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We prove an isoperimetric inequality on compact Riemannian manifolds corresponding to the limit case of a scale of optimal Sobolev inequalities.
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Druet, O. Isoperimetric Inequalities on Compact Manifolds. Geometriae Dedicata 90, 217–236 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014977309741
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