On a class of weighted anisotropic Sobolev inequalities

In this article, motivated by a work of Caffarelli and Cordoba in phase transitions analysis, we prove new weighted anisotropic Sobolev type inequalities where different derivatives have different weight functions. These inequalities are also intimately connected to weighted Sobolev inequalities for Grushin type operators, the weights being not necessarily Muckenhoupt. For example we consider Sobolev inequalities on finite cylinders, the weight being a power of the distance function from the top or the bottom of the cylinder. We also prove similar inequalities in the more general case in which the weight is a power of the distance function from a higher codimension part of the boundary.     

Sharp stability theorems for the anisotropic Sobolev and log-Sobolev inequalities on functions of bounded variation

Combining rearrangement techniques with Gromov’s proof (via optimal mass transportation) of the 1-Sobolev inequality, we prove a sharp quantitative version of the anisotropic Sobolev inequality on BV(Rⁿ)$BV\left({\mathbb{R}}^n\right)$. We also deduce, as a corollary of this result, a sharp stability estimate for the anisotropic 1-log-Sobolev inequality.     

Pointwise symmetrization inequalities for Sobolev functions and applications

We develop a technique to obtain new symmetrization inequalities that provide a unified framework to study Sobolev inequalities, concentration inequalities and sharp integrability of solutions of elliptic equations.     

Isoperimetry and symmetrization for logarithmic Sobolev inequalities

Using isoperimetry and symmetrization we provide a unified framework to study the classical and logarithmic Sobolev inequalities. In particular, we obtain new Gaussian symmetrization inequalities and connect them with logarithmic Sobolev inequalities. Our methods are very general and can be easily adapted to more general contexts.     

Best constants for Sobolev inequalities for higher order fractional derivatives

We obtain sharp constants for Sobolev inequalities for higher order fractional derivatives. As an application, we give a new proof of a theorem of W. Beckner concerning conformally invariant higher-order differential operators on the sphere.     

Weak logarithmic Sobolev inequalities and entropic convergence

In this paper we introduce and study a weakened form of logarithmic Sobolev inequalities in connection with various others functional inequalities (weak Poincaré inequalities, general Beckner inequalities, etc.). We also discuss the quantitative behaviour of relative entropy along a symmetric diffusion semi-group. In particular, we exhibit an example where Poincaré inequality can not be used for deriving entropic convergence whence weak logarithmic Sobolev inequality ensures the result.      

Gauged Sobolev inequalities

We present two-scale Morrey–Sobolev inequalities for measure-valued Lagrangeans on quasi-metric balls, scaled according to refined power laws. The fine tuning is given by suitable gauge functions, typically of logarithmic type. Fractal examples with fluctuating geometry are described.     

Critical dimensions and higher order Sobolev inequalities with remainder terms

Pucci and Serrin [21] conjecture that certain space dimensions behave 'critically' in a semilinear polyharmonic eigenvalue problem. Up to now only a considerably weakened version of this conjecture could be shown. We prove that exactly in these dimensions an embedding inequality for higher order Sobolev spaces on bounded domains with an optimal embedding constant may be improved by adding a 'linear' remainder term, thereby giving further evidence to the conjecture of Pucci and Serrin from a functional analytic point of view. Thanks to Brezis-Lieb [5] this result is already known for the space in dimension n=3; we extend it to the spaces (K>1) in the 'presumably' critical dimensions. Crucial tools are positivity results and a decomposition method with respect to dual cones. Received June 1999     

Sharp Sobolev inequalities in Lorentz spaces for a mean oscillation

We exhibit the optimal constant for Sobolev inequalities in Lorentz spaces for a mean oscillation, and its relation with a boundedness of the Hardy–Littlewood maximal operator in Sobolev spaces. Some applications to a scale invariant form of Hardy?s inequality in a limiting case are also considered.     

Symmetry of extremal functions for the Caffarelli-Kohn-Nirenberg inequalities

We study the symmetry property of extremal functions to a family of weighted Sobolev inequalities due to Caffarelli-Kohn-Nirenberg. By using the moving plane method, we prove that all non-radial extremal functions are axially symmetric with respect to a line passing through the origin.

     

Porous media equation and Sobolev inequalities under negative curvature

We study the link between some modified porous media equation and Sobolev inequalities on a Riemannian manifold M whose Ricci curvature tensor is bounded below by a negative constant −ρ. The method used deals with entropy-energy differentiation and follows the way the author got inequalities under nonnegative Ricci curvature assumptions. The key of the proof is the curvature-dimension criterion.     

Sobolev spaces of symmetric functions and applications

We prove sharp pointwise estimates for functions in the Sobolev spaces of radial functions defined in a ball. As a consequence, we obtain some imbeddings of such Sobolev spaces in weighted Lq-spaces. We also prove similar imbeddings for Sobolev spaces of functions with partial symmetry. Our techniques lead to new Hardy type inequalities. It is important to observe that we do not require any vanishing condition on the boundary to obtain all our estimates. We apply these imbeddings to obtain radial solutions and partially symmetric solutions for a biharmonic equation of the Hénon type under both Dirichlet and Navier boundary conditions. The delicate question of the regularity of these solutions is also established.     

Improved Sobolev inequalities and Muckenhoupt weights on stratified Lie groups

We study in this article the improved Sobolev inequalities with Muckenhoupt weights within the framework of stratified Lie groups. This family of inequalities estimate the Lq norm of a function by the geometric mean of two norms corresponding to Sobolev spaces and Besov spaces . When the value p which characterizes Sobolev space is strictly larger than 1, the required result is well known in Rn and is classically obtained by a Littlewood-Paley dyadic blocks manipulation. For these inequalities we will develop here another totally different technique. When p=1, these two techniques are not available anymore and following M. Ledoux (2003) [12], in Rn, we will treat here the critical case p=1 for general stratified Lie groups in a weighted functional space setting. Finally, we will go a step further with a new generalization of improved Sobolev inequalities using weak-type Sobolev spaces.     

Estimates of difference norms for functions in anisotropic Sobolev spaces

We investigate the spaces of functions on ?ⁿ for which the generalized partial derivatives Dequation/tex2gif-sup-2.gif_kf exist and belong to different Lorentz spaces Lequation/tex2gif-sup-3.gif . For the functions in these spaces, the sharp estimates of the Besov type norms are found. The methods used in the paper are based on estimates of non‐increasing rearrangements. These methods enable us to cover also the case when some of the p_k's are equal to 1. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Symmetrization and second-order Sobolev inequalities

A Pólya–Szegö principle for second-order derivatives is established. As a consequence, a new unified approach to second-order Sobolev-type inequalities, via 1-dimensional inequalities, is derived. Applications to some optimal Sobolev embeddings are exhibited. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000) 46E35, 46E30     

Logarithmic Sobolev trace inequality

A logarithmic Sobolev trace inequality is derived. Bounds on the best constant for this inequality from above and below are investigated using the sharp Sobolev inequality and the sharp logarithmic Sobolev inequality.