Double Bubbles on the Real Line with Log-Convex Density

The classic double bubble theorem says that the least-perimeter way to enclose and separate two prescribed volumes in ℝN is the standard double bubble. We seek the optimal double bubble in ℝN with density, which we assume to be strictly log-convex. For N = 1 we show that the solution is sometimes two contiguous intervals and sometimes three contiguous intervals. In higher dimensions we think that the solution is sometimes a standard double bubble and sometimes concentric spheres (e.g. for one volume small and the other large).

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