/- Copyright (c) 2026 Terence Tao. All rights reserved. Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE. Authors: Terence Tao -/ import Sendov.Reduction.Setup /-! # From the raw polar inequality to its `α`, `β(1)` form This is `(1Q) ⟹ (lt)` of the blog post: the raw polar inequality `1 ≤ ∫₀¹ (a² + 2atx(1-a²) + t²(1-a²)²)^((n-1)/2) dt` implies `1 ≤ ∫₀¹ exp(α(-1 + (2-β(1))t)) dt`. The step is pointwise, and it is remarkably tight. Writing `β(1) = 1 - 2ax + a²` and `α = (n-1)(1-a²)/2`, one has the *identity* `1 + (1-a²)(-1 + (2-β(1))t) - P(t) = (1-a²)² (t - t²)`, so the only inequality used in the whole implication is `t² ≤ t` on `[0,1]` — with equality at both endpoints — followed by `1 + y ≤ exp y`. Raising to the power `(n-1)/2` then turns `(1-a²)/2 · (n-1)` into `α`. The blog post states `(lt)` with a strict inequality. Nothing downstream needs that: every later use of `(beta-bound)` is non-strict, so this file proves the non-strict form and avoids having to argue that the integrand is strictly smaller on a set of positive measure. ## Main statements * `Sendov.Ppolar_le_lin`: the pointwise identity-with-`t² ≤ t`; * `Sendov.polar_exp`: `(1Q) ⟹ (lt)`. -/ namespace Sendov open MeasureTheory variable {n : ℕ} {a x t α : ℝ} /-- The pointwise bound `(at)`. An identity apart from `t² ≤ t`. -/ lemma Ppolar_le_lin (a x : ℝ) (ht0 : 0 ≤ t) (ht1 : t ≤ 1) : Ppolar a x t ≤ 1 + (1 - a ^ 2) * (-1 + (2 - QQ (a * x) (a ^ 2) 1) * t) := by have hid : 1 + (1 - a ^ 2) * (-1 + (2 - QQ (a * x) (a ^ 2) 1) * t) - Ppolar a x t = (1 - a ^ 2) ^ 2 * (t - t ^ 2) := by simp only [Ppolar, QQ]; ring nlinarith [mul_nonneg (sq_nonneg (1 - a ^ 2)) (mul_nonneg ht0 (sub_nonneg.2 ht1))] /-- The pointwise bound after raising to the power `(n-1)/2`. -/ lemma Ppolar_rpow_le (hn : 2 ≤ n) (hx : x ^ 2 ≤ 1) (hα : α = M n * (1 - a ^ 2) / 2) (ht0 : 0 ≤ t) (ht1 : t ≤ 1) : Ppolar a x t ^ (((n : ℝ) - 1) / 2) ≤ Real.exp (α * (-1 + (2 - QQ (a * x) (a ^ 2) 1) * t)) := by have hM : (0 : ℝ) < M n := M_pos hn have he : (0 : ℝ) ≤ ((n : ℝ) - 1) / 2 := by simp only [M] at hM; linarith set y : ℝ := (1 - a ^ 2) * (-1 + (2 - QQ (a * x) (a ^ 2) 1) * t) with hy have h1 : Ppolar a x t ≤ Real.exp y := by refine le_trans (Ppolar_le_lin a x ht0 ht1) ?_ have := Real.add_one_le_exp y linarith have h2 : Ppolar a x t ^ (((n : ℝ) - 1) / 2) ≤ Real.exp y ^ (((n : ℝ) - 1) / 2) := Real.rpow_le_rpow (Ppolar_nonneg hx a t) h1 he refine h2.trans_eq ?_ rw [← Real.exp_mul] congr 1 simp only [M] at hα rw [hy, hα] ring /-- **`(1Q) ⟹ (lt)`.** -/ theorem polar_exp (hn : 2 ≤ n) (hx : x ^ 2 ≤ 1) (hα : α = M n * (1 - a ^ 2) / 2) (hpolar : 1 ≤ ∫ t in (0 : ℝ)..1, Ppolar a x t ^ (((n : ℝ) - 1) / 2)) : 1 ≤ ∫ t in (0 : ℝ)..1, Real.exp (α * (-1 + (2 - QQ (a * x) (a ^ 2) 1) * t)) := by have hM : (0 : ℝ) < M n := M_pos hn have he : (0 : ℝ) ≤ ((n : ℝ) - 1) / 2 := by simp only [M] at hM; linarith have hc1 : Continuous fun t : ℝ => Ppolar a x t ^ (((n : ℝ) - 1) / 2) := (continuous_rpow_const he).comp (continuous_Ppolar a x) have hc2 : Continuous fun t : ℝ => Real.exp (α * (-1 + (2 - QQ (a * x) (a ^ 2) 1) * t)) := by fun_prop refine hpolar.trans (intervalIntegral.integral_mono_on (by norm_num) (hc1.intervalIntegrable _ _) (hc2.intervalIntegrable _ _) ?_) intro u hu exact Ppolar_rpow_le hn hx hα hu.1 hu.2 end Sendov