General Sobolev type inequalities for symmetric forms

A general Sobolev type inequality is introduced and studied for general symmetric forms by defining a new type of Cheeger's isoperimetric constant. Finally, concentration of measure for the Lp type logarithmic Sobolev inequality is presented.     

Characterizations of Sobolev inequalities on metric spaces

We discuss Maz'ya type isocapacitary characterizations of Sobolev inequalities on metric measure spaces.     

Sobolev type inequalities for general symmetric forms

A general version of the Sobolev type inequality, including both the classical Sobolev inequality and the logarithmic Sobolev one, is studied for general symmetric forms by using isoperimetric constants. Some necessary and sufficient conditions are presented as results. The main results are illustrated by two examples of birth-death processes.

     

A general two-scale criteria for logarithmic Sobolev inequalities

We present a general criteria to prove that a probability measure satisfies a logarithmic Sobolev inequality, knowing that some of its marginals and associated conditional laws satisfy a logarithmic Sobolev inequality. This is a generalization of a result by N. Grunewald et al. [N. Grunewald, F. Otto, C. Villani, M.G. Westdickenberg, A two-scale approach to logarithmic Sobolev inequalities and the hydrodynamic limit, Ann. Inst. H. Poincaré Probab. Statist., in press].     

Ultracontractive bounds on Hamilton-Jacobi solutions

Following the equivalence between logarithmic Sobolev inequality, hypercontractivity of the heat semigroup showed by Gross and hypercontractivity of Hamilton-Jacobi equations, we prove, like the Varopoulos theorem, the equivalence between Euclidean-type Sobolev inequality and an ultracontractive control of the Hamilton-Jacobi equations. We obtain also ultracontractive estimations under general Sobolev inequality which imply in the particular case of a probability measure, transportation inequalities.     

A logarithmic Hardy inequality

We prove a new inequality which improves on the classical Hardy inequality in the sense that a nonlinear integral quantity with super-quadratic growth, which is computed with respect to an inverse square weight, is controlled by the energy. This inequality differs from standard logarithmic Sobolev inequalities in the sense that the measure is neither Lebesgue's measure nor a probability measure. All terms are scale invariant. After an Emden-Fowler transformation, the inequality can be rewritten as an optimal inequality of logarithmic Sobolev type on the cylinder. Explicit expressions of the sharp constant, as well as minimizers, are established in the radial case. However, when no symmetry is imposed, the sharp constants are not achieved by radial functions, in some range of the parameters.     

The Logarithmic Sobolev Inequality for a Submanifold in Manifolds with Nonnegative Sectional Curvature

The authors prove a sharp logarithmic Sobolev inequality which holds for compact submanifolds without boundary in Riemannian manifolds with nonnegative sectional curvature of arbitrary dimension and codimension. Like the Michael-Simon Sobolev inequality, this inequality includes a term involving the mean curvature. This extends a recent result of Brendle with Euclidean setting.     

An optimal logarithmic Sobolev inequality with Lipschitz constants

In this paper, we give an optimal logarithmic Sobolev inequality on Rn with Lipschitz constants. This inequality is a limit case of the Lp-logarithmic Sobolev inequality of Gentil (2003) [7] as p→∞. As a result of our inequality, we show that if a Lipschitz continuous function f on Rn fulfills some condition, then its Lipschitz constant can be expressed by using the entropy of f. We also show that a hypercontractivity of exponential type occurs in the heat equation on Rn. This is due to the Lipschitz regularizing effect of the heat equation.     

Refined convex Sobolev inequalities

This paper is devoted to refinements of convex Sobolev inequalities in the case of power law relative entropies: a nonlinear entropy-entropy production relation improves the known inequalities of this type. The corresponding generalized Poincaré-type inequalities with weights are derived. Optimal constants are compared to the usual Poincaré constant.     

优化Sobolev体及其仿射性质

Sobolev不等式是联系分析和几何的基础不等式之一,而优化Sobolev体是优化Sobolev范数的临界几何核.首先,证明优化Sobolev体的一些仿射性质.然后,运用Barthe的优化迁移方法研究了凸体的特征函数和多胞形仿射函数的优化Sobolev体.     

A Nash Type Result for Divergence Parabolic Equation Related to Hörmander's Vector Fields

In this paper we consider the divergence parabolic equation with bounded and measurable coefficients related to Hörmander's vector fields and establish a Nash type result, i.e., the local Hölder regularity for weak solutions. After deriving the parabolic Sobolev inequality, (1,1) type Poincaré inequality of Hörmander's vector fields and a De Giorgi type Lemma, the Hölder regularity of weak solutions to the equation is proved based on the estimates of oscillations of solutions and the isomorphism between parabolic Campanato space and parabolic Hölder space. As a consequence, we give the Harnack inequality of weak solutions by showing an extension property of positivity for functions in the De Giorgi class.     

Some new and short proofs for a class of Caffarelli-Kohn-Nirenberg type inequalities

In this note we provide simple and short proofs for a class of inequalities of Caffarelli-Kohn-Nirenberg type with sharp constants. Our approach suggests some definitions of weighted Sobolev spaces and their embedding into weighted L² spaces. These may be useful in studying solvability of problems involving new singular PDEs.     

Functional inequalities on arbitrary Riemannian manifolds

For any connected (not necessarily complete) Riemannian manifold, we construct a probability measure of type , where dx is the Riemannian volume measure and V is a function C^∞-smooth outside a closed set of zero volume, satisfying Poincaré–Sobolev type functional inequalities. In particular, V is C^∞-smooth on the whole manifold when the Poincaré and the super-Poincaré inequalities are considered. The Sobolev inequality for infinite measures are also studied.     

Integrability for the Jacobian of orientation preserving forms

This paper considers the integrability for the Jacobian of orientation-preserving forms in anisotropic Sobolev classes. The main result is a sufficient condition ensuring integrability of the Jacobian, which can be regarded as a refinement of the result of Iwaniec and Sbordone.     

Asymptotic Estimates for Gagliardo–Nirenberg Embedding Constants

Sharp asymptotic information is determined for the Gagliardo–Nirenberg embedding constants in high dimension. This analysis is motivated by the earlier observation that the logarithmic Sobolev inequality controls the Nash inequality. Moreover, one sees here that Hardy's inequality can be interpreted as the asymptotic limit of the logarithmic Sobolev inequality.     

Multiple solutions for semi-linear corner degenerate elliptic equations

The present paper is concerned with the existence of multiple solutions for semi-linear corner-degenerate elliptic equations with subcritical conditions. First, we introduce the corner type weighted p-Sobolev spaces and discuss the properties of continuous embedding, compactness and spectrum. Then, we prove the corner type Sobolev inequality and Poincaré inequality, which are important in the proof of the main result.     

Sharp Interpolation Inequalities on the Sphere: New Methods and Consequences

This paper is devoted to various considerations on a family of sharp interpolation inequalities on the sphere, which in dimension greater than 1 interpolate between Poincaré, logarithmic Sobolev and critical Sobolev (Onofri in dimension two) inequalities. The connection between optimal constants and spectral properties of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on the sphere is emphasized. The authors address a series of related observations and give proofs based on symmetrization and the ultraspherical setting.     

A proof of Hessian Sobolev inequality

In this paper, taking the Hessian Sobolev inequality (0<p≤k) (X.-J. Wang, 1994 [2]) as the starting point, we give a proof of the Hessian Sobolev inequality when k<p≤k^∗, where k^∗ is the critical Sobolev embedding index of k-Hessian type. We also prove that k^∗ is optimal by one-dimensional Hardy’s inequality.     

Existence of extremal functions for a Hardy-Sobolev inequality

We present the best constant and the extremal functions for an Improved Hardy-Sobolev inequality. We prove that, under a proper transformation, this inequality is equivalent to the Sobolev inequality in RN.     

Bilateral Hardy-type inequalities

This paper studies the Hardy-type inequalities on the intervals (may be infinite) with two weights, either vanishing at two endpoints of the interval or having mean zero. For the first type of inequalities, in terms of new isoperimetric constants, the factor of upper and lower bounds becomes smaller than the known ones. The second type of the inequalities is motivated from probability theory and is new in the analytic context. The proofs are now rather elementary. Similar improvements are made for Nash inequality, Sobolev-type inequality, and the logarithmic Sobolev inequality on the intervals.