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A sharp inequality for Sobolev functions

Analysis of PDEs 2014-07-24 v1

Abstract

Let N5N\geq 5, a>0a>0, Ω\Omega be a smooth bounded domain in RN\mathbb{R}^{N}, 2=2NN22^*=\frac{2N}{N-2}, 2#=2(N1)N22^\#=\frac{2(N-1)}{N-2} and u2=u22+au22||u||^2=|\nabla u|_{2}^2+a|u|_{2}^2. We prove there exists an α0>0\alpha_{0}>0 such that, for all uH1(Ω){0}u\in H^1(\Omega)\setminus\{0\}, S22Nu2u22(1+α0u2#2#uu22/2).\frac{S}{2^{\frac 2N}}\leq\frac{||u||^2}{|u|_{2^*}^2}\left(1+\alpha_{0}\frac{|u|_{2^\#}^{2^\#}}{||u||\cdot|u|_{2^*}^{2^*/2}}\right). This inequality implies Cherrier's inequality.

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@article{arxiv.1407.6233,
  title  = {A sharp inequality for Sobolev functions},
  author = {Pedro M. Girão},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.6233},
  year   = {2014}
}

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