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Isoperimetric and stable sets for log-concave perturbations of Gaussian measures

Differential Geometry 2014-11-14 v3 Metric Geometry

Abstract

Let Ω\Omega be an open half-space or slab in Rn+1\mathbb{R}^{n+1} endowed with a perturbation of the Gaussian measure of the form f(p):=exp(ω(p)cp2)f(p):=\exp(\omega(p)-c|p|^2), where c>0c>0 and ω\omega is a smooth concave function depending only on the signed distance from the linear hyperplane parallel to Ω\partial\Omega. In this work we follow a variational approach to show that half-spaces perpendicular to Ω\partial\Omega uniquely minimize the weighted perimeter in Ω\Omega among sets enclosing the same weighted volume. The main ingredient of the proof is the characterization of half-spaces parallel or perpendicular to Ω\partial\Omega as the unique stable sets with small singular set and null weighted capacity. Our methods also apply for Ω=Rn+1\Omega=\mathbb{R}^{n+1}, which produces in particular the classification of stable sets in Gauss space and a new proof of the Gaussian isoperimetric inequality. Finally, we use optimal transport to study the weighted minimizers when the perturbation term ω\omega is concave and possibly non-smooth.

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@article{arxiv.1403.4510,
  title  = {Isoperimetric and stable sets for log-concave perturbations of Gaussian measures},
  author = {César Rosales},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.4510},
  year   = {2014}
}

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final version, to appear in Analysis and Geometry in Metric Spaces