Horizontal normal map on the Heisenberg group

zbMATH Open1229.53045arXiv0811.2277MaRDI QIDQ3173955FDOQ3173955

Authors: Andrea Calogero, Rita Pini 

Publication date: 11 October 2011

Abstract: We investigate the notion of H-subdifferential and H-normal map of a function on the Heisenberg group, based on its sub-Riemannian structure. In particular, a characterization of the convexity of a function is given via the nonemptiness of the H-subdifferential at every point.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0811.2277

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zbMATH Keywords

convex functionsHeisenberg grouphozrizontal subdifferentialMonge-Ampere measure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convexity of real functions of several variables, generalizations (26B25) Sub-Riemannian geometry (53C17) Axiomatic and generalized convexity (52A01)

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