Geometric representation of classes of concave functions and duality

MaRDI QIDQ6386821zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors G. E. Ivanov, Elisabeth M. Werner

Publication date 27 December 2021

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Measure (Gaussian, cylindrical, etc.) and integrals (Feynman, path, Fresnel, etc.) on manifolds (46T12) Asymptotic theory of convex bodies (52A23) Inequalities and extremum problems involving convexity in convex geometry (52A40)

Abstract: Using a natural representation of a $1/s$-concave function on $mathbb{R}^d$ as a convex set in $mathbb{R}^{d+1},$ we derive a simple formula for the integral of its $s$-polar. This leads to convexity properties of the integral of the $s$-polar function with respect to the center of polarity. In particular, we prove that that the reciprocal of the integral of the polar function of a log-concave function is log-concave as a function of the center of polarity. Also, we define the Santal'o regions for $s$-concave and log-concave functions and generalize the Santal'o inequality for them in the case the origin is not the Santal'o point.

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