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Main Author: Machado, Simon
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.00895
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contents We show a stability result for the recently established Brunn--Minkowski inequality in compact simple Lie groups. Namely, we prove that if two compact subsets $A, B$ of a compact simple Lie group $G$ satisfy $$ μ(AB)^{1/d'} \leq (1 + ε)\left(μ(A)^{1/d'} + μ(B)^{1/d'}\right)$$ where $AB$ is the Minkowski product $\{ab : a \in A, b \in B\}$, $d'$ denotes the minimal codimension of a proper closed subgroup and $μ$ is a Haar measure, then $A$ and $B$ must approximately look like neighbourhoods of a proper subgroup $H$ of codimension $d'$, with an error that depends quantitatively on $d', ε$ and the ratio $\frac{μ(A)}{μ(B)}$. This result implies an improved error rate in the Brunn--Minkowski inequality in compact simple Lie groups $$μ(AB)^{\frac{1}{d'}} \geq (1-Cμ(A)^{\frac{2}{d'}})\left(μ(A)^{\frac{1}{d'}} + μ(B)^{\frac{1}{d'}}\right) $$ sharp, up to the constant $C$ which depends on $d'$ and $\frac{μ(A)}{μ(B)}$ alone. Our approach builds upon an earlier paper of the author proving the Brunn--Minkowski inequality, and stability in the case $A=B$. We employ a combinatorial multi-scale analysis and study so-called density functions. Additionally, the asymmetry between $A$ and $B$ introduces new challenges, requiring the use of non-abelian Fourier theory and stability results for the Prékopa--Leindler inequality.
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spellingShingle Asymmetric stability of the Brunn--Minkowski inequality in compact Lie groups
Machado, Simon
Group Theory
We show a stability result for the recently established Brunn--Minkowski inequality in compact simple Lie groups. Namely, we prove that if two compact subsets $A, B$ of a compact simple Lie group $G$ satisfy $$ μ(AB)^{1/d'} \leq (1 + ε)\left(μ(A)^{1/d'} + μ(B)^{1/d'}\right)$$ where $AB$ is the Minkowski product $\{ab : a \in A, b \in B\}$, $d'$ denotes the minimal codimension of a proper closed subgroup and $μ$ is a Haar measure, then $A$ and $B$ must approximately look like neighbourhoods of a proper subgroup $H$ of codimension $d'$, with an error that depends quantitatively on $d', ε$ and the ratio $\frac{μ(A)}{μ(B)}$. This result implies an improved error rate in the Brunn--Minkowski inequality in compact simple Lie groups $$μ(AB)^{\frac{1}{d'}} \geq (1-Cμ(A)^{\frac{2}{d'}})\left(μ(A)^{\frac{1}{d'}} + μ(B)^{\frac{1}{d'}}\right) $$ sharp, up to the constant $C$ which depends on $d'$ and $\frac{μ(A)}{μ(B)}$ alone. Our approach builds upon an earlier paper of the author proving the Brunn--Minkowski inequality, and stability in the case $A=B$. We employ a combinatorial multi-scale analysis and study so-called density functions. Additionally, the asymmetry between $A$ and $B$ introduces new challenges, requiring the use of non-abelian Fourier theory and stability results for the Prékopa--Leindler inequality.
title Asymmetric stability of the Brunn--Minkowski inequality in compact Lie groups
topic Group Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.00895