Abstract

We prove that that the 1-Riesz capacity satisfies a Brunn-Minkowski inequality, and that the capacitary function of the 1/2-Laplacian is level set convex.

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Matteo Novaga

Dip. di Matematica, Università di Pisa, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 5, 56127 Pisa, Italy

novaga@dm.unipi.it

Keywords

  • Fractional Laplacian
  • Brunn-Minkowski inequality
  • level set convexity
  • Riesz capacity

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Suggested citation

M. Novaga, B. Ruffini. “Brunn-Minkowski Inequality for the 1-Riesz Capacity and Level Set Convexity for the 1/2-Laplacian.” Journal of Convex Analysis 22 (2015), No. 4, 1125–1134. https://doi.org/10.68381/jca22059

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