Jacobian determinant inequality on corank 1 Carnot groups with applications (Q2329301)

The authors establish a weighted pointwise Jacobian determinant inequality on corank-1 Carnot groups related to optimal mass transportation akin to the work of \textit{D. Cordero-Erausquin} et al. [Invent. Math. 146, No. 2, 219--257 (2001; Zbl 1026.58018)]. In this setting, the presence of abnormal geodesics does not allow the application of the general sub-Riemannian optimal mass transportation theory developed by \textit{A. Figalli} and \textit{L. Rifford} [Geom. Funct. Anal. 20, No. 1, 124--159 (2010; Zbl 1201.49048)] and the authors need to work with a weaker notion of Jacobian determinant. Nevertheless, the result posed here achieves a transition between Euclidean and sub-Riemannian structures, corresponding to the mass transportation along abnormal and strictly normal geodesics, respectively. The weights appearing in our expression are distortion coefficients that reflect the delicate sub-Riemannian structure of our space. As applications, entropy, Brunn-Minkowski and Borell-Brascamp-Lieb inequalities are established on Carnot groups.