Equivalence of optimal $L^1$-inequalities on Riemannian Manifolds

Abstract

Let $(M,g)$ be a smooth compact Riemannian manifold of dimension $n\ge 2$. This paper concerns to the validity of the optimal Riemannian $L^1$-Entropy inequality \[ {\bf Ent}_{dv_g}(u) \leq n \log \left(A_{opt} \|D u\|_{BV(M)} + B_{opt}\right) \] for all $u\in BV(M)$ with $\Vert u{\Vert }_{L^1(M)}=1$ and existence of extremal functions. In particular, we prove that this optimal inequality is equivalent a optimal $L^1$-Sobolev inequality obtained by Druet [6].

arXiv commentTo appear in Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Its Applications (JMAA)