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Sobolev spaces and trace theorem on the Sierpinski gasket

Functional Analysis 2020-02-19 v3

Abstract

On the Sierpinski gasket SG\mathcal{SG}, we consider Sobolev spaces Lσ2(SG)L^2_\sigma(\mathcal{SG}) associated with the standard Laplacian Δ\Delta with order σ0\sigma\geq 0. When σZ+\sigma\in\mathbb{Z}^+, Lσ2(SG)L^2_\sigma(\mathcal{SG}) consists of functions equipped with L2L^2 norms of the function itself and its Laplacians up to σ\sigma order; when σZ+\sigma\notin \mathbb{Z}^+, we fill up the gaps between integer orders by using complex interpolation. Let Lσ,D2(SG)=(IΔD)σL2(SG)L^2_{\sigma, D}(\mathcal{SG})=(I-\Delta_D)^{-\sigma}L^2(\mathcal{SG}) where ΔD\Delta_D is the Dirichlet Laplacian associated with Δ\Delta. Let {pn}n0\{p_n\}_{n\geq 0} be a collection of countably many points located along one of the symmetrical axes of SG\mathcal{SG}. We make a full characterization of the trace spaces of Lσ2(SG)L^2_\sigma(\mathcal{SG}) and Lσ,D2(SG)L^2_{\sigma,D}(\mathcal{SG}) to {pn}n0\{p_n\}_{n\geq 0}. Using this, we get a full description of the relationship between Lσ2(SG)L^2_\sigma(\mathcal{SG}) and Lσ,D2(SG)L^2_{\sigma,D}(\mathcal{SG}) for σ0\sigma\geq 0. The result indicates that when σlog32log5Z+\sigma-\frac{\log 3}{2\log5}\in \mathbb{Z}^+, Lσ,D2(SG)L^2_{\sigma, D}(\mathcal{SG}) is not closed in Lσ2(SG)L^2_{\sigma}(\mathcal{SG}) and has an infinite codimension. Otherwise, Lσ,D2(SG)L^2_{\sigma, D}(\mathcal{SG}) is closed in Lσ2(SG)L^2_{\sigma}(\mathcal{SG}) with a finite codimension. Similar result holds for the Neumann case. Another consequence of the trace result is that the Sobolev spaces Lσ2(SG)L^2_\sigma(\mathcal{SG}) are stable under complex interpolation for σ0\sigma\geq 0 although they are defined by piecewise interpolation between integer orders.

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@article{arxiv.1903.07012,
  title  = {Sobolev spaces and trace theorem on the Sierpinski gasket},
  author = {Shiping Cao and Hua Qiu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.07012},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

We have refined another paper arXiv:1904.00342 very recently. The new version of that paper is written in a more general setting, and can cover all the results obtained in this paper. So it seems that this paper would have no reason to exist