A Sturm-type comparison theorem by a geometric study of plane multihedgehogs

MaRDI QIDQ733367zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Yves Martinez-Maure

Publication date 15 October 2009

Published in Illinois Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ijm/1254403726

zbMATH Keywords

hedgehognumber of zerosperiodic real functionsingularities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Functions of one variable (26A99) Variants of convex sets (star-shaped, ((m, n))-convex, etc.) (52A30) Curves in Euclidean and related spaces (53A04)

Review text

The author proves a comparison theorem for real periodic functions. Let \(h\) be a smooth real \(2N\pi\)-periodic function, let \(n_h\) be the number of zeros of \(h\) in \([0,2N\pi]\) and let \(S\) be the corresponding number of zeros of \(h+h\). Then, \(n_h\leq S+4N-2\) holds. The proof uses a geometric interpretation of periodic functions. A smooth \(2\pi\)-periodic function is a difference of support functions and corresponds therefore to the difference of planar convex bodies. The latter is called a hedgehog, it can be visualized through the envelop map as a curve in \({\mathbb R}^2\). Here, a corresponding generalization, a multihedgehog is used. The theorem then implies an inequality between the number of oriented support lines and the number of singularities of the multihedgehog.

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