Steiner type formulae and weighted measures of singularities for semi-convex functions

Citation
A. Colesanti et D. Hug, Steiner type formulae and weighted measures of singularities for semi-convex functions, T AM MATH S, 352(7), 2000, pp. 3239-3263
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics
Journal title
TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY
ISSN journal
00029947 → ACNP
Volume
352
Issue
7
Year of publication
2000
Pages
3239 - 3263
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9947(2000)352:7<3239:STFAWM>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
For a given convex (semi-convex) function u, defined on a nonempty open con vex set Omega subset of R-n, we establish a local Steiner type formula, the coefficients of which are nonnegative (signed) Borel measures. We also det ermine explicit integral representations for these coefficient measures, wh ich are similar to the integral representations for the curvature measures of convex bodies (and, more generally, of sets with positive reach). We pro ve that, for r is an element of {0,...,n}, the r-th coefficient measure of the local Steiner formula for u, restricted to the set of r-singular points of u, is absolutely continuous with respect to the r-dimensional Hausdorff measure, and that its density is the (n-r)-dimensional Hausdorff measure o f the subgradient of u. As an application, under the assumptions that u is convex and Lipschitz, an d Omega is bounded, we get sharp estimates for certain weighted Hausdorff m easures of the sets of r-singular points of u. Such estimates depend on the Lipschitz constant of u and on the quermassintegrals of the topological cl osure of Omega.