Generalized Transportation-Cost Inequalities and Applications

For μ: = e ^V(x)dx a probability measure on a complete connected Riemannian manifold, we establish a correspondence between the Entropy-Information inequality and the transportation-cost inequality for μ(f ²) = 1, where Φ and Ψ are increasing functions. Moreover, under the curvature–dimension condition, a Sobolev type HWI (entropy-cost-information) inequality is established. As applications, explicit estimates are obtained for the Sobolev constant and the diameter of a compact manifold, which either extend or improve some corresponding known results. Supported in part by NNSFC(10721091) and the 973-project in China.