New characterizations of log-concavity via Dirichlet heat flow

DOI10.1007/S10231-021-01168-5zbMATH Open1505.35238arXiv2004.13381OpenAlexW3217699930MaRDI QIDQ2159751FDOQ2159751

Kazuhiro Ishige, Asuka Takatsu, Paolo Salani

Publication date: 2 August 2022

Published in: Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata. Serie Quarta (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We introduce a notion of $F$-concavity which largely generalizes the usual concavity. By the use of the notions of closedness under positive scalar multiplication and closedness under positive exponentiation we characterize power concavity and power log-concavity among nontrivial $F$-concavities, respectively. In particular, we have a characterization of log-concavity as the only $F$-concavity which is closed both under positive scalar multiplication and positive exponentiation. Furthermore, we discuss the strongest $F$-concavity preserved by the Dirichlet heat flow, characterizing log-concavity also in this connection.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.13381

zbMATH Keywords

log-concavityconcavity preserving heat flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convexity of real functions of several variables, generalizations (26B25) Heat equation (35K05) Initial-boundary value problems for second-order parabolic equations (35K20)

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