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Sobolev's inequality under a curvature-dimension condition

Analysis of PDEs 2021-01-21 v3 Probability

Abstract

In this note we present a new proof of Sobolev's inequality under a uniform lower bound of the Ricci curvature. This result was initially obtained in 1983 by Ilias. Our goal is to present a very short proof, to give a review of the famous inequality and to explain how our method, relying on a gradient-flow interpretation, is simple and robust. In particular, we elucidate computations used in numerous previous works, starting with Bidaut-V{\'e}ron and V{\'e}ron's 1991 classical work.

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@article{arxiv.2011.07840,
  title  = {Sobolev's inequality under a curvature-dimension condition},
  author = {Louis Dupaigne and Ivan Gentil and Simon Zugmeyer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.07840},
  year   = {2021}
}
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