.08132,
  title  = {A reverse isoperimetric inequality in three-dimensional space forms},
  author = {Kostiantyn Drach and Gil Solanes and Kateryna Tatarko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.08132},
  year   = {2026}
}
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