We give a new proof of the isoperimetric inequality for geodesically convex subsets of the
-sphere, with
equality only for spherical lunes. Combined with a straightforward approximation argument,
this inequality was first proved by Bérard, Besson, and Gallot (Invent. Math. 80:2 (1985),
295–308), who provided a generalization of the Lévy–Gromov isoperimetric inequality.
Using a Faber–Krahn theorem, the inequality implies a sharp lower bound on the first
Dirichlet–Neumann eigenvalue of domains contained in geodesically convex subsets of the sphere.
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