The problem of two sticks

DOI10.1016/J.EXMATH.2011.09.001zbMATH Open1257.46009arXiv1001.5186OpenAlexW2147736366MaRDI QIDQ765900FDOQ765900

Authors: Michael G. Crandall, Luis Caffarelli 

Publication date: 22 March 2012

Published in: Expositiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $l=[l_0,l_1]$ be the directed line segment from $l_{0}in{mathbbR}^n$ to $l_{1}in{mathbbR}^n.$ Suppose $$ is a second segment of equal length such that $$ satisfy the "two sticks condition": $$ Here $|cdot|$ is a norm on ${mathbbR}^n.$ We explore the manner in which $$ is then constrained when assumptions are made about "intermediate points" $l_{*}inl$, $$ Roughly speaking, our most subtle result constructs parallel planes separated by a distance comparable to $$ such that $$ must lie between these planes, provided that $|cdot|$ is "geometrically convex" and "balanced", as defined herein. The standard $p$-norms are shown to be geometrically convex and balanced. Other results estimate $$ in a Lipschitz or H"older manner by $$. All these results have implications in the theory of eikonal equations, from which this "problem of two sticks" arose.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1001.5186

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zbMATH Keywords

finite dimensional Banach spacesHölder continuity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with optics and electromagnetic theory (35Q60) Geometry and structure of normed linear spaces (46B20) Convexity and finite-dimensional Banach spaces (including special norms, zonoids, etc.) (aspects of convex geometry) (52A21)

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