The Busemann-Petty problem on entropy of log-concave functions

Abstract: The Busemann-Petty problem asks whether symmetric convex bodies in the Euclidean space

m a t h b b R^{n}

with smaller central hyperplane sections necessarily have smaller volume. The solution has been completed and the answer is affirmative if

n l e 4

and negative if

n g e 5

. In this paper, we investigate the Busemann-Petty problem on entropy of log-concave functions: For even log-concave functions

f

and

g

with finite positive integrals in

m a t h b b R^{n}

, if the marginal

i n t_{m a t h b b R^{n} c a p H} f (x) d x

of

f

is smaller than the marginal

i n t_{m a t h b b R^{n} c a p H} g (x) d x

of

g

for every hyperplane

H

passing through the origin, whether the entropy

m E n t (f)

of

f

is bigger than the entropy

m E n t (g)

of

g

? The Busemann-Petty problem on entropy of log-concave functions includes the Busemann-Petty problem, hence, its answer is negative when

n g e q 5

. For

2 l e q n l e q 4

we give a positive answer to the Busemann-Petty problem on entropy of log-concave functions.

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