Research report 2024 - Max Planck Institute for Mathematics
Non-positive curvature and the isoperimetric inequality
Authors
Stadler, Stephan
Departments
Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Bonn
Summary
The isoperimetric inequality is considered one of the most fundamental and important results in geometry. It establishes a relationship between the length of a closed curve and the maximum area it can enclose. Riemannian geometry examines how curvature affects the global properties of a manifold. The relationship between the isoperimetric profile and curvature is central to this field.