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1. A single-point Reshetnyak’s theorem

   https://doi.org/10.1090/tran/9415  

   Kangasniemi, Ilmari; Onninen, Jani (May 2025, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society)

   We prove a single-value version of Reshetnyak’s theorem. Namely, if a non-constant map $f\in W_{\mathrm{l}\mathrm{o}\mathrm{c}}^{1,n}(\mathrm{\Omega },{\mathbb{R}}^n)$ from a domain $\mathrm{\Omega }\subset {\mathbb{R}}^n$ satisfies the estimate $\left|Df\right(x){|}^n\le K{J}_f(x)+\mathrm{\Sigma }(x\left)\right|f\left(x\right)-y_0{|}^n$ at almost every $x\in \mathrm{\Omega }$ for some $K\ge 1$, $y_0\in {\mathbb{R}}^n$ and $\mathrm{\Sigma }\in L_{\mathrm{l}\mathrm{o}\mathrm{c}}^{1+\epsilon }\left(\mathrm{\Omega }\right)$, then $f^{-1}\left\{y_0\right\}$ is discrete, the local index $i(x,f)$ is positive in $f^{-1}\left\{y_0\right\}$, and every neighborhood of a point of $f^{-1}\left\{y_0\right\}$ is mapped to a neighborhood of $y_0$. Assuming this estimate for a fixed $K$ at every $y_0\in {\mathbb{R}}^n$ is equivalent to assuming that the map $f$ is $K$-quasiregular, even if the choice of $\mathrm{\Sigma }$ is different for each $y_0$. Since the estimate also yields a single-value Liouville theorem, it hence appears to be a good pointwise definition of $K$-quasiregularity. As a corollary of our single-value Reshetnyak’s theorem, we obtain a higher-dimensional version of the argument principle that played a key part in the solution to the Calderón problem. 

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2. On a conjectural symmetric version of Ehrhard’s inequality

   https://doi.org/10.1090/tran/9177  

   Livshyts, Galyna (May 2024, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society)

   We formulate a plausible conjecture for the optimal Ehrhard-type inequality for convex symmetric sets with respect to the Gaussian measure. Namely, letting $J_{k-<\#comment/>1}\left(s\right)={\int <\#comment/>}_0^s{t}^{k-<\#comment/>1}{e}^{-<\#comment/>\frac{t^2}{2}}dt$and $c_{k-<\#comment/>1}=J_{k-<\#comment/>1}(+\mathrm{\infty <\#comment/>})$, we conjecture that the function $F:[0,1]\to <\#comment/>\mathbb{R}$, given by $F\left(a\right)=\underset{k=1}{\overset{n}{\sum <\#comment/>}}{1}_{a\in <\#comment/>E_k}\cdot <\#comment/>\left({\mathrm{\beta <\#comment/>}}_k{J}_{k-<\#comment/>1}^{-<\#comment/>1}\right(c_{k-<\#comment/>1}a)+{\mathrm{\alpha <\#comment/>}}_k)$(with an appropriate choice of a decomposition $[0,1]={\cup <\#comment/>}_i{E}_i$and coefficients ${\mathrm{\alpha <\#comment/>}}_i,{\mathrm{\beta <\#comment/>}}_i$) satisfies, for all symmetric convex sets $K$and $L$, and any $\mathrm{\lambda <\#comment/>}\in <\#comment/>[0,1]$, $F\left(\mathrm{\gamma <\#comment/>}\right(\mathrm{\lambda <\#comment/>}K+(1-<\#comment/>\mathrm{\lambda <\#comment/>})L\left)\right)\ge <\#comment/>\mathrm{\lambda <\#comment/>}F\left(\mathrm{\gamma <\#comment/>}\right(K\left)\right)+(1-<\#comment/>\mathrm{\lambda <\#comment/>})F\left(\mathrm{\gamma <\#comment/>}\right(L\left)\right).$We explain that this conjecture is “the most optimistic possible”, and is equivalent to the fact that for any symmetric convex set $K$, itsGaussian concavity power $p_s(K,\mathrm{\gamma <\#comment/>})$is greater than or equal to $p_s(R{B}_2^k\times <\#comment/>{\mathbb{R}}^{n-<\#comment/>k},\mathrm{\gamma <\#comment/>})$, for some $k\in <\#comment/>\{1,\dots <\#comment/>,n\}$. We call the sets $R{B}_2^k\times <\#comment/>{\mathbb{R}}^{n-<\#comment/>k}$round $k$-cylinders; they also appear as the conjectured Gaussian isoperimetric minimizers for symmetric sets, see Heilman [Amer. J. Math. 143 (2021), pp. 53–94]. In this manuscript, we make progress towards this question, and show that for any symmetric convex set $K$in ${\mathbb{R}}^n$, $p_s(K,\mathrm{\gamma <\#comment/>})\ge <\#comment/>\underset{F\in <\#comment/>L^2(K,\mathrm{\gamma <\#comment/>})\cap <\#comment/>Lip\left(K\right):\int <\#comment/>F=1}{sup}\left(2T_{\mathrm{\gamma <\#comment/>}}^F\right(K)-<\#comment/>Var(F\left)\right)+\frac{1}{n-<\#comment/>\mathbb{E}{X}^2},$where $T_{\mathrm{\gamma <\#comment/>}}^F\left(K\right)$is the $F-<\#comment/>$torsional rigidity of $K$with respect to the Gaussian measure.Moreover, the equality holds if and only if $K=R{B}_2^k\times <\#comment/>{\mathbb{R}}^{n-<\#comment/>k}$for some $R>0$and $k=1,\dots <\#comment/>,n$.As a consequence, we get $p_s(K,\mathrm{\gamma <\#comment/>})\ge <\#comment/>Q(\mathbb{E}|X{|}^2,\mathbb{E}\Vert <\#comment/>X{\Vert <\#comment/>}_K^4,\mathbb{E}\Vert <\#comment/>X{\Vert <\#comment/>}_K^2,r(K\left)\right),$where $Q$is a certain rational function of degree $2$, the expectation is taken with respect to the restriction of the Gaussian measure onto $K$, $\Vert <\#comment/>\cdot <\#comment/>{\Vert <\#comment/>}_K$is the Minkowski functional of $K$, and $r\left(K\right)$is the in-radius of $K$. The result follows via a combination of some novel estimates, the $L2$method (previously studied by several authors, notably Kolesnikov and Milman [J. Geom. Anal. 27 (2017), pp. 1680–1702; Amer. J. Math. 140 (2018), pp. 1147–1185;Geometric aspects of functional analysis, Springer, Cham, 2017; Mem. Amer. Math. Soc. 277 (2022), v+78 pp.], Kolesnikov and the author [Adv. Math. 384 (2021), 23 pp.], Hosle, Kolesnikov, and the author [J. Geom. Anal. 31 (2021), pp. 5799–5836], Colesanti [Commun. Contemp. Math. 10 (2008), pp. 765–772], Colesanti, the author, and Marsiglietti [J. Funct. Anal. 273 (2017), pp. 1120–1139], Eskenazis and Moschidis [J. Funct. Anal. 280 (2021), 19 pp.]), and the analysis of the Gaussian torsional rigidity. As an auxiliary result on the way to the equality case characterization, we characterize the equality cases in the “convex set version” of the Brascamp-Lieb inequality, and moreover, obtain a quantitative stability version in the case of the standard Gaussian measure; this may be of independent interest. All the equality case characterizations rely on the careful analysis of the smooth case, the stability versions via trace theory, and local approximation arguments. In addition, we provide a non-sharp estimate for a function $F$whose composition with $\mathrm{\gamma <\#comment/>}\left(K\right)$is concave in the Minkowski sense for all symmetric convex sets. 

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3. Algebraic cobordism and a Conner–Floyd isomorphism for algebraic K-theory

   https://doi.org/10.1090/jams/1045  

   Annala, Toni; Hoyois, Marc; Iwasa, Ryomei (March 2024, Journal of the American Mathematical Society)

   We formulate and prove a Conner–Floyd isomorphism for the algebraic K-theory of arbitrary qcqs derived schemes. To that end, we study a stable $\mathrm{\infty <\#comment/>}$-category of non- ${\mathbb{A}}^1$-invariant motivic spectra, which turns out to be equivalent to the $\mathrm{\infty <\#comment/>}$-category of fundamental motivic spectra satisfying elementary blowup excision, previously introduced by the first and third authors. We prove that this $\mathrm{\infty <\#comment/>}$-category satisfies ${\mathbb{P}}^1$-homotopy invariance and weighted ${\mathbb{A}}^1$-homotopy invariance, which we use in place of ${\mathbb{A}}^1$-homotopy invariance to obtain analogues of several key results from ${\mathbb{A}}^1$-homotopy theory. These allow us in particular to define a universal oriented motivic ${\mathbb{E}}_{\mathrm{\infty <\#comment/>}}$-ring spectrum $\mathrm{M}\mathrm{G}\mathrm{L}$. We then prove that the algebraic K-theory of a qcqs derived scheme $X$can be recovered from its $\mathrm{M}\mathrm{G}\mathrm{L}$-cohomology via a Conner–Floyd isomorphism\[ ${\mathrm{M}\mathrm{G}\mathrm{L}}^{\ast <\#comment/>\ast <\#comment/>}\left(X\right){\otimes <\#comment/>}_{\mathrm{L}}\mathbb{Z}\left[{\mathrm{\beta <\#comment/>}}^{\pm <\#comment/>1}\right]\simeq <\#comment/>\mathrm{K}{}^{\ast <\#comment/>\ast <\#comment/>}\left(X\right),$\]where $\mathrm{L}$is the Lazard ring and $\mathrm{K}{}^{p,q}\left(X\right)=\mathrm{K}{}_{2q-<\#comment/>p}\left(X\right)$. Finally, we prove a Snaith theorem for the periodized version of $\mathrm{M}\mathrm{G}\mathrm{L}$. 

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4. The best constant for 𝐿^{∞}-type Gagliardo-Nirenberg inequalities

   https://doi.org/10.1090/qam/1645  

   Liu, Jian-Guo; Wang, Jinhuan (June 2024, Quarterly of Applied Mathematics)

   In this paper we derive the best constant for the following $L^{\mathrm{\infty <\#comment/>}}$-type Gagliardo-Nirenberg interpolation inequality $\Vert <\#comment/>u{\Vert <\#comment/>}_{L^{\mathrm{\infty <\#comment/>}}}\le <\#comment/>C_{q,\mathrm{\infty <\#comment/>},p}\Vert <\#comment/>u{\Vert <\#comment/>}_{L^{q+1}}^{1-<\#comment/>\mathrm{\theta <\#comment/>}}\Vert <\#comment/>\mathrm{\nabla <\#comment/>}u{\Vert <\#comment/>}_{L^p}^{\mathrm{\theta <\#comment/>}},\mathrm{\theta <\#comment/>}=\frac{pd}{dp+(p-<\#comment/>d)(q+1)},$where parameters $q$and $p$satisfy the conditions $p>d\ge <\#comment/>1$, $q\ge <\#comment/>0$. The best constant $C_{q,\mathrm{\infty <\#comment/>},p}$is given by $C_{q,\mathrm{\infty <\#comment/>},p}={\mathrm{\theta <\#comment/>}}^{-<\#comment/>\frac{\mathrm{\theta <\#comment/>}}{p}}(1-<\#comment/>\mathrm{\theta <\#comment/>}{)}^{\frac{\mathrm{\theta <\#comment/>}}{p}}{M}_c^{-<\#comment/>\frac{\mathrm{\theta <\#comment/>}}{d}},M_c≔{\int <\#comment/>}_{{\mathbb{R}}^d}{u}_{c,\mathrm{\infty <\#comment/>}}^{q+1}dx,$where $u_{c,\mathrm{\infty <\#comment/>}}$is the unique radial non-increasing solution to a generalized Lane-Emden equation. The case of equality holds when $u=A{u}_{c,\mathrm{\infty <\#comment/>}}\left(\mathrm{\lambda <\#comment/>}\right(x-<\#comment/>x_0\left)\right)$for any real numbers $A$, $\mathrm{\lambda <\#comment/>}>0$and $x_0\in <\#comment/>{\mathbb{R}}^d$. In fact, the generalized Lane-Emden equation in ${\mathbb{R}}^d$contains a delta function as a source and it is a Thomas-Fermi type equation. For $q=0$or $d=1$, $u_{c,\mathrm{\infty <\#comment/>}}$have closed form solutions expressed in terms of the incomplete Beta functions. Moreover, we show that $u_{c,m}\to <\#comment/>u_{c,\mathrm{\infty <\#comment/>}}$and $C_{q,m,p}\to <\#comment/>C_{q,\mathrm{\infty <\#comment/>},p}$as $m\to <\#comment/>+\mathrm{\infty <\#comment/>}$for $d=1$, where $u_{c,m}$and $C_{q,m,p}$are the function achieving equality and the best constant of $L^m$-type Gagliardo-Nirenberg interpolation inequality, respectively. 

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5. 𝐿₁-distortion of Wasserstein metrics: A tale of two dimensions

   https://doi.org/10.1090/btran/143  

   Baudier, F.; Gartland, C.; Schlumprecht, Th. (August 2023, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, Series B)

   By discretizing an argument of Kislyakov, Naor and Schechtman proved that the 1-Wasserstein metric over the planar grid $\{0,1,\dots <\#comment/>,n{\}}^2$has $L_1$-distortion bounded below by a constant multiple of $\sqrt{\log <\#comment/>n}$. We provide a new “dimensionality” interpretation of Kislyakov’s argument, showing that if $\{G_n{\}}_{n=1}^{\mathrm{\infty <\#comment/>}}$is a sequence of graphs whose isoperimetric dimension and Lipschitz-spectral dimension equal a common number $\mathrm{\delta <\#comment/>}\in <\#comment/>[2,\mathrm{\infty <\#comment/>})$, then the 1-Wasserstein metric over $G_n$has $L_1$-distortion bounded below by a constant multiple of $(\log <\#comment/>|G_n|{)}^{\frac{1}{\mathrm{\delta <\#comment/>}}}$. We proceed to compute these dimensions for $\oslash <\#comment/>$-powers of certain graphs. In particular, we get that the sequence of diamond graphs $\{{\mathsf{D}}_n{\}}_{n=1}^{\mathrm{\infty <\#comment/>}}$has isoperimetric dimension and Lipschitz-spectral dimension equal to 2, obtaining as a corollary that the 1-Wasserstein metric over ${\mathsf{D}}_n$has $L_1$-distortion bounded below by a constant multiple of $\sqrt{\log <\#comment/>|{\mathsf{D}}_n|}$. This answers a question of Dilworth, Kutzarova, and Ostrovskii and exhibits only the third sequence of $L_1$-embeddable graphs whose sequence of 1-Wasserstein metrics is not $L_1$-embeddable. 

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