Spherical correlation conjecture

Let Sn\mathbb{S}^n be the canonical Riemannian sphere, let oo be the center of a fixed hemisphere, and write the hemisphere as B(o,π/2)SnB(o,\pi/2)\subset\mathbb{S}^n. Let K1,K2K_1,K_2 be geodesically convex spherical bodies contained in this hemisphere and centrally symmetric around oo. Spherical correlation conjecture.

voln(K1K2)voln(B(o,π/2))voln(K1)voln(K2).\operatorname{vol}_n(K_1\cap K_2)\operatorname{vol}_n(B(o,\pi/2))\geq\operatorname{vol}_n(K_1)\operatorname{vol}_n(K_2).

This is the spherical analogue of the Gaussian and Cauchy correlation problems and is presented as a conjecture whose special cases are studied in the paper; the source does not state a resolution.

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Yashar Memarian, “On a Correlation Inequality for Cauchy Type Measures”, arXiv:1310.8130 (2015).

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