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Zap. Nauchn. Sem. POMI, 1996 Volume 228, Pages 31–38 (Mi znsl3691)

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Characterization of Gaussian measures by the isoperimetric property of half-spaces

S. G. Bobkova, C. Houdréb

a Syktyvkar State University, Syktyvkar, Russia
b Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

Abstract: If the half-spaces of the form $\{x\in\mathbb R^n\colon x_1\le c\}$ are extremal in the isoperimetric problem for the product-measure $\mu^n$, $n\ge2$, then the marginal distribution $\mu$ is Gaussian. Bibl. 8 titles.

UDC: 519.2

Received: 12.12.1995


 English version:
Journal of Mathematical Sciences (New York), 1999, 93:3, 270–275

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