Analytic and geometric isoperimetric inequalities (Q1895168)

The authors prove many new analytic and geometric isoperimetric inequalities associated with the solutions of second order ordinary differential equations. They deal with the differential equation \[ S(u). S''(u) = \sum^t_{i = 0} c_i[S'(u)]^i, \] where the \(c_i\)'s are constants with \(c_2 \geq 1\), \(S(u) > 0\), \(S'(u) \neq 0\), \(S''(u) \neq 0\) and \(c_1 S'(u) + c_2[S'(u)]^2 > 0\), for \(u \in (a,b)\). Moreover, if \(t \geq i \geq 3\), they assume that \(c_i \geq 0\) for \(S'(u) > 0\); and \(c_i \geq 0\) for \(i\) even and \(c_i \leq 0\) for \(i\) odd if \(S'(u) < 0\). The study of isoperimetric inequalities is important in geometry and also useful in analysis and mathematical physics.