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Traces of Sobolev functions on regular surfaces in infinite dimensions

Analysis of PDEs 2013-02-12 v1

Abstract

In a Banach space XX endowed with a nondegenerate Gaussian measure, we consider Sobolev spaces of real functions defined in a sublevel set O={xX:  G(x)<0}O= \{x\in X:\;G(x) <0\} of a Sobolev nondegenerate function G:XRG:X\mapsto \R. We define the traces at G1(0)G^{-1}(0) of the elements of W1,p(O,μ)W^{1,p}(O, \mu) for p>1p>1, as elements of L1(G1(0),ρ)L^1(G^{-1}(0), \rho) where ρ\rho is the surface measure of Feyel and de La Pradelle. The range of the trace operator is contained in Lq(G1(0),ρ)L^q(G^{-1}(0), \rho) for 1q<p1\leq q<p and even in Lp(G1(0),ρ)L^p(G^{-1}(0), \rho) under further assumptions. If OO is a suitable halfspace, the range is characterized as a sort of fractional Sobolev space at the boundary. An important consequence of the general theory is an integration by parts formula for Sobolev functions, which involves their traces at G1(0)G^{-1}(0).

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@article{arxiv.1302.2204,
  title  = {Traces of Sobolev functions on regular surfaces in infinite dimensions},
  author = {Pietro Celada and Alessandra Lunardi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.2204},
  year   = {2013}
}