Heat Flows, Geometric and Functional Inequalities
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1 Heat Flows, Geometric and Functional Inequalities M. Ledoux Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse, France
2 heat flow and semigroup interpolations Duhamel formula (19th century) pde, probability, dynamics major tool in geometric and functional analysis
3 last decades developments dynamical proofs of Euclidean and Riemannian geometric, functional and transport inequalities heat kernel bounds, spectral analysis, integral inequalities, measure concentration, statistical mechanics, optimal transport
4 geometric aspects gradient bounds convexity Ricci curvature lower bounds D. Bakry and M. Émery (1985) hypercontractive diffusions
5 selected topics logarithmic Sobolev form of the Li-Yau parabolic inequality (Gaussian) isoperimetric-type inequalities transport and Harnack inequalities Brascamp-Lieb inequalities and noise stability joint with D. Bakry Analysis and geometry of Markov diffusion operators D. Bakry, I. Gentil, M. L. (2014)
6 selected topics logarithmic Sobolev form of the Li-Yau parabolic inequality (Gaussian) isoperimetric-type inequalities transport and Harnack inequalities Brascamp-Lieb inequalities and noise stability to start with: a basic model example the logarithmic Sobolev inequality
7 classical logarithmic Sobolev inequality L. Gross (1975) γ standard Gaussian (probability) measure on R n dγ(x) = e x 2 /2 dx (2π) n/2 f > 0 smooth, R f dγ = 1 n f log f dγ 1 Rn f 2 dγ R n 2 f
8 classical logarithmic Sobolev inequality L. Gross (1975) γ standard Gaussian (probability) measure on R n dγ(x) = e x 2 /2 dx (2π) n/2 f > 0 smooth, R f dγ = 1 n (relative) entropy f log f dγ 1 Rn f 2 dγ R n 2 f
9 classical logarithmic Sobolev inequality L. Gross (1975) γ standard Gaussian (probability) measure on R n dγ(x) = e x 2 /2 dx (2π) n/2 f > 0 smooth, R f dγ = 1 n (relative) entropy f log f dγ 1 Rn f 2 dγ R n 2 f Fisher information
10 classical logarithmic Sobolev inequality f log f dγ 1 Rn f 2 dγ R n 2 f f f R 2 f 2 log f 2 dγ 2 f 2 dγ n R n Wiener analysis, hypercontractivity, convergence to equilibrium of kinetic equations and Markov chains, measure concentration, information theory, optimal transport (C. Villani) Perelman s Ricci flow
11 heat flow interpolation D. Bakry, M. Émery (1985) simplest proof? (P t ) t 0 heat semigroup on R n P t f (x) = f (y) e x y 2 /4t dy R n (4πt) n/2 = R n f ( x + 2t y ) dγ(y) u(x, t) = P t f (x), t 0, x R n solves the heat equation t u = u, u(x, 0) = f (x)
12 heat kernel inequality f > 0, t > 0, at any point: P t (f log f ) P t f log P t f P t f (x) = t = 1 2 R n f ( x + 2t y ) dγ(y) (x = 0) : P t γ P t (f log f ) P t f log P t f = R n f log f dγ ( R n f dγ = 1 )
13 heat flow interpolation P t (f log f ) P t f log P t f = t 0 d ds P ( s Pt s f log P t s f ) ds heat equation t P t = P t chain rule (both in time and space) d ds P ( s Pt s f log P t s f ) ( Pt s f 2 ) = P s P t s f
14 P t (f log f ) P t f log P t f = t 0 ( Pt s f 2 ) P s ds P t s f gradient commutation P u f = P u ( f ) (curvature) P u f 2 [P u ( f ) ] 2 Pu ( f 2 f ) P u f u = t s P t (f log f ) P t f log P t f t 0 ( ( f 2 ( f 2 ) P s P t s ))ds = t P t f f
15 classical logarithmic Sobolev inequality L. Gross (1975) γ standard Gaussian (probability) measure on R n dγ(x) = e x 2 /2 dx (2π) n/2 f > 0 smooth, R f dγ = 1 n f log f dγ 1 Rn f 2 dγ R n 2 f
16 P t (f log f ) P t f log P t f = t 0 ( Pt s f 2 ) P s ds P t s f gradient commutation P u f = P u ( f ) (curvature) P u f 2 [P u ( f ) ] 2 Pu ( f 2 f ) P u f u = t s P t (f log f ) P t f log P t f t 0 ( ( f 2 ( f 2 ) P s P t s ))ds = t P t f f
17 P t (f log f ) P t f log P t f = heat flow interpolation t φ(s) = P s ( Pt s f 2 P t s f 0 ) φ(s) ds gradient commutation P u f = P u ( f ) ( f 2 ) φ increasing: s t, φ(s) φ(t) = P t f differentiate φ, φ 0?
18 differentiate φ, φ 0? ( Pt s f 2 ) φ(s) = P s P t s f = P s ( Pt s f log P t s f 2) φ (s) = 2 P s ( Pt s f Γ 2 (log P t s f ) )
19 Γ 2 Bakry-Émery operator Γ 2 (h) = 1 2 ( h 2) h ( h) = Hess(h) 2 + Ric g ( h, h) on R n or (M, g) n-dimensional Riemannian manifold Bochner s formula (M, g) non-negative Ricci curvature Γ 2 (h) 0, φ 0 P t (f log f ) P t f log P t f = t 0 ( f 2 ) φ(s) ds t P t (P t ) t 0 heat semigroup on (M, g) f
20 heat flow interpolation under Γ 2 0 heat kernel inequalities, functional inequalities (Sobolev, logarithmic Sobolev, Poincaré, Nash...) under geometric (Ricci) curvature conditions more generally under Ric g K, K R equivalent gradient bounds (commutation) P t f e Kt P t ( f )
21 reverse logarithmic Sobolev inequality heat kernel inequality ( f 2 ) P t (f log f ) P t f log P t f t P t f reverse form t P tf 2 P t f P t (f log f ) P t f log P t f gradient bounds (both equivalent to Γ 2 0 as t 0)
22 P t (f log f ) P t f log P t f = dimensional improvement t 0 φ(s) ds φ (s) = 2 P s ( Pt s f Γ 2 (log P t s f ) ) actually under Ric g 0 Γ 2 (h) = Hess(h) 2 + Ric g ( h, h) Hess(h) 2 1 n ( h)2 φ (s) 2 n P ( s Pt s f [ log P t s f ] 2)
23 dimensional logarithmic Sobolev inequality P t (f log f ) P t f log P t f t P t f + n ( 2 P tf log 1 2t n (log(1 + x) x or n ) ) P t (f log f ) P t f reverse form P t (f log f ) P t f log P t f t P t f n ( 2 P tf log 1 + 2t ) n (log P tf )
24 reverse form P t (f log f ) P t f log P t f t P t f n ( 2 P tf log 1 + 2t ) n (log P tf ) in particular 1 + 2t n (log P tf ) > 0 f : M R, f > 0, Ric g 0, t > 0 P t f 2 (P t f ) 2 P tf P t f n 2t Li-Yau (1986) parabolic inequality maximum principle D. Bakry, M. L. (2006)
25 Li-Yau (1986) parabolic inequality P t f 2 (P t f ) 2 P tf P t f (Ric g 0) n 2t ( t + s P t f (x) P t+s f (y) t Harnack inequalities ) n/2e d(x,y) 2 /4s d(x, y) Riemannian distance heat kernel bounds
26 weighted Riemannian manifold (M, g) weighted Riemannian manifold dµ = e V dx, V smooth potential on M L = V, (P t ) t 0 semigroup non-negative curvature-dimension CD(0, N) Γ 2 = Ric g + Hess(V ) 1 N (Lh)2 curvature-dimension CD(K, N), K R, N 1 Γ 2 (h) K h N (Lh)2
27 Markov Triple Markov Triple (E, µ, Γ) semigroup (P t ) t 0, generator L, invariant measure µ carré du champ operator Γ(f, g) = 1 L(f g) f Lg g Lf, 2 Γ (f, g) A A Bakry-Émery Γ 2 operator Γ 2 (f, g) = 1 LΓ(f, g) Γ(f, Lg) Γ(g, Lf ) 2 curvature-dimension CD(K, N) Γ 2 (h, h) K Γ(h, h) + 1 N (Lh)2, h A
28 logarithmic Sobolev form of the Li-Yau parabolic inequality (Gaussian) isoperimetric-type inequalities transport and Harnack inequalities Brascamp-Lieb inequalities and noise stability
29 Gaussian isoperimetric inequality isoperimetric inequality for the standard Gaussian measure dγ(x) = e x 2 /2 dx (2π) n/2 on R n C. Borell (1975), V. Sudakov, B. Tsirelson (1974) half-spaces extremal sets for the isoperimetric problem H = { x R n ; x, u a }, u = 1, a R if A R n, γ(a) = γ(h) then γ + (A) γ + (H) γ + (A) = lim inf ε 0 1 [ γ(aε ) γ(a) ] ε
30 Gaussian isoperimetric profile I(v) = inf { γ + (A) ; γ(a) = v }, A R n, v (0, 1) half-spaces: one-dimensional I = ϕ Φ 1 Φ(s) = s e x2 /2 dx, ϕ = Φ 2π isoperimetric inequality A R n, I ( γ(a) ) γ + (A)
31 heat flow and isoperimetric-type inequalities Γ 2 0 (CD(0, ) non-negative curvature) M (weighted) Riemannian manifold f : M [0, 1] smooth I (P t f ) P t ( I 2 (f ) + 2t f 2 ) (stronger than logarithmic Sobolev inequality, εf, ε 0) D. Bakry, M. L. (1996)
32 heat flow and isoperimetric-type inequalities f : M [0, 1] smooth I (P t f ) P t ( I 2 (f ) + 2t f 2 ) M = R n t = 1 2 : P t γ Bobkov s inequality ( ) I f dγ R n R n I 2 (f ) + f 2 dγ f = 1 A (I(0) = I(1) = 0) I ( γ(a) ) γ + (A)
33 (spherical) isoperimetric-type inequalities similar under CD(K, ) on (E, µ, Γ) Markov triple comparison to the Gaussian isoperimetric profile open problem: heat flow proof of isoperimetry on the sphere on S n R n+1 spherical caps are the isoperimetric extremizers Lévy-Gromov (1980) theorem (M, g), µ normalized volume element, CD(n 1, n) isoperimetric profile I µ I S n
34 reverse isoperimetric-type inequalities f : M [0, 1] smooth, Γ 2 0 [ I (Pt f ) ] 2 [ Pt ( I (f ) )] 2 2t Pt f 2 Φ 1 P t f 1 2t - Lipschitz Φ 1 P t f (x) Φ 1 P t f (y) + d(x, y) 2t sharp gradient bounds, Harnack-type inequalities
35 new isoperimetric Harnack inequality Γ 2 0 (CD(0, ) non-negative curvature) P t (1 A )(x) P t (1 Ad(x,y) )(y) d(x, y) distance from x to y A ε = { z M ; d(z, A) < ε } similar under CD(K, ), K R on (E, µ, Γ) Markov triple D. Bakry, I. Gentil, M. L. (2013)
36 Wang s Harnack inequality (1997) Γ 2 0 (CD(0, ) non-negative curvature) ( Pt f ) 2 (x) Pt ( f 2 ) (y) e d(x,y)2 /2t (infinite dimensional version of the Li-Yau Harnack inequality) variant: log-harnack inequality P t (log f )(x) log P t f (y) + d(x, y)2 4t links to optimal transport inequalities
37 HWI inequality F. Otto, C. Villani (2000) M (weighted) Riemannian manifold CD(0, ) dν = f dµ, f > 0, M f dµ = 1 ( f 2 ) 1/2 f log f dµ W 2 (ν, µ) dµ f M M Kantorovich-Wasserstein distance W 2 (ν, µ) 2 = inf d(x, y) 2 dπ(x, y) π µ ν M M
38 Kantorovich-Rubinstein duality ( ) 1 2 W 2(ν, µ) 2 = sup Q 1 ϕ dµ ϕ dν ϕ M M Hofp-Lax infimum convolution semigroup Q s f (x) = inf [f (y) + y M ] d(x, y)2, x M, s > 0 2s log-harnack inequality P t (log f ) Q 2t (log P t f ) P t f log P t f dµ 1 4t W 2 2 (ν, µ), dν = f dµ M S. Bobkov, I. Gentil, M. L. (2001)
39 commutation property (P t ) t 0 heat semigroup (Q s ) s 0 Hopf-Lax semigroup P t (Q s f ) Q s (P t f ) heat flow contraction in Wasserstein distance W 2 (µ t, ν t ) W 2 (µ 0, ν 0 ) dµ t = P t f dµ dν t = P t g dµ M. K. von Renesse, K. T. Sturm (2005), F. Otto, M. Westdickenberg (2006), K. Kuwada (2010)
40 logarithmic Sobolev form of the Li-Yau parabolic inequality (Gaussian) isoperimetric-type inequalities transport and Harnack inequalities Brascamp-Lieb inequalities and noise stability
41 γ standard Gaussian (probability) measure on R n T ρ f (x) = dγ(x) = e x 2 /2 dx (2π) n/2 R n f ( ρ x + 1 ρ 2 y ) dγ(y), ρ (0, 1) T ρ f = P t f, ρ = e t (P t ) t 0 Ornstein-Uhlenbeck semigroup generator L = x invariant measure γ
42 R n heat flow and noise stability E. Mossel, J. Neeman (2012) ρ (0, 1), J : R 2 R smooth, f, g : R n R R n J ( f (x), g ( ρ x + 1 ρ 2 y )) dγ(x)dγ(y) ( ) J f dγ, R n g dγ R n if and only if ( ) 11 J ρ 12 J 0 ρ 12 J 22 J (J ρ-concave)
43 (P t ) t 0 Ornstein-Uhlenbeck semigroup ψ(t) = R n R n J ( P t f (x), P t g ( ρx + 1 ρ 2 y )) dγ(x)dγ(y), t 0 ψ (t) = R n R n [ ( 11 J) P t f 2 + ( 22 J) P t g 2 2 ρ 12 J P t f P t g ] dγ dγ J ρ-concave = ψ (t) 0 ψ(0) ψ( )
44 first example of J- function J(u, v) = Jρ H (u, v) = u α v β, u, v > 0, α, β [0, 1] ρ-concave if ρ 2 αβ (α 1)(β 1) f α (x)g β( ρ x + 1 ρ 2 y ) dγ(x)dγ(y) R n R n ( ) α ( ) β f dγ g dγ R n R n duality T ρ g q g p ρ 2 q 1 p 1 (1 < p < q < ) Nelson s hypercontractivity ( )
45 multidimensional extensions f k : R p R, k = 1,..., m A k p n matrix, A k t A k = Id R p Γ kl = A l t A k (p p matrix), k, l = 1,..., m smooth J : R m R J(f 1 A 1,..., f m A m ) dγ J R n ( f 1 A 1 dγ,..., R n f m A m dγ R n ) m if and only if kl J Γ kl v k, v l 0 for all v k R p k,l=1
46 geometric Brascamp-Lieb inequalities K. Ball (1989) decomposition of the identity m c k A k A k = Id R n, c k 0, A k unit vectors in R n k=1 f k : R R +, k = 1,..., m m R n k=1 J(u 1,..., u m ) = u c 1 1 ucm m f c ( k k Ak, x ) dx m ( f k dx R k=1 ) ck
47 multilinear inequalities Brascamp-Lieb inequalities H. Brascamp, E. Lieb (1976) maximize m R n k=1 f c ( k k Ak, x ) dx maximizers: Gaussian kernels heat flow methodology E. Carlen, E. Lieb, M. Loss (2004) J. Bennett, A. Carbery, M. Christ, T. Tao (2008)
48 second example of J-function E. Mossel, J. Neeman (2012) J(u, v) = J B ρ (u, v) ( Jρ B (u, v) = P X 1 Φ 1 (u), ρ X 1 + ) 1 ρ 2 Y 1 Φ 1 (v), u, v [0, 1] X 1, Y 1 N (0, 1) independent, distribution Φ Φ(s) = J B ρ s e x2 /2 ρ-concave dx 2π
49 Jρ B R n R n ( f (x), g ( ρ x + 1 ρ 2 y )) dγ(x)dγ(y) ( ) Jρ B f dγ, R n g dγ R n f = 1 A g = 1 B, A, B R n P ( X A, ρ X + 1 ρ 2 Y B ) P ( X H, ρ X + 1 ρ 2 Y K ) X, Y independent with distribution γ in R n H, K parallel half-spaces γ(h) = γ(a), γ(k) = γ(b) C. Borell (1985) Gaussian rearrangements
50 Borell s noise stability theorem noise stability of A R n S ρ (A) = P ( X A, ρ X + 1 ρ 2 Y A ) S ρ (A) S ρ (H), γ(a) = γ(h) half-spaces are the most noise stable Max-Cut and Majority is Stablest E. Mossel, R. O Donnell, K. Oleszkiewicz (2010)
51 from noise stability to isoperimetry S ρ (A) = P ( X A, ρ X + 1 ρ 2 Y A ) Borell s theorem S ρ (A) S ρ (H) (γ(a) = γ(h) half-space) heat flow description of the perimeter γ + (A) lim sup ρ 1 π log 1 ρ [ γ(a) Sρ (A) ] equality when A = H half-space Gaussian isoperimetry γ + (A) γ + (H)
52 extensions log-concave mesures dµ = e V dx, Hess(V ) K > 0 (E, µ, Γ) Markov Triple, CD(K, ), K > 0 deficit (Gaussian noise stability and isoperimetry) R. Eldan (2013) (stochastic calculus) developments in Boolean analysis discrete cube and structures (Majority is Stablest) A. De, E. Mossel, J. Neeman (2013)
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