On the isoperimetric constant of symmetric spaces of noncompact type

Wang, Xiaodong

doi:10.1090/proc/12601

On the isoperimetric constant of symmetric spaces of noncompact type
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by Xiaodong Wang

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 143 (2015), 4885-4891

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/proc/12601

Published electronically: April 29, 2015

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Abstract:

We prove that the isoperimetric constant is positive for all symmetric spaces of noncompact type and compute it explicitly.

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