Calculus of Variations and Geometric Measure Theory

B. Han

Sharp and rigid isoperimetric inequality in metric measure spaces with non-negative Ricci curvature

created by han1 on 29 Sep 2024

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Inserted: 29 sep 2024
Last Updated: 29 sep 2024

Year: 2024
Notes:

This version is new and `needle decomposition free'.


Abstract:

By using optimal transport theory, we prove a sharp dimension-free isoperimetric inequality involving the volume entropy, in metric measure spaces with non-negative Ricci curvature in the sense of Lott--Sturm--Villani. We show that this isoperimetric inequality is attained by a non-trivial open set, if and only if the space satisfies a certain foliation property. For metric measure spaces with non-negative Riemannian Ricci curvature, we show that the sharp Cheeger constant is achieved by a non-trivial measurable set, if and only if a one-dimensional space is split off. Our isoperimetric inequality and the rigidity theorems are proved in non-smooth framework, totally dimension-free, new even in the smooth setting. In particular, our results provide some new understanding of logarithmically concave measures.


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