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Cheeger's isoperimetric problem for Gaussian mixtures

Functional Analysis 2026-02-17 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs Probability

Abstract

In any dimension nn, we determine the Cheeger constant and the Cheeger sets of the Gaussian mixture μ(x)=pγ(xa)+(1p)γ(xb)\mu(x) = p\gamma(x-a) + (1-p)\gamma(x-b), where p[0,1]p \in [0,1], a,bRna,b \in \mathbb{R}^n, and γ:Rn(0,)\gamma : \mathbb{R}^n \to (0,\infty) denotes a Gaussian. In particular, we characterize the Cheeger sets for μ\mu in terms of specific half-spaces perpendicular to aba-b, thereby confirming the conjectured solution to the Cheeger problem for Gaussian mixtures. Finally, we study the regime of parameters p,a,bp,a,b in which μ\mu admits a unique Cheeger set.

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@article{arxiv.2602.14724,
  title  = {Cheeger's isoperimetric problem for Gaussian mixtures},
  author = {Lukas Liehr},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.14724},
  year   = {2026}
}

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18 pages

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