-concave functions and a functional extension of mixed volumes

DOI10.3934/ERA.2013.20.1zbMATH Open1277.52011arXiv1302.0823OpenAlexW3103221070MaRDI QIDQ1948465FDOQ1948465

Authors: Liran Rotem, Vitali Milman 

Publication date: 6 May 2013

Published in: Electronic Research Announcements in Mathematical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Mixed volumes, which are the polarization of volume with respect to the Minkowski addition, are fundamental objects in convexity. In this note we announce the construction of mixed integrals, which are functional analogs of mixed volumes. We build a natural addition operation + on the class of quasi-concave functions, such that every class of alpha-concave functions is closed under +. We then define the mixed integrals, which are the polarization of the integral with respect to +. We proceed to discuss the extension of various classic inequalities to the functional setting. For general quasi-concave functions, this is done by restating those results in the language of rearrangement inequalities. Restricting ourselves to alpha-concave functions, we state a generalization of the Alexandrov inequalities in their more familiar form.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1302.0823

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zbMATH Keywords

log-concavitymixed volumes\(\alpha\)-concavityquasi-concavitymixed integralsBrunn-Minkowski

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convexity of real functions of several variables, generalizations (26B25) Mixed volumes and related topics in convex geometry (52A39)

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