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The equality case in Cheeger's and Buser's inequalities on $\mathsf{RCD}$ spaces

Functional Analysis 2022-11-11 v2 Differential Geometry Metric Geometry

Abstract

We prove that the sharp Buser's inequality obtained in the framework of RCD(1,)\mathsf{RCD}(1,\infty) spaces by the first two authors is rigid, i.e. equality is obtained if and only if the space splits isomorphically a Gaussian. The result is new even in the smooth setting. We also show that the equality in Cheeger's inequality is never attained in the setting of RCD(K,)\mathsf{RCD}(K,\infty) spaces with finite diameter or positive curvature, and we provide several examples of spaces with Ricci curvature bounded below where these assumptions are not satisfied and the equality is attained.

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@article{arxiv.2008.12358,
  title  = {The equality case in Cheeger's and Buser's inequalities on $\mathsf{RCD}$ spaces},
  author = {Nicolò De Ponti and Andrea Mondino and Daniele Semola},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.12358},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

Added new results: the discussion on Cheeger's inequality now fits into the study of a family of inequalities relating eigenvalues of the p-Laplacian. To appear on Journal of Functional Analysis