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Horocyclic Brunn-Minkowski inequality

Metric Geometry 2024-02-02 v5 Differential Geometry

Abstract

Given two non-empty subsets AA and BB of the hyperbolic plane H2\mathbb{H}^2, we define their horocyclic Minkowski sum with parameter λ=1/2\lambda=1/2 as the set [A:B]1/2H2[A:B]_{1/2} \subseteq \mathbb{H}^2 of all midpoints of horocycle curves connecting a point in AA with a point in BB. These horocycle curves are parameterized by hyperbolic arclength, and the horocyclic Minkowski sum with parameter 0<λ<10 < \lambda <1 is defined analogously. We prove that when AA and BB are Borel-measurable, Area([A:B]λ)(1λ)Area(A)+λArea(B), \sqrt{ Area( [A:B]_{\lambda} )} \geq (1-\lambda) \cdot \sqrt{ Area(A) } + \lambda \cdot \sqrt{ Area(B) }, where AreaArea stands for hyperbolic area, with equality when AA and BB are concentric discs in the hyperbolic plane. We also prove horocyclic versions of the Pr\'ekopa-Leindler and Borell-Brascamp-Lieb inequalities. These inequalities slightly deviate from the metric measure space paradigm on curvature and Brunn-Minkowski type inequalities, where the structure of a metric space is imposed on the manifold, and the relevant curves are necessarily geodesics parameterized by arclength.

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@article{arxiv.2208.09826,
  title  = {Horocyclic Brunn-Minkowski inequality},
  author = {Rotem Assouline and Bo'az Klartag},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.09826},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

36 pages, 2 figures. v5: minor changes. Final version, to appear in Advances in Mathematics. v4: The paper has undergone considerable reorganization. The order of the sections has changed, and the focus is now mostly on horocycles without reference to more general path spaces

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