Weighted Berwald's Inequality

Abstract

The inequality of Berwald is a reverse-H\"older like inequality for the $p$th average, $p\in (-1,\infty),$ of a non-negative, concave function over a convex body in $\mathbb{R}^n.$ We prove Berwald's inequality for averages of functions with respect to measures that have some concavity conditions, e.g. $s$-concave measures, $s\in \mathbb{R}.$ We also obtain equality conditions; in particular, this provides a new proof for the equality conditions of the classical inequality of Berwald. As applications, we generalize a number of classical bounds for the measure of the intersection of a convex body with a half-space and also the concept of radial means bodies and the projection body of a convex body.