Riesz rearrangement inequality

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In mathematics, the Riesz rearrangement inequality, sometimes called Riesz–Sobolev inequality, states that any three non-negative functions , and satisfy the inequality

where , and are the symmetric decreasing rearrangements of the functions , and respectively.

The inequality was first proved by Frigyes Riesz in 1930,[1] and independently reproved by S.L.Sobolev in 1938. Brascamp, Lieb and Luttinger have shown that it can be generalized to arbitrarily (but finitely) many functions acting on arbitrarily many variables.[2]

Applications

The Riesz rearrangement inequality can be used to prove the Pólya–Szegő inequality.

Proofs

Equality cases

References

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