An inequality characterizing convex domains

arXiv2209.14153MaRDI QIDQ6412239FDOQ6412239

Publication date: 28 September 2022

Abstract: A property of smooth convex domains

O m e g a s u b s e t m a t h b b R^{n}

is that if two points on the boundary

x, y i n p a r t i a l O m e g a

are close to each other, then their normal vectors

n (x), n (y)

point roughly in the same direction and this direction is almost orthogonal to

x - y

(for `nearby'

x

and

y

). We prove there exists a constant

c_{n} > 0

such that if

O m e g a s u b s e t m a t h b b R^{n}

is a bounded domain with

C^{1} -

boundary

p a r t i a l O m e g a

, then

int_{partial Omega imes partial Omega} frac{left|leftlangle n(x), y - x ight angle leftlangle y - x, n(y) ight angle ight| }{|x - y|^{n+1}}~d sigma(x) dsigma(y) geq c_n |partial Omega|

and equality occurs if and only if the domain

O m e g a

is convex.

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