Concentration comparison for nonlinear diffusion on model manifolds and Pólya-Szegő inequality
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| contents | We investigate the validity of the mass concentration comparison for a class of nonlinear diffusion equations posed on Riemannian manifolds $ \mathbb{M}^n $ that are spherically symmetric, that is, model manifolds. The concentration comparison states that the solution of a certain diffusion equation that takes the radially decreasing (Schwarz) rearrangement $ u_0^\star $ as its initial datum is more concentrated than the original solution starting from $u_0$. This is known to hold in $\mathbb{R}^n$ as a consequence of the celebrated Pólya-Szegő inequality, which asserts that the $ L^2 $ norm of the gradient of a function $f$ (belonging to an appropriate Sobolev space) is always larger than the $ L^2 $ norm of the gradient of its radially decreasing rearrangement $f^\star$. However, if $ \mathbb{M}^n $ is a general model manifold, it is not for granted that the Pólya-Szegő inequality holds; in fact, we will provide a simple condition involving the scalar curvature of $\mathbb{M}^n $ under which such an inequality actually fails. The main result we prove states that, given any continuous, nondecreasing, and nontrivial function $ ϕ: [0,+\infty) \to [0,+\infty) $, the filtration equation $ \partial_t u = Δϕ(u) $ satisfies the concentration comparison in $ \mathbb{M}^n \times (0,+\infty) $ if and only if $ \mathbb{M}^n $ supports the Pólya-Szegő inequality. In particular, the validity of such a comparison for the heat equation is sufficient to guarantee that the same holds for all filtration equations. Moreover, we prove that if $ \mathbb{M}^n $ supports a centered isoperimetric inequality then the Pólya-Szegő inequality, and thus the concentration comparison, holds. This allows us to include important examples such as the hyperbolic space and the sphere. |
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| spellingShingle | Concentration comparison for nonlinear diffusion on model manifolds and Pólya-Szegő inequality Muratori, Matteo Volzone, Bruno Analysis of PDEs Functional Analysis 35A23, 35B06, 35B51, 35K55, 35K65 We investigate the validity of the mass concentration comparison for a class of nonlinear diffusion equations posed on Riemannian manifolds $ \mathbb{M}^n $ that are spherically symmetric, that is, model manifolds. The concentration comparison states that the solution of a certain diffusion equation that takes the radially decreasing (Schwarz) rearrangement $ u_0^\star $ as its initial datum is more concentrated than the original solution starting from $u_0$. This is known to hold in $\mathbb{R}^n$ as a consequence of the celebrated Pólya-Szegő inequality, which asserts that the $ L^2 $ norm of the gradient of a function $f$ (belonging to an appropriate Sobolev space) is always larger than the $ L^2 $ norm of the gradient of its radially decreasing rearrangement $f^\star$. However, if $ \mathbb{M}^n $ is a general model manifold, it is not for granted that the Pólya-Szegő inequality holds; in fact, we will provide a simple condition involving the scalar curvature of $\mathbb{M}^n $ under which such an inequality actually fails. The main result we prove states that, given any continuous, nondecreasing, and nontrivial function $ ϕ: [0,+\infty) \to [0,+\infty) $, the filtration equation $ \partial_t u = Δϕ(u) $ satisfies the concentration comparison in $ \mathbb{M}^n \times (0,+\infty) $ if and only if $ \mathbb{M}^n $ supports the Pólya-Szegő inequality. In particular, the validity of such a comparison for the heat equation is sufficient to guarantee that the same holds for all filtration equations. Moreover, we prove that if $ \mathbb{M}^n $ supports a centered isoperimetric inequality then the Pólya-Szegő inequality, and thus the concentration comparison, holds. This allows us to include important examples such as the hyperbolic space and the sphere. |
| title | Concentration comparison for nonlinear diffusion on model manifolds and Pólya-Szegő inequality |
| topic | Analysis of PDEs Functional Analysis 35A23, 35B06, 35B51, 35K55, 35K65 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19279 |