A note on the anisotropic generalizations of the Sobolev and Morrey embedding theorems

We make a contribution to the theory of embeddings of anisotropic Sobolev spaces into L ^p -spaces (Sobolev case) and spaces of Hölder continuous functions (Morrey case). In the case of bounded domains the generalized embedding theorems published so far pose quite restrictive conditions on the domain’s geometry (in fact, the domain must be “almost rectangular”). Motivated by the study of some evolutionary PDEs, we introduce the so-called “semirectangular setting”, where the geometry of the domain is compatible with the vector of integrability exponents of the various partial derivatives, and show that the validity of the embedding theorems can be extended to this case. Second, we discuss the a priori integrability requirement of the Sobolev anisotropic embedding theorem and show that under a purely algebraic condition on the vector of exponents, this requirement can be weakened. Lastly, we present a counterexample showing that for domains with general shapes the embeddings indeed do not hold.     

Sobolev embedding theorems for a class of anisotropic irregular domains

Sufficient conditions for the embedding of a Sobolev space in Lebesgue spaces on a domain depend on the integrability and smoothness parameters of the spaces and on the geometric features of the domain. In the present paper, Sobolev embedding theorems are obtained for a class of domains with irregular boundary; this class includes the well-known classes of σ-John domains, domains with the flexible cone condition, and their anisotropic analogs.     

Continuity of embeddings of weighted Sobolev spaces in Lebesgue spaces on anisotropically irregular domains

In our earlier publications, the domains satisfying the flexible σ-cone condition were classified with respect to an anisotropy parameter λ. In the present paper we establish the continuity of embeddings of weighted Sobolev spaces in Lebesgue spaces in these classes of domains. For each class of domains with parameter λ ≠ (1, ..., 1), the theorems obtained are stronger than those in the general case of domains satisfying the flexible σ-cone condition.     

Embeddings of anisotropic Besov spaces into Sobolev spaces

We study the embeddings of (homogeneous and inhomogeneous) anisotropic Besov spaces associated to an expansive matrix A into Sobolev spaces, with a focus on the influence of A on the embedding behavior. For a large range of parameters, we derive sharp characterizations of embeddings.     

On the traces of Sobolev functions on the boundary of an anisotropic cusp

Given a “zero” cusp \(G_{\vec \lambda } \) with an anisotropic Hölder singularity at the vertex, we consider various embedding theorems for the Sobolev spaces \(W_p^1 (G_{\vec \lambda } )\) and the questions of embeddings of the traces of Sobolev functions into Lebesgue classes on the boundary of the cusp.     

Sobolev type embeddings in the limiting case

We use interpolation methods to prove a new version of the limiting case of the Sobolev embedding theorem, which includes the result of Hansson and Brezis-Wainger for W _n ^k/k as a special case. We deal with generalized Sobolev spaces W _A ^k , where instead of requiring the functions and their derivatives to be in L_n/k, they are required to be in a rearrangement invariant space A which belongs to a certain class of spaces “close” to L_n/k. We also show that the embeddings given by our theorem are optimal, i.e., the target spaces into which the above Sobolev spaces are shown to embed cannot be replaced by smaller rearrangement invariant spaces. This slightly sharpens and generalizes an, earlier optimality result obtained by Hansson with respect to the Riesz potential operator. In memory of Gene Fabes. Acknowledgements and Notes This research was supported by Technion V.P.R. Fund-M. and C. Papo Research Fund.     

Symmetrization inequalities and Sobolev embeddings

We prove new extended forms of the Pólya-Szegö symmetrization principle. As a consequence new sharp embedding theorems for generalized Besov spaces are proved, including a sharpening of the limiting cases of the classical Sobolev embedding theorem. In particular, a surprising self-improving property of certain Sobolev embeddings is uncovered.

     

On the influence of parameters determining anisotropic spaces of smooth functions on characteristics of the embedding theorems

An anisotropic Sobolev and Nikol'skii-Besov space on a domain G is determined by its integro-differential (shortly, ID) parameters. On the other hand, the geometry of G is characterized by the set Λ(G) of all vectors λ=(λ₁,..., λ_n) such that G satisfies the λ-horn condition. We study the dependence of the totality of possible embeddings upon the set Λ(G) and theID-parameters of the space. We consider only embeddings with q≥pⁱ, where pⁱ are the integral parameters of the space and q is the integral embedding parameter. For a given space, we introduce its initial matrix A₀ determined by theID-parameters. A₀ turns out to be a Z-matrix. On the basis of a natural classification of Z-matrices, a classification of anisotropic spaces is introduced. This classification allows one to restate the existence of an embedding with q≥pⁱ in terms of certain specific properties of A₀. Let A₀ be a nondegenerate M-matrix. Any vector λ∈Λ(G) gives rise to a certain set of admissible values of the embedding parameters. We call λ optimal if this set is the largest possible. It turns out that the optimal vector λ _G ^* is determined by Λ(G) and A₀, and may be found by a linear optimization procedure. The following cases are possible: a) , b) , c) λ _G ^* does not exist. In case a) the set of admissible values of the embedding parameters is the biggest, while in case c) no embeddings with q≥pⁱ exist. In case b) the so-called saturation phenomenon occurs, i.e., certain variations of some differential parameters of the space do not change the set of admissible values of the embedding parameters. The latter fact has some applications to the problem of extension of all functions belonging to the given space from G to Eⁿ. Bibliography: 20 titles. Translated fromZapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 201, 1992, pp. 22–94. Translated by A. A. Mekler.     

Spaces of functions of positive smoothness on irregular domains

The paper is devoted to constructing and studying spaces of functions of positive smoothness on irregular domains of the n-dimensional Euclidean space. We prove embedding theorems that connect the spaces introduced with the Sobolev and Lebesgue spaces. The formulations of the theorems depend on geometric parameters of the domain of definition of functions.     

Spaces of functions of fractional smoothness on an irregular domain

On an irregular domain G ⊂ ℝ ⁿ of a certain type, we introduce spaces of functions of fractional smoothness s > 0. We prove embedding theorems relating these spaces to the Sobolev spaces W _p ^m (G) and Lebesgue spaces L _p (G).     

Closed embeddings of Hilbert spaces

Motivated by questions related to embeddings of homogeneous Sobolev spaces and to comparison of function spaces and operator ranges, we introduce the notion of closely embedded Hilbert spaces as an extension of that of continuous embedding of Hilbert spaces. We show that this notion is a special case of that of Hilbert spaces induced by unbounded positive selfadjoint operators that corresponds to kernel operators in the sense of L. Schwartz. Certain canonical representations and characterizations of uniqueness of closed embeddings are obtained. We exemplify these constructions by closed, but not continuous, embeddings of Hilbert spaces of holomorphic functions. An application to the closed embedding of a homogeneous Sobolev space on Rn in L₂(Rn), based on the singular integral operator associated to the Riesz potential, and a comparison to the case of the singular integral operator associated to the Bessel potential are also presented. As a second application we show that a closed embedding of two operator ranges corresponds to absolute continuity, in the sense of T. Ando, of the corresponding kernel operators.     

Sobolev embeddings in metric measure spaces with variable dimension

In this article we study metric measure spaces with variable dimension. We consider Lebesgue spaces on these sets, and embeddings of the Riesz potential in these spaces. We also investigate Hajłasz-type Sobolev spaces, and prove Sobolev and Trudinger inequalities with optimal exponents. All of these questions lead naturally to function spaces with variable exponents. Supported the Research Council of Norway, Project 160192/V30.     

On Γ-convergence of integral functionals defined on various weighted Sobolev spaces

We consider weighted Sobolev spaces correlated with a sequence of n-dimensional domains. We prove a theorem on the choice of a subsequence Γ-convergent to an integral functional defined on a “limit” weighted Sobolev space from a sequence of integral functionals defined on the spaces indicated. Translated from Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 99–115, January, 2009.     

Function spaces of Lizorkin-Triebel type on an irregular domain

On an irregular domain G ⊂ ℝ ⁿ of a certain type, we introduce function spaces of fractional smoothness s > 0 that are similar to the Lizorkin-Triebel spaces. We prove embedding theorems that show how these spaces are related to the Sobolev and Lebesgue spaces W _p ^m (G) and L _p (G). Published in Russian in Trudy Matematicheskogo Instituta imeni V.A. Steklova, 2008, Vol. 260, pp. 32–43.     

Function spaces of variable smoothness and integrability

In this article we introduce Triebel-Lizorkin spaces with variable smoothness and integrability. Our new scale covers spaces with variable exponent as well as spaces of variable smoothness that have been studied in recent years. Vector-valued maximal inequalities do not work in the generality which we pursue, and an alternate approach is thus developed. Using it we derive molecular and atomic decomposition results and show that our space is well-defined, i.e., independent of the choice of basis functions. As in the classical case, a unified scale of spaces permits clearer results in cases where smoothness and integrability interact, such as Sobolev embedding and trace theorems. As an application of our decomposition we prove optimal trace theorem in the variable indices case.     

Different degrees of non-compactness for optimal Sobolev embeddings

The structure of non-compactness of optimal Sobolev embeddings of m-th order into the class of Lebesgue spaces and into that of all rearrangement-invariant function spaces is quantitatively studied. Sharp two-sided estimates of Bernstein numbers of such embeddings are obtained. It is shown that, whereas the optimal Sobolev embedding within the class of Lebesgue spaces is finitely strictly singular, the optimal Sobolev embedding in the class of all rearrangement-invariant function spaces is not even strictly singular.     

N-Widths and Average Widths of Besov Classes in Sobolev Spaces

In this paper, we consider the n-widths and average widths of Besov classes in the usual Sobolev spaces. The weak asymptotic results concerning the Kolmogorov n-widths, the linear n-widths, the Gel＇fand n-widths, in the Sobolev spaces on T^d, and the infinite-dimensional widths and the average widths in the Sobolev spaces on Ra are obtained, respectively.     

To the Sobolev embedding theorem for the limiting exponent

We establish embeddings of the Sobolev space W _p ^s and the space B _pq ^s (with the limiting exponent) in certain spaces of locally integrable functions of zero smoothness. This refines the embedding of the Sobolev space in the Lorentz and Lorentz-Zygmund spaces. Similar problems are considered for the case of irregular domains and for the potential space.     

Polynomials,Higher Order Sobolev Extension Theorems and Interpolation Inequalities on Weighted Folland-Stein Spaces on Stratified Groups

This paper consists of three main parts. One of them is to develop local and global Sobolev interpolation inequalities of any higher order for the nonisotropic Sobolev spaces on stratified nilpotent Lie groups. Despite the extensive research after Jerison's work [3] on Poincaré-type inequalities for Hörmander's vector fields over the years, our results given here even in the nonweighted case appear to be new. Such interpolation inequalities have crucial applications to subelliptic or parabolic PDE's involving vector fields. The main tools to prove such inqualities are approximating the Sobolev functions by polynomials associated with the left invariant vector fields on ?. Some very usefull properties for polynomials associated with the functions are given here and they appear to have independent interests in their own rights. Finding the existence of such polynomials is the second main part of this paper. Main results of these two parts have been announced in the author's paper in Mathematical Research Letters [38].The third main part of this paper contains extension theorems on anisotropic Sobolev spaces on stratified groups and their applications to proving Sobolev interpolation inequalities on (?,δ) domains. Some results of weighted Sobolev spaces are also given here. We construct a linear extension operator which is bounded on different Sobolev spaces simultaneously. In particular, we are able to construct a bounded linear extension operator such that the derivatives of the extended function can be controlled by the same order of derivatives of the given Sobolev functions. Theorems are stated and proved for weighted anisotropic Sobolev spaces on stratified groups.