Measure contraction properties of Carnot groups

DOI10.1007/S00526-016-1002-YMaRDI QIDQ2628962zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors L. Rizzi

Publication date 19 July 2016

Published in Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.05960

zbMATH Keywords

Carnot groupgeodesic dimensionmeasure contraction propertymetric measure spacenegligible cut loci

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs on Heisenberg groups, Lie groups, Carnot groups, etc. (35R03) Sub-Riemannian geometry (53C17) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Metric spaces, metrizability (54E35)

Abstract: We prove that any corank 1 Carnot group of dimension $k+1$ equipped with a left-invariant measure satisfies the $mathrmMCP(K,N)$ if and only if $Kleq0$ and $Ngeqk+3$. This generalizes the well known result by Juillet for the Heisenberg group $mathbb{H}_{k+1}$ to a larger class of structures, which admit non-trivial abnormal minimizing curves. The number $k+3$ coincides with the geodesic dimension of the Carnot group, which we define here for a general metric space. We discuss some of its properties, and its relation with the curvature exponent (the least $N$ such that the $mathrmMCP(0,N)$ is satisfied). We prove that, on a metric measure space, the curvature exponent is always larger than the geodesic dimension which, in turn, is larger than the Hausdorff one. When applied to Carnot groups, our results improve a previous lower bound due to Rifford. As a byproduct, we prove that a Carnot group is ideal if and only if it is fat.

Review text

In the paper under review, the author focuses on Carnot groups. An extension of the MCP results of \textit{N. Juillet} [Int. Math. Res. Not. 2009, No. 13, 2347--2373 (2009; Zbl 1176.53053)] to any corank-\(1\) Carnot group is given. Thus, the author proves that any corank-\(1\) Carnot group of dimension \(k+1\) equipped with a left-invariant measure satisfies the \(\mathrm{MCP}(K,N)\) if and only if \(K\leq 0\) and \(N\geq k+3\) (see Theorem 2). The proof combines the arguments of Juillet [loc. cit.] and the computation of the Jacobian determinant of \textit{A. Agrachev} et al. [Calc. Var. Partial Differ. Equ. 43, No. 3--4, 355--388 (2012; Zbl 1236.53030)] for contact Carnot groups, extended here to the general corank-\(1\) case. Under the assumption of having negligible cut loci, the author defines the geodesic dimension in the more general setting of metric measure spaces. On a metric measure space, the curvature exponent is always larger than the geodesic dimension which, in turn, is larger than the Hausdorff one. At the end of the paper, the author proves that a Carnot group is ideal if and only if it is fat. The Engel group is also discussed.

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