How does the value of the following integral change when we scale the shape by a factor $k$?












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Let $U$ be a bounded open subset of an $n$-dimensional euclidean space endowed with the usual topology and the usual metric $d$. Now, let



$$sigma(U)=iint_U d(x,y)dxdy$$



Suppose we scale the space by a factor of $k$ from the origin. Let $k U$ be the new shape.



My question is how does $sigma(k U)$ change with respect to $sigma(U)$. I have doubt with two results. Is $sigma(kU)=kcdotsigma(U)$ or does it depend on its dimension, i.e. $sigma(kU)=k^ncdotsigma(U)$, or it is something else?



I have doubts because every distance in the new shape is scaled by $k$ with respect to the old shape, but the area that gets scaled by a factor of $k^n$. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.










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    I think there is no "obvious" relation between $sigma(U)$ and $sigma(kU)$ in general.
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    Jan 14 at 13:57


















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Let $U$ be a bounded open subset of an $n$-dimensional euclidean space endowed with the usual topology and the usual metric $d$. Now, let



$$sigma(U)=iint_U d(x,y)dxdy$$



Suppose we scale the space by a factor of $k$ from the origin. Let $k U$ be the new shape.



My question is how does $sigma(k U)$ change with respect to $sigma(U)$. I have doubt with two results. Is $sigma(kU)=kcdotsigma(U)$ or does it depend on its dimension, i.e. $sigma(kU)=k^ncdotsigma(U)$, or it is something else?



I have doubts because every distance in the new shape is scaled by $k$ with respect to the old shape, but the area that gets scaled by a factor of $k^n$. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.










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    I think there is no "obvious" relation between $sigma(U)$ and $sigma(kU)$ in general.
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    – nicomezi
    Jan 14 at 13:57
















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Let $U$ be a bounded open subset of an $n$-dimensional euclidean space endowed with the usual topology and the usual metric $d$. Now, let



$$sigma(U)=iint_U d(x,y)dxdy$$



Suppose we scale the space by a factor of $k$ from the origin. Let $k U$ be the new shape.



My question is how does $sigma(k U)$ change with respect to $sigma(U)$. I have doubt with two results. Is $sigma(kU)=kcdotsigma(U)$ or does it depend on its dimension, i.e. $sigma(kU)=k^ncdotsigma(U)$, or it is something else?



I have doubts because every distance in the new shape is scaled by $k$ with respect to the old shape, but the area that gets scaled by a factor of $k^n$. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.










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Let $U$ be a bounded open subset of an $n$-dimensional euclidean space endowed with the usual topology and the usual metric $d$. Now, let



$$sigma(U)=iint_U d(x,y)dxdy$$



Suppose we scale the space by a factor of $k$ from the origin. Let $k U$ be the new shape.



My question is how does $sigma(k U)$ change with respect to $sigma(U)$. I have doubt with two results. Is $sigma(kU)=kcdotsigma(U)$ or does it depend on its dimension, i.e. $sigma(kU)=k^ncdotsigma(U)$, or it is something else?



I have doubts because every distance in the new shape is scaled by $k$ with respect to the old shape, but the area that gets scaled by a factor of $k^n$. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.







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  • $begingroup$
    I think there is no "obvious" relation between $sigma(U)$ and $sigma(kU)$ in general.
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    – nicomezi
    Jan 14 at 13:57




















  • $begingroup$
    I think there is no "obvious" relation between $sigma(U)$ and $sigma(kU)$ in general.
    $endgroup$
    – nicomezi
    Jan 14 at 13:57


















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I think there is no "obvious" relation between $sigma(U)$ and $sigma(kU)$ in general.
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– nicomezi
Jan 14 at 13:57






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Suppose $U$ is our shape of dimension $n$ and each of its points will have coordinates $x=(x_1,ldots,x_n)$. Then the new shape $kU$ will have points with coordinates $x'=(x_1',ldots,x_n')$ with the relations



$$x_i'=kx_i$$



$$dx_i'=kdx_i$$



So $dx'=prod_{i=1}^ndx_i'=prod_{i=1}^nk dx_i=k^ndx$, and because $x_i=x_i'/k$, the shape $kU$ gets transformed to ${xmid exists x'in kU:x=x'/k}=U$, so we have that:



begin{align}
sigma(kU) &= iint_{kU}d(x',y')dx' dy' \
&= iint_U d(kx,ky)k^ndx k^ndy \
&= iint_U kd(x,y)k^{2n}dx dy \
&= k^{2n+1}iint_Ud(x,y)dx dy \
sigma(kU)&= k^{2n+1}sigma(U)
end{align}






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    Suppose $U$ is our shape of dimension $n$ and each of its points will have coordinates $x=(x_1,ldots,x_n)$. Then the new shape $kU$ will have points with coordinates $x'=(x_1',ldots,x_n')$ with the relations



    $$x_i'=kx_i$$



    $$dx_i'=kdx_i$$



    So $dx'=prod_{i=1}^ndx_i'=prod_{i=1}^nk dx_i=k^ndx$, and because $x_i=x_i'/k$, the shape $kU$ gets transformed to ${xmid exists x'in kU:x=x'/k}=U$, so we have that:



    begin{align}
    sigma(kU) &= iint_{kU}d(x',y')dx' dy' \
    &= iint_U d(kx,ky)k^ndx k^ndy \
    &= iint_U kd(x,y)k^{2n}dx dy \
    &= k^{2n+1}iint_Ud(x,y)dx dy \
    sigma(kU)&= k^{2n+1}sigma(U)
    end{align}






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      $begingroup$

      Suppose $U$ is our shape of dimension $n$ and each of its points will have coordinates $x=(x_1,ldots,x_n)$. Then the new shape $kU$ will have points with coordinates $x'=(x_1',ldots,x_n')$ with the relations



      $$x_i'=kx_i$$



      $$dx_i'=kdx_i$$



      So $dx'=prod_{i=1}^ndx_i'=prod_{i=1}^nk dx_i=k^ndx$, and because $x_i=x_i'/k$, the shape $kU$ gets transformed to ${xmid exists x'in kU:x=x'/k}=U$, so we have that:



      begin{align}
      sigma(kU) &= iint_{kU}d(x',y')dx' dy' \
      &= iint_U d(kx,ky)k^ndx k^ndy \
      &= iint_U kd(x,y)k^{2n}dx dy \
      &= k^{2n+1}iint_Ud(x,y)dx dy \
      sigma(kU)&= k^{2n+1}sigma(U)
      end{align}






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        $begingroup$

        Suppose $U$ is our shape of dimension $n$ and each of its points will have coordinates $x=(x_1,ldots,x_n)$. Then the new shape $kU$ will have points with coordinates $x'=(x_1',ldots,x_n')$ with the relations



        $$x_i'=kx_i$$



        $$dx_i'=kdx_i$$



        So $dx'=prod_{i=1}^ndx_i'=prod_{i=1}^nk dx_i=k^ndx$, and because $x_i=x_i'/k$, the shape $kU$ gets transformed to ${xmid exists x'in kU:x=x'/k}=U$, so we have that:



        begin{align}
        sigma(kU) &= iint_{kU}d(x',y')dx' dy' \
        &= iint_U d(kx,ky)k^ndx k^ndy \
        &= iint_U kd(x,y)k^{2n}dx dy \
        &= k^{2n+1}iint_Ud(x,y)dx dy \
        sigma(kU)&= k^{2n+1}sigma(U)
        end{align}






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        Suppose $U$ is our shape of dimension $n$ and each of its points will have coordinates $x=(x_1,ldots,x_n)$. Then the new shape $kU$ will have points with coordinates $x'=(x_1',ldots,x_n')$ with the relations



        $$x_i'=kx_i$$



        $$dx_i'=kdx_i$$



        So $dx'=prod_{i=1}^ndx_i'=prod_{i=1}^nk dx_i=k^ndx$, and because $x_i=x_i'/k$, the shape $kU$ gets transformed to ${xmid exists x'in kU:x=x'/k}=U$, so we have that:



        begin{align}
        sigma(kU) &= iint_{kU}d(x',y')dx' dy' \
        &= iint_U d(kx,ky)k^ndx k^ndy \
        &= iint_U kd(x,y)k^{2n}dx dy \
        &= k^{2n+1}iint_Ud(x,y)dx dy \
        sigma(kU)&= k^{2n+1}sigma(U)
        end{align}







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