The problem of two sticks

DOI10.1016/J.EXMATH.2011.09.001MaRDI QIDQ765900zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michael G. Crandall, Luis Caffarelli

Publication date 22 March 2012

Published in Expositiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

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

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)

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" $l_{\ast }inl$, $$ Roughly speaking, our most subtle result constructs parallel planes separated by a distance comparable to $$ 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.

Recommendations

• The geometry of Minkowski spaces -- a survey. I
• Minimum chords in Minkowski planes
• Unique metric segments in the hyperspace over a strictly convex Minkowski space
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5487968
• On some arc length properties in Minkowski planes

Cites work

• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3667375 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3187149 (Why is no real title available?)
• A bound for the modulus of continuity for metric projections in a uniformly convex and uniformly smooth Banach space
• An estimate for Lipschitz constants of metric projections
• Convergence of the dual greedy algorithm in Banach spaces
• Convergence of the weak dual greedy algorithm in \(L_{p}\)-spaces.
• Distance Functions and Almost Global Solutions of Eikonal Equations
• On the uniform convexity of \(L^p\) and \(l^p\)
• Relations between geometric convexity, doubling measures and property $\Gamma $

Cited in

(2)

• THE TWO GUARDS PROBLEM
• Relations between geometric convexity, doubling measures and property $\Gamma $

This page was built for publication: The problem of two sticks

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q765900)