Measure contraction properties of Carnot groups

DOI10.1007/S00526-016-1002-YzbMATH Open1352.53026arXiv1510.05960OpenAlexW3098495011MaRDI QIDQ2628962FDOQ2628962

Authors: L. Rizzi 

Publication date: 19 July 2016

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

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.

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

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zbMATH Keywords

metric measure spaceCarnot groupmeasure contraction propertygeodesic dimensionnegligible cut loci

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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) PDEs on Heisenberg groups, Lie groups, Carnot groups, etc. (35R03)

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