Differential inequalities for Minkowski functionals of level sets (Q4026426)

[For the entire collection see Zbl 0746.00079.] The \(k\)-Minkowski functional \((k=1,2,\dots,n+1)\) for \(n\)-dimensional oriented hypersurfaces \(M\) of class \(C^ 2\) embedded in \(\mathbb{R}^{n+1}\) is defined by \(w_ k=(n+1)^{-1}\int_ M\sigma_{k-1} dM\), where \(dM\) is the element of volume and \(\sigma_ k\) the normalized symmetric elementary functions of degree \(k\) of the principal curvatures \(K_ i\) of \(M\). The authors consider the Minkowski functionals of the level surfaces of a function \(u\) which is a solution of some classical boundary value problems (for instance \(\text{div}(a(|\nabla u^ 2|)\nabla u)=0\)), proving that they can be differentiated with respect to the level parameter and satisfy interesting sharp differential inequalities. Among them is noteworthy an isoperimetric inequality for the \(w_ n\) of the level surfaces of the Green's function in a convex domain of \(\mathbb{R}^{n+1}\).