Optimal Constants in Critical Sobolev Inequalities on Riemannian Manifolds in the Presence of Symmetries

We prove a theorem on the existence of a `second best constant' incritical Sobolev inequalities on compact Riemannian manifolds underthe action of an isometry group. The theorem is then applied toseveral examples initially introduced by different authors.     

Best Constants in Sobolev Inequalities on Riemannian Manifolds in the Presence of Symmetries

Let (M,g) be a smooth compact Riemannian manifold, and G a subgroup of the isometry group of (M,g). We compute the value of the best constant in Sobolev inequalities when the functions are G-invariant. Applications to non-linear PDEs of critical or upper critical Sobolev exponent are also presented.     

Global Poincaré Inequalities on the Heisenberg Group and Applications

Let f be in the localized nonisotropic Sobolev space on the n-dimensional Heisenberg group ℍ ⁿ = ℂ ⁿ × ℝ, where 1 = p < Q and Q = 2n + 2 is the homogeneous dimension of ℍn. Suppose that the subelliptic gradient is gloablly L ^p integrable, i.e., is finite. We prove a Poincaré inequality for f on the entire space ℍ ⁿ . Using this inequality we prove that the function f subtracting a certain constant is in the nonisotropic Sobolev space formed by the completion of under the norm of

Global Poincaré Inequalities on the Heisenberg Group and Applications

Let f be in the localized nonisotropic Sobolev space Wloc^1,p （H^n） on the n-dimensional Heisenberg group H^n = C^n ×R, where 1≤ p ≤ Q and Q = 2n ＋ 2 is the homogeneous dimension of H^n. Suppose that the subelliptic gradient is gloablly L^p integrable, i.e., fH^n ｜△H^n f｜^p du is finite. We prove a Poincaré inequality for f on the entire space H^n. Using this inequality we prove that the function f subtracting a certain constant is in the nonisotropic Sobolev space formed by the completion of C0^∞（H^n） under the norm of （∫H^n ｜f｜ Qp/Q-p）^Q-p/Qp ＋ （∫ H^n ｜△H^n f｜^p）^1/p. We will also prove that the best constants and extremals for such Poincaré inequalities on H^n are the same as those for Sobolev inequalities on H^n. Using the results of Jerison and Lee on the sharp constant and extremals for L^2 to L（2Q/Q-2） Sobolev inequality on the Heisenberg group, we thus arrive at the explicit best constant for the aforementioned Poincaré inequality on H^n when p=2. We also derive the lower bound of the best constants for local Poincaré inequalities over metric balls on the Heisenberg group H^n.     

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.     

The Brascamp–Lieb Inequalities: Finiteness, Structure and Extremals

We consider the Brascamp–Lieb inequalities concerning multilinear integrals of products of functions in several dimensions. We give a complete treatment of the issues of finiteness of the constant, and of the existence and uniqueness of centred gaussian extremals. For arbitrary extremals we completely address the issue of existence, and partly address the issue of uniqueness. We also analyse the inequalities from a structural perspective. Our main tool is a monotonicity formula for positive solutions to heat equations in linear and multilinear settings, which was first used in this type of setting by Carlen, Lieb, and Loss [CLL]. In that paper, the heat flow method was used to obtain the rank-one case of Lieb’s fundamental theorem concerning exhaustion by gaussians; we extend the technique to the higher-rank case, giving two new proofs of the general-rank case of Lieb’s theorem. Received: September 2005 Revision: November 2005 Accepted: November 2005     

Rational Functions with Prescribed Critical Points

A rational function is the ratio of two complex polynomials in one variable without common roots. Its degree is the maximum of the degrees of the numerator and the denominator. Rational functions belong to the same class if one turns into the other by postcomposition with a linear-fractional transformation. We give an explicit formula for the number of classes having a given degree d and given multiplicities m₁,..., m_n of given n critical points, for generic positions of the critical points. This number is the multiplicity of the irreducible sl₂ representation with highest weight in the tensor product of the irreducible sl₂ representations with highest weights The classes are labeled by the orbits of critical points of a remarkable symmetric function which first appeared in the XIX century in studies of Fuchsian differential equations, and then in the XX century in the theory of KZ equations.     

Fractional Sobolev inequalities associated with singular problems

In this paper we study Sobolev‐type inequalities associated with singular problems for the fractional p‐Laplacian operator in a bounded domain of , .     

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     

Problem with Critical Sobolev Exponent and with Weight

The authors consider the problem: -div(p▽u) = uq-1 λu, u > 0 inΩ, u = 0 on (?)Ω, whereΩis a bounded domain in Rn, n≥3, p :Ω→R is a given positive weight such that p∈H1 (Ω)∩C(Ω),λis a real constant and q = 2n/n-2, and study the effect of the behavior of p near its minima and the impact of the geometry of domain on the existence of solutions for the above problem.     

An extremal problem for trigonometric polynomials

Let be a trigonometric polynomial of degree The problem of finding the largest value for in the inequality is studied. We find exactly provided is the conjugate of an even integer and For general we get an interval estimate for where the interval length tends to as tends to

     

Optimal constants in the exceptional case of Sobolev inequalities on Riemannian manifolds

Let be a Riemannian compact -manifold. We know that for any , there exists such that for any , , being the smallest constant possible such that the inequality remains true for any . We call the ``first best constant'. We prove in this paper that it is possible to choose and keep a finite constant. In other words we prove the existence of a ``second best constant' in the exceptional case of Sobolev inequalities on compact Riemannian manifolds.

     

A unified approach to improved Hardy inequalities with best constants

We present a unified approach to improved Hardy inequalities in . We consider Hardy potentials that involve either the distance from a point, or the distance from the boundary, or even the intermediate case where the distance is taken from a surface of codimension . In our main result, we add to the right hand side of the classical Hardy inequality a weighted norm with optimal weight and best constant. We also prove nonhomogeneous improved Hardy inequalities, where the right hand side involves weighted norms, .

     

The sharp Sobolev inequality and the Banchoff-Pohl inequality on surfaces

Let be a complete two dimensional simply connected Riemannian manifold with Gaussian curvature . If is a compactly supported function of bounded variation on , then satisfies the Sobolev inequality

Conversely, letting be the characteristic function of a domain recovers the sharp form of the isoperimetric inequality for simply connected surfaces with . Therefore this is the Sobolev inequality ``equivalent' to the isoperimetric inequality for this class of surfaces. This is a special case of a result that gives the equivalence of more general isoperimetric inequalities and Sobolev inequalities on surfaces.

Under the same assumptions on , if is a closed curve and is the winding number of about , then the Sobolev inequality implies

which is an extension of the Banchoff-Pohl inequality to simply connected surfaces with curvature .

     

带有临界指数的椭圆型方程的正解的存在性

本文主要采用变分方法来研究一类带有临界指数的椭圆型方程的正解的存在性问题.并且,在Ω领域(有界或无界)中的许多条件下,可以证明其基态解的存在性.     

On a class of martingale inequalities

Let Z = {Z₀, Z₁, Z₂,…} be a martingale, with difference sequence X₀ = Z₀, X_i = Z_i ? Z_{i ? 1}, i ≥ 1. The principal purpose of this paper is to prove that the best constant in the inequality λP(sup_i |X_i| ≥ λ) ≤ C sup_iE |Z_i|, for λ > 0, is C = (log 2)^?1. If Z is finite of length n, it is proved that the best constant is $\text{C}{}_{\mathrm{n}}\text{= [n(2}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>n</mtext>}}\text{? 1)]}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}$. The analogous best constant C_n(z) when Z₀ ≡ z is also determined. For these finite cases, examples of martingales attaining equality are constructed. The results follow from an explicit determination of the quantity G_n(z, E) = sup_zP(max_i=1,…,n |X_i| ≥ 1), the supremum being taken over all martingales Z with Z₀ ≡ z and E|Z_n| = E. The expression for G_n(z,E) is derived by induction, using methods from the theory of moments.     

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.

     

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.     

Taylor's inequalities in Orlicz–Sobolev type spaces

In this paper, we obtain inequalities involving the Taylor polynomial and weak derivatives of a function in an Orlicz–Sobolev type space. Moreover, we show that any such function can be expanded in a finite Taylor series almost everywhere. As a consequence, we prove that the coefficients of any extended best polynomial $L^{\mathrm{\Phi }}$-approximation of a function on a ball almost everywhere converge to the weak derivatives of such a function when the radius tends to 0. Lastly, we get a mean convergence result of such coefficients.