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Brunn-Minkowski inequalities for sprays on surfaces

Differential Geometry 2024-09-17 v4 Metric Geometry

Abstract

We propose a generalization of the Minkowski average of two subsets of a Riemannian manifold, in which geodesics are replaced by an arbitrary family of parametrized curves. Under certain assumptions, we characterize families of curves on a Riemannian surface for which a Brunn-Minkowski inequality holds with respect to a given volume form. In particular, we prove that under these assumptions, a family of constant-speed curves on a Riemannian surface satisfies the Brunn-Minkowski inequality with respect to the Riemannian area form if and only if the geodesic curvature of its members is determined by a function κ\kappa on the surface, and κ\kappa satisfies the inequality K+κ2κ0K + \kappa^2 - |\nabla\kappa| \ge 0 where KK is the Gauss curvature.

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@article{arxiv.2211.04585,
  title  = {Brunn-Minkowski inequalities for sprays on surfaces},
  author = {Rotem Assouline},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.04585},
  year   = {2024}
}

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26 pages, 2 figures

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