Consequences of McCann's condition #
A function U : ℝ → ℝ satisfies McCann's condition in dimension n when
φ(s) = sⁿ U(s⁻ⁿ) is convex and nonincreasing on (0, ∞). This is the hypothesis of McCann's
displacement convexity of the internal energy ∫ U(dμ/dρ) dρ. This file records the scalar facts
about U and φ that it is used through, independently of any transport, and McCann's pointwise
inequality at a positive operator, where the dimension n is that of the underlying space.
Main results #
TauCeti.pow_mul_apply_div_pow_eq: forr, a > 0,aⁿ U(r / aⁿ) = r φ(r^{-1/n} a).TauCeti.pow_mul_apply_div_pow_le: McCann's pointwise inequality, comparingaⁿ U(r / aⁿ)with the convex combination of its values at1anda₁when(1 - t) + t a₁ ≤ a.ContinuousLinearMap.IsPositive.det_mul_apply_div_det_le: McCann's pointwise inequality at a positive operatorA, comparingJₜ U(r / Jₜ)with the convex combination of its values att = 0andt = 1, whereJₜ = det ((1 - t) • 1 + t • A).TauCeti.pow_mul_apply_inv_pow_le_recessionConstant: ifφis nonincreasing on(0, ∞), then the recession constant ofUboundsφabove there.TauCeti.measurable_apply_max_of_convexOn: ifφis convex on(0, ∞), thenUis measurable on[0, ∞).TauCeti.convexOn_pow_mul_neg_mul_rpow_neg,TauCeti.antitoneOn_pow_mul_neg_mul_rpow_neg: the integrandU(r) = -r · r^{-1/N}of the Rényi entropy satisfies McCann's condition in every dimensionn ≤ N, withφ(s) = -s^{n/N}on(0, ∞).
References #
- R. J. McCann, A convexity principle for interacting gases, Adv. Math. 128 (1997), 153–179.
If φ(s) = sⁿ U(s⁻ⁿ) is nonincreasing on (0, ∞), with n ≠ 0, then the recession constant
U'(∞) = lim U(r) / r bounds φ above on (0, ∞), because U(r) / r = φ(r^{-1/n}).
McCann's pointwise inequality. Let U 0 = 0 and let φ(s) = sⁿ U(s⁻ⁿ) be convex and
nonincreasing on (0, ∞), with n ≠ 0. If a > 0 and a₁ ≥ 0 satisfy the concavity bound
(1 - t) + t a₁ ≤ a for some t ∈ [0, 1], then for every r ≥ 0,
aⁿ U(r / aⁿ) ≤ (1 - t) U(r) + t a₁ⁿ U(r / a₁ⁿ) when a₁ > 0, and
aⁿ U(r / aⁿ) ≤ (1 - t) U(r) + t r L when a₁ = 0, where L bounds φ above.
McCann's inequality at a positive operator. Let U 0 = 0 and let φ(s) = sⁿ U(s⁻ⁿ) be
convex and nonincreasing on (0, ∞), where n ≥ 1 is the dimension of E. For a positive operator
A on E, write Jₛ = det ((1 - s) • 1 + s • A). For 0 < t < 1 and r ≥ 0,
Jₜ U(r / Jₜ) ≤ (1 - t) U(r) + t J₁ U(r / J₁) when J₁ ≠ 0, and
Jₜ U(r / Jₜ) ≤ (1 - t) U(r) + t L r when J₁ = 0, provided L then bounds φ above. The
concavity of s ↦ Jₛ^{1/n} is Minkowski's determinant inequality.
If φ(s) = sⁿ U(s⁻ⁿ) is convex on (0, ∞), with n ≠ 0, then U is measurable on
[0, ∞): it is continuous on (0, ∞), where U(r) = r φ(r^{-1/n}) with φ convex.
The Rényi integrand satisfies the convexity half of McCann's condition. For 0 < N and
n ≤ N, the function φ(s) = sⁿ U(s⁻ⁿ) = -s^{n/N} of U(r) = -r · r^{-1/N} is convex on
(0, ∞).
The Rényi integrand satisfies the monotonicity half of McCann's condition. For 0 < N,
the function φ(s) = sⁿ U(s⁻ⁿ) = -s^{n/N} of U(r) = -r · r^{-1/N} is nonincreasing on
(0, ∞).