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We discuss a method for obtaining Poincaré-type inequalities on arbitrary convex bodies in ${ℝ}^n$. Our technique involves a dual version of Bochner’s formula and a certain moment map, and it also applies to some non-convex sets. In particular, we generalize the central limit theorem for convex bodies to a class of non-convex domains, including the unit balls of ${\ell }_p$-spaces in ${ℝ}^n$ for $0\<p\<1$.

Suppose that $\mu$ is an absolutely continuous probability measure on ${}^R$n, for large $n$. Then $\mu$ has low-dimensional marginals that are approximately spherically-symmetric. More precisely, if $n\ge {(C/\epsilon )}^{Cd}$, then there exist $d$-dimensional marginals of $\mu$ that are $\epsilon$-far from being sphericallysymmetric, in an appropriate sense. Here $C>0$ is a universal constant.