The curvature-dimension conditions CD(K, ∞) and CD(K, N) #
Let M be a metric-measure space (TauCeti.MetricMeasureSpace): a complete separable metric
space X with its Borel structure and a reference measure m finite on bounded sets. Following
Sturm and Lott–Villani, M satisfies the curvature-dimension condition CD(K, ∞), for K : ℝ,
when m has full support and the Boltzmann entropy μ ↦ Ent_m(μ) relative to m is weakly
K-convex on the quadratic Wasserstein space P₂(X): any two laws μ₀, μ₁ of finite second
moment with Ent_m(μᵢ) < ∞ are joined by a W₂-geodesic (μ_t) along which
Ent_m(μ_t) ≤ (1 - t) Ent_m(μ₀) + t Ent_m(μ₁) - (K / 2) t (1 - t) W₂(μ₀, μ₁)².
This is the synthetic form of the lower Ricci bound Ric ≥ K: on a smooth Riemannian manifold
with its volume measure the two are equivalent, by a theorem of von Renesse and Sturm. As in
Sturm's definition, the endpoints range over the laws with Ent_m(μᵢ) < ∞, the effective domain
of the entropy, and the inequality is read in [-∞, ∞]. The entropy may be ⊥ when m is
infinite and grows fast at infinity, and such laws are endpoints too. In the usual setting, where
m satisfies a growth bound such as ∫ exp (-c d(x₀, x)²) dm(x) < ∞ (for instance when m is
finite), the entropy is never ⊥ on P₂(X), so the endpoints are the laws of finite entropy.
Given full support, the condition is TauCeti.GeodesicallyConvex for the energy
TauCeti.boltzmannEntropy m on TauCeti.WassersteinSpace 2 X
(TauCeti.MetricMeasureSpace.curvatureDimensionInfinity_iff_geodesicallyConvex), and the slope
formula and the rest of the theory of geodesically convex energies apply to it.
Full support is part of the condition, following the standing convention supp m = X of the
metric-measure theory of curvature bounds. A reference measure without full support is handled
by passing to its support, TauCeti.MetricMeasureSpace.supportSpace. In particular CD(K, ∞)
fails for m = 0 on a nonempty space.
The condition constrains the geometry of X:
- every Dirac mass at a point of the support of a locally finite
mis aW_p-limit of laws of finite entropy (TauCeti.exists_boltzmannEntropy_ne_top_and_ne_bot_and_wassersteinEDist_dirac_le); - consequently, under
CD(K, ∞), any two pointsx₀,x₁have approximate midpoints: pointszwithd(x₀, z)² + d(z, x₁)² ≤ d(x₀, x₁)² / 2 + εfor everyε > 0(TauCeti.MetricMeasureSpace.CurvatureDimensionInfinity.exists_dist_sq_add_dist_sq_le). In any metric spaced(x₀, z)² + d(z, x₁)² ≥ d(x₀, x₁)² / 2, with equality exactly at midpoints, so this says that the infimum of the left side is the midpoint value; - in particular, a reference measure whose support consists of two distinct points never
satisfies
CD(K, ∞), whateverKis (TauCeti.MetricMeasureSpace.not_curvatureDimensionInfinity_of_support_eq_pair).
The finite-dimensional condition CD(K, N) #
For a dimension bound N ≥ 1, Sturm's condition CD(K, N)
(TauCeti.MetricMeasureSpace.CurvatureDimension M K N) replaces the Boltzmann entropy by the
Rényi entropies S_{N'}(· | m) (TauCeti.renyiEntropy) for N' ≥ N, and the term
(K / 2) t (1 - t) W₂² by the distortion coefficients τ_{K,N'} (TauCeti.distortionTau). Write
P_∞(m) for the laws absolutely continuous with respect to m with bounded support. Any
μ₀ = ρ₀ m and μ₁ = ρ₁ m in P_∞(m) admit a quadratically optimal coupling q and a
W₂-geodesic (μ_t) in P_∞(m) from μ₀ to μ₁ with
S_{N'}(μ_t | m) ≤ -∫ (τ₀ ρ₀(x₀)^{-1/N'} + τ₁ ρ₁(x₁)^{-1/N'}) dq(x₀, x₁),
where τ₀ = τ_{K,N'}^{(1-t)}(d(x₀, x₁)) and τ₁ = τ_{K,N'}^{(t)}(d(x₀, x₁)), for every
t ∈ [0, 1] and every N' ≥ N. Here ρ₀ and ρ₁ are Radon–Nikodym derivatives with respect to
m. As in Sturm's definition, the geodesic need not be induced by q, and full support of m is
not part of the condition, as for the measure-contraction property
TauCeti.MetricMeasureSpace.MeasureContraction.
Following Sturm, the coefficient τ_{K,N'}^{(s)}(θ) is infinite at every time s, including
s = 1, once K > 0 and θ exceeds the Bonnet–Myers distance π √((N' - 1) / K). Hence the
condition at t = 0 already forces the generalised Bonnet–Myers theorem: under CD(K, N)
with K > 0 and N ≥ 1, the support of m has diameter at most π √((N - 1) / K)
(TauCeti.MetricMeasureSpace.CurvatureDimension.dist_le).
Main definitions #
TauCeti.MetricMeasureSpace.CurvatureDimensionInfinity M K: the conditionCD(K, ∞)for the metric-measure spaceM.TauCeti.MetricMeasureSpace.CurvatureDimension M K N: the conditionCD(K, N)for the metric-measure spaceM.
Main statements #
TauCeti.MetricMeasureSpace.CurvatureDimensionInfinity.mono:CD(K, ∞)impliesCD(K', ∞)forK' ≤ K.TauCeti.MetricMeasureSpace.curvatureDimensionInfinity_iff_geodesicallyConvex: for a reference measure of full support,CD(K, ∞)is theK-geodesic convexity of the entropy.TauCeti.MetricMeasureSpace.CurvatureDimensionInfinity.exists_dist_sq_add_dist_sq_le: underCD(K, ∞), any two points have approximate midpoints.TauCeti.MetricMeasureSpace.not_curvatureDimensionInfinity_of_support_eq_pair: a reference measure supported on two points satisfiesCD(K, ∞)for noK.TauCeti.MetricMeasureSpace.CurvatureDimension.mono,TauCeti.MetricMeasureSpace.CurvatureDimension.mono_dimension:CD(K, N)impliesCD(K', N')forK' ≤ KandN ≤ N'.TauCeti.MetricMeasureSpace.CurvatureDimension.dist_le,TauCeti.MetricMeasureSpace.CurvatureDimension.diam_support_le: the Bonnet–Myers diameter bounddiam (supp m) ≤ π √((N - 1) / K)underCD(K, N)withK > 0andN ≥ 1.
References #
- K.-T. Sturm, On the geometry of metric measure spaces. I, Acta Math. 196 (2006), 65–131.
- K.-T. Sturm, On the geometry of metric measure spaces. II, Acta Math. 196 (2006), 133–177, Definition 1.3 and Corollary 2.6.
- M.-K. von Renesse and K.-T. Sturm, Transport inequalities, gradient estimates, entropy, and Ricci curvature, Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 58 (2005), 923–940.
- J. Lott and C. Villani, Ricci curvature for metric-measure spaces via optimal transport, Ann. of Math. 169 (2009), 903–991.
- C. Villani, Optimal Transport: Old and New, Springer 2009, Chapters 29–30.
Dirac masses on the support are limits of laws of finite entropy. If m is locally
finite and x lies in the support of m, then for every r > 0 some law μ of finite
p-moment and finite entropy, Ent_m(μ) ∉ {⊥, ⊤}, is within W_p-distance r of δ_x. One can
take μ to be the normalised restriction of m to a small ball about x.
The curvature-dimension condition CD(K, ∞) of Sturm and Lott–Villani for the
metric-measure space M: the reference measure has full support, and the Boltzmann entropy
relative to it is K-geodesically convex on the quadratic Wasserstein space P₂(X). That is, any
two laws of finite second moment with Ent_m(μᵢ) < ∞ (the entropy may be ⊥) are joined by a
W₂-geodesic (μ_t) along which
Ent_m(μ_t) ≤ (1 - t) Ent_m(μ₀) + t Ent_m(μ₁) - (K / 2) t (1 - t) W₂(μ₀, μ₁)².
The carrier is complete and separable and the reference measure is finite on bounded sets, as
TauCeti.MetricMeasureSpace requires. For a reference measure without full support, apply the
condition to the support reduction TauCeti.MetricMeasureSpace.supportSpace.
The reference measure has full support.
- exists_isGeodesicSegment_convexAlong ⦃μ₀ μ₁ : WassersteinSpace 2 X⦄ : boltzmannEntropy M.reference ↑↑μ₀ ≠ ⊤ → boltzmannEntropy M.reference ↑↑μ₁ ≠ ⊤ → ∃ (γ : ℝ → WassersteinSpace 2 X), IsGeodesicSegment γ μ₀ μ₁ ∧ ConvexAlong K (fun (μ : WassersteinSpace 2 X) => boltzmannEntropy M.reference ↑↑μ) γ
Any two laws of finite second moment and entropy
< ∞are joined by aW₂-geodesic along which the entropy isK-convex.
Instances For
For a reference measure of full support, CD(K, ∞) is the K-geodesic convexity of the
Boltzmann entropy.
CD(K, ∞) implies CD(K', ∞) for every K' ≤ K.
Approximate midpoints under CD(K, ∞). If M satisfies CD(K, ∞), any two points
x₀, x₁ have approximate midpoints: for every ε > 0 some z has
d(x₀, z)² + d(z, x₁)² ≤ d(x₀, x₁)² / 2 + ε. The left side is at least d(x₀, x₁)² / 2 for every
z, with equality exactly at midpoints.
Two-point supports violate CD(K, ∞). A metric-measure space whose reference measure is
supported on two distinct points satisfies CD(K, ∞) for no K: neither point is an approximate
midpoint of the two.
The finite-dimensional condition CD(K, N) #
The curvature-dimension condition CD(K, N) of Sturm for the metric-measure space M
with reference measure m. Write P_∞(m) for the laws absolutely continuous with respect to m
with bounded support. Any two laws μ₀ = ρ₀ m and μ₁ = ρ₁ m in P_∞(m) admit a coupling q
that is optimal for the quadratic cost and a W₂-geodesic (μ_t) from μ₀ to μ₁ running in
P_∞(m) such that, for every t ∈ [0, 1] and every N' ≥ N,
S_{N'}(μ_t | m) ≤ -∫ (τ₀ ρ₀(x₀)^{-1/N'} + τ₁ ρ₁(x₁)^{-1/N'}) dq(x₀, x₁),
where τ₀ = τ_{K,N'}^{(1-t)}(d(x₀, x₁)) and τ₁ = τ_{K,N'}^{(t)}(d(x₀, x₁)).
Here S_{N'} is the Rényi entropy TauCeti.renyiEntropy, τ_{K,N'} is the distortion
coefficient TauCeti.distortionTau and ρᵢ is the Radon–Nikodym derivative of μᵢ with respect
to m. Laws of bounded support have finite second moment, so the laws involved are points of
TauCeti.WassersteinSpace 2 X. As in Sturm's definition, the geodesic need not be induced by q,
and m need not have full support. The condition is meaningful for N ≥ 1.
Instances For
The curvature-dimension condition CD(K, N), unfolded.
CD(K, N) implies CD(K', N) for every K' ≤ K: the distortion coefficient increases with
the curvature bound.
CD(K, N) implies CD(K, N') for every N' ≥ N: the defining inequality is required for
every dimension bound above N.
The generalised Bonnet–Myers theorem under CD(K, N). If M satisfies CD(K, N) with
K > 0 and N ≥ 1, any two points of the support of the reference measure are at distance at
most π √((N - 1) / K).
The Bonnet–Myers diameter bound under CD(K, N), for K > 0 and N ≥ 1: the support of
the reference measure has diameter at most π √((N - 1) / K).
Under CD(K, N) with K > 0 and N ≥ 1, the support of the reference measure is bounded.