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On the metric projection onto a convex set: reverse Hölder inequalities and upper bounds

Reese Pathak
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We study the $L^p(μ)$-norm of the metric projection onto a closed, convex set $C \subset \mathbf{R}^n$ when $μ$ is the uniform measure on the sphere or the standard Gaussian measure on $\mathbf{R}^n$. Up to universal constants, we determine the optimal reverse Hölder inequalities (i.e., $L^q-L^p$ estimates for $q > p$) for both settings and for all $1 \leq p < q \leq \infty$. The optimal constants in these inequalities depend polynomially on the dimension $n$. We establish upper bounds for the expected norm of the metric projection for a wide class of probability measures. Our inequalities improve and extend previous results of S. Chatterjee.

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Reese Pathak. 2026-07-06. On the metric projection onto a convex set: reverse Hölder inequalities and upper bounds. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.05117

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