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Alexandrov Maximum Principle

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FunctionalInequalities.Analysis.exists_pos_alexandrov_maximum_principle_readable

by Lazyfill · Oct 26, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

functional-inequalitieskls-conjecturekls-modularkls-readablelog-concave

This formalizes the Alexandrov maximum principle, cited as Theorem 1.4.2 in Gutiérrez's treatment of the Monge–Ampère equation.

Let EEE be a nontrivial finite-dimensional real inner-product space with measurable and Borel structures, and write n=dim⁡En=\dim En=dimE. There exists c>0c>0c>0, depending only on EEE, such that for every convex u:E→Ru:E\to\mathbb Ru:E→R, every bounded open convex Ω\OmegaΩ, and every x0∈Ωx_0\in\Omegax0​∈Ω with u(x0)<0u(x_0)<0u(x0​)<0 and u≥0u\ge0u≥0 on ∂Ω\partial\Omega∂Ω,

ofReal⁡ ⁣(c(−u(x0))n)≤vol⁡(subgradientImage⁡(u,Ω)) ofReal⁡ ⁣(diam⁡(Ω)n−1infDist⁡(x0,∂Ω)).\operatorname{ofReal}\!\left(c(-u(x_0))^n\right) \le \operatorname{vol}(\operatorname{subgradientImage}(u,\Omega))\,\operatorname{ofReal}\!\left(\operatorname{diam}(\Omega)^{n-1}\operatorname{infDist}(x_0,\partial\Omega)\right).ofReal(c(−u(x0​))n)≤vol(subgradientImage(u,Ω))ofReal(diam(Ω)n−1infDist(x0​,∂Ω)).

The volume is an ENNReal value and the real factors are embedded with ofReal. The declaration is exists_pos_alexandrov_maximum_principle_readable.

Original Lean declaration header

Within namespace FunctionalInequalities.Analysis. Shown in its original module context. Proof omitted.

theorem exists_pos_alexandrov_maximum_principle [FiniteDimensional ℝ E] [Nontrivial E] [MeasurableSpace E]
    [BorelSpace E] :
    ∃ c : ℝ, 0 < c ∧ ∀ (u : E → ℝ), ConvexOn ℝ univ u → ∀ (Ω : Set E), IsOpen Ω → Convex ℝ Ω →
      Bornology.IsBounded Ω → (∀ x ∈ frontier Ω, 0 ≤ u x) → ∀ x₀ ∈ Ω, u x₀ < 0 →
      ENNReal.ofReal (c * (-u x₀) ^ Module.finrank ℝ E) ≤
        (volume : Measure E) (subgradientImage u Ω) *
          ENNReal.ofReal (diam Ω ^ (Module.finrank ℝ E - 1) * infDist x₀ (frontier Ω))

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Module: Analysis/Convex/Alexandrov.

Definition modules: Analysis/Convex/Subgradient.

Supporting theorems: exists_pos_volume_convexHull_closedBall_union_singleton_ge, exists_unit_inner_le_infDist_frontier, mem_subgradientImage_of_affine_le_of_nonneg_frontier.

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Source excerpt, lines 1220–1226 · Frozen source 408915f.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_KLSModular_FunctionalInequalities_Analysis_Convex_Alexandrov

open MeasureTheory Set Metric
variable {E : Type*}
variable [NormedAddCommGroup E] [InnerProductSpace ℝ E]
Formal statement

theorem FunctionalInequalities.Analysis.exists_pos_alexandrov_maximum_principle_readable [FiniteDimensional ℝ E] [Nontrivial E] [MeasurableSpace E]
    [BorelSpace E] :
    ∃ c : ℝ, 0 < c ∧ ∀ (u : E → ℝ), ConvexOn ℝ univ u → ∀ (Ω : Set E), IsOpen Ω → Convex ℝ Ω →
      Bornology.IsBounded Ω → (∀ x ∈ frontier Ω, 0 ≤ u x) → ∀ x₀ ∈ Ω, u x₀ < 0 →
      ENNReal.ofReal (c * (-u x₀) ^ Module.finrank ℝ E) ≤
        (volume : Measure E) (subgradientImage u Ω) *
          ENNReal.ofReal (diam Ω ^ (Module.finrank ℝ E - 1) * infDist x₀ (frontier Ω)) := by sorry
Source
Lean source: https://github.com/human-ai-mathematics/kls-lean/blob/408915f/formalization/FunctionalInequalities/Analysis/Convex/Alexandrov.lean#L1216-L1397 (repository human-ai-mathematics/kls-lean, commit 408915f, module `FunctionalInequalities.Analysis.Convex.Alexandrov`, declaration `FunctionalInequalities.Analysis.exists_pos_alexandrov_maximum_principle`; the repository is private at upload time).

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