Horocyclic Brunn-Minkowski inequality
Abstract
Given two non-empty subsets and of the hyperbolic plane , we define their horocyclic Minkowski sum with parameter as the set of all midpoints of horocycle curves connecting a point in with a point in . These horocycle curves are parameterized by hyperbolic arclength, and the horocyclic Minkowski sum with parameter is defined analogously. We prove that when and are Borel-measurable, where stands for hyperbolic area, with equality when and 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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Cite
@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