The Monotonicity of the Cheeger constant for Parallel Bodies

Ilias Ftouhi ()
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Ilias Ftouhi: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 2025, vol. 206, issue 2, No 23, 26 pages

Abstract: Abstract We prove that for every planar convex set $$\Omega $$ Ω , the function $$t\in (-r(\Omega ),+\infty )\longmapsto \sqrt{|\Omega _t|}h(\Omega _t)$$ t ∈ ( - r ( Ω ) , + ∞ ) ⟼ | Ω t | h ( Ω t ) is monotonically decreasing, where r, $$|\cdot |$$ | · | and h stand for the inradius, the measure and the Cheeger constant and $$(\Omega _t)$$ ( Ω t ) for parallel bodies of $$\Omega $$ Ω . The result is shown not to hold when the convexity assumption is dropped. We also prove the differentiability of the map $$t\longmapsto h(\Omega _t)$$ t ⟼ h ( Ω t ) in any dimension and without any regularity assumption on the convex $$\Omega $$ Ω , obtaining an explicit formula for the derivative. Those results are then combined to obtain estimates on the contact surface of the Cheeger sets of convex bodies. Finally, potential generalizations to other functionals such as the first eigenvalue of the Dirichlet Laplacian are explored.

Keywords: Cheeger constant; Parallel bodies; Convex geometry; Shape optimization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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