Abstract

We present a simple proof of Christer Borell's general inequality in the Brunn-Minkowski theory. We then discuss applications of Borell's inequality to the log-Brunn-Minkowski inequality of K. J. Böröczky, E. Lutwak, D. Yang and G. Zhang [The log-Brunn-Minkowski inequality, Adv. Math. 231 (2012) 1974-1997].

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Arnaud Marsiglietti

Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, 207 Church Street SE, 434 Lind Hall, Minneapolis, MN 55455, U.S.A.

arnaud.marsiglietti@ima.umn.edu

Keywords

  • Brunn-Minkowski
  • convex body
  • log-Brunn-Minkowski inequality
  • mass transportation

Mathematics Subject Classification

28A75, 52A40

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Suggested citation

A. Marsiglietti. “Borell's Generalized Prékopa-Leindler Inequality: A Simple Proof.” Journal of Convex Analysis 24 (2017), No. 3, 807–817. https://doi.org/10.68381/jca24049

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