The Gaussian Brunn–Minkowski conjecture for convex sets containing the origin

Let γn\gamma_n be the standard Gaussian measure on Rn\mathbb{R}^n, defined by

dγn(x)=1(2π)n/2ex22dx.\mathrm{d}\gamma_n(x)=\frac{1}{(2\pi)^{n/2}}e^{-\frac{|x|^2}{2}}\,\mathrm{d}x.

For λ(0,1)\lambda\in(0,1) and sets A,BRnA,B\subset\mathbb{R}^n, write (1λ)A+λB={(1λ)a+λb:aA, bB}(1-\lambda)A+\lambda B=\{(1-\lambda)a+\lambda b:a\in A,\ b\in B\}. Gaussian Brunn–Minkowski conjecture. The inequality

γn((1λ)A+λB)1/n(1λ)γn(A)1/n+λγn(B)1/n\gamma_n\bigl((1-\lambda)A+\lambda B\bigr)^{1/n}\geq(1-\lambda)\gamma_n(A)^{1/n}+\lambda\gamma_n(B)^{1/n}

holds for any closed convex sets A,BA,B such that 0AB0\in A\cap B. This conjecture proposes a Brunn–Minkowski inequality in Gaussian space under the natural condition that both convex sets contain the origin; without such a positional condition, the inequality fails in general, for example for a Euclidean ball and a sufficiently distant translate.

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Primary source

Manuel Ritoré and Jesús Yepes Nicolás, “Brunn-Minkowski inequalities in product metric measure spaces”, arXiv:1704.07717 (2017).

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