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On the Converse of Pr\'{e}kopa's Theorem and Berndtsson's Theorem

Complex Variables 2025-01-22 v1

Abstract

Given a continuous function ϕ\phi defined on a domain ΩRm×Rn\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^m\times\mathbb{R}^n, we show that if a Pr\'ekopa-type result holds for ϕ+ψ\phi+\psi for any non-negative convex function ψ\psi on Ω\Omega, then ϕ\phi must be a convex function. Additionally, if the projection of Ω\Omega onto Rm\mathbb{R}^m is convex, then Ω\overline{\Omega} is also convex. This provides a converse of Pr\'ekopa's theorem from convex analysis. We also establish analogous results for Berndtsson's theorem on the plurisubharmonic variation of Bergman kernels, showing that the plurisubharmonicity of weight functions and the pseudoconvexity of domains are necessary conditions in some sense.

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@article{arxiv.2501.11456,
  title  = {On the Converse of Pr\'{e}kopa's Theorem and Berndtsson's Theorem},
  author = {Wang Xu and Hui Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.11456},
  year   = {2025}
}