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Atlas.ProbabilisticMethodsInCombinatorics.code.Chapter9.LevyIsoperimetric

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The unit sphere $S^{n-1} \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$, viewed as a subtype of $\mathbb{R}^n$ consisting of vectors of norm $1$.

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    A subset $B \subseteq S^{n-1}$ is a spherical cap if it has the form $\{x \in S^{n-1} \mid \langle x, v \rangle \ge c\}$ for some unit vector $v$ and some threshold $c \in \mathbb{R}$.

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      The $(n-1)$-dimensional Hausdorff measure on the unit sphere $S^{n-1}$, used as the natural surface-area measure on the sphere.

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        Lévy's isoperimetric inequality on the sphere (Theorem 9.4.10). Among all measurable subsets of the unit sphere $S^{n-1}$ with a fixed surface measure, spherical caps minimize the measure of the $t$-thickening: if $B$ is a spherical cap and $\mu(A) = \mu(B)$, then $\mu(A_t) \ge \mu(B_t)$ for every $t \ge 0$.