A family of functional inequalities: Łojasiewicz inequalities and displacement convex functions

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Abstract: For displacement convex functionals in the probability space equip-ped with the Monge-Kantorovich metric we prove the equivalence between the gradient and functional type L oja-sie-wicz inequalities. chg{We also discuss the more general case of lambda-convex functions and we provide a general convergence theorem for the corresponding gradient dynamics. Specialising our results to the Boltzmann entropy, we recover Otto-Villani's theorem asserting the equivalence between logarithmic Sobolev and Talagrand's inequalities. The choice of power-type entropies shows a new equivalence between Gagliardo-Nirenberg inequality and a nonlinear Talagrand inequality. Some nonconvex results and other types of equivalences are discussed.


The authors derive and prove the equivalence between the gradient- and functional-type Łojasiewicz inequalities for the displaced convex functionals in the probability space \({\mathcal P_2}(\mathbb R^d)\) equipped with the Monge-Kantorovich metric. General convergence rate results for gradient dynamics are derived and proved for the case of \(\lambda\)-convex functions. By specialising their results to the Boltzmann entropy, they recover a result proved in [\textit{F. Otto} and \textit{C. Villani}, J. Funct. Anal. 173, No. 2, 361--400 (2000; Zbl 0985.58019)] asserting the equivalence between log-arithmetic Sobolev and Talagrand inequalities. Furthermore, the equivalence between a Galiardo-Nirenberg inequality and a nonlinear Talagrand inequality is derived and discussed.



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