A Riesz representation theorem for functionals on log-concave functions

DOI10.1016/J.JFA.2022.109396zbMATH Open1492.26013arXiv2105.09168OpenAlexW4206393249MaRDI QIDQ2076313FDOQ2076313

Authors: Liran Rotem 

Publication date: 16 February 2022

Published in: Journal of Functional Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The classic Riesz representation theorem characterizes all linear and increasing functionals on the space $C_c(X)$ of continuous compactly supported functions. A geometric version of this result, which characterizes all linear increasing functionals on the set of convex bodies in $mathbb{R}^n$, was essentially known to Alexandrov. This was used by Alexandrov to prove the existence of mixed area measures in convex geometry. In this paper we characterize linear and increasing functionals on the class of log-concave functions on $mathbb{R}^n$. Here "linear" means linear with respect to the natural addition on log-concave functions which is the sup-convolution. Equivalently, we characterize pointwise-linear and increasing functionals on the class of convex functions. For some choices of the exact class of functions we prove that there are no non-trivial such functionals. For another choice we obtain the expected analogue of the result for convex bodies. And most interestingly, for yet another choice we find a new unexpected family of such functionals. Finally, we explain the connection between our results and recent work done in convex geometry regarding the surface area measure of a log-concave functions. An application of our results in this direction is also given.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.09168

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zbMATH Keywords

linear functionalsRiesz representation theoremlog-concave functionssurface area measure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Length, area, volume, other geometric measure theory (28A75) Representation and superposition of functions (26B40)

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