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Let P be a linear, second order, elliptic operator satisfying a Hardy inequality with potential W (i.e. $P-W\geq0$) and best constant $\alpha$. We give conditions so that the spectrum of $W^{-1}P$ is $[\alpha,\infty)$. We apply this to…

For a bounded convex domain \Omega in R^N we prove refined Hardy inequalities that involve the Hardy potential corresponding to the distance to the boundary of \Omega, the volume of $\Omega$, as well as a finite number of sharp logarithmic…

We present a unified approach to improved $L^p$ Hardy inequalities in $\R^N$. We consider Hardy potentials that involve either the distance from a point, or the distance from the boundary, or even the intermediate case where distance is…

We establish existence of weighted Hardy and Rellich inequalities on the spaces $L_p(\Omega)$ where $\Omega= \Ri^d\backslash K$ with $K$ a closed convex subset of $\Ri^d$. Let $\Gamma=\partial\Omega$ denote the boundary of $\Omega$ and…

We prove two improved versions of the Hardy-Rellich inequality for the polyharmonic operator $(-\Delta)^m$ involving the distance to the boundary. The first involves an infinite series improvement using logarithmic functions, while the…

Let $\Omega$ be an open connected cone in $\mathbb{R}^n$ with vertex at the origin. Assume that the operator $$P_\mu:=-\Delta-\frac{\mu}{\delta_\Omega^2(x)}$$ is {\em subcritical} in $\Omega$, where $\delta_\Omega$ is the distance function…

We study some Hardy-type inequalities involving a general norm in $R^n$ and an anisotropic distance function to the boundary. The case of the optimality of the constants is also addressed.

We construct new optimal $L^p$ Hardy-type inequalities for elliptic Schr\"odinger-type operators

\begin{abstract} In the paper we state conditions on potentials $V$ to get the improved Hardy inequality with weight \begin{equation*} \begin{split} c_{N,\mu}\int_{\R^N}\frac{\varphi^2}{|x|^2}\mu(x)dx&+ \int_{\R^N}V\,\varphi^2\mu(x)dx…

We prove a Hardy inequality for uniformly elliptic operators subject to Dirichlet or mixed boundary conditions on domains $\Omega$ with piecewiese smooth boundary in arbitrary Riemannian Manifolds (M, g). Employing an approach of E.B.…

We prove some sharp Hardy type inequalities related to the Dirac operator by elementary, direct methods. Some of these inequalities have been obtained previously using spectral information about the Dirac-Coulomb operator. Our results are…

We give improvements and generalizations of both the classical Hardy inequality and the geometric Hardy inequality based on the divergence theorem. Especially, our improved Hardy type inequality derives both two Hardy type inequalities with…

The Hardy-Rellich inequality given here generalizes a Hardy inequality of Davies (1984), from the case of the Dirichlet Laplacian of a region $\Omega\subseteq\real^N$ to that of the higher order polyharmonic operators with Dirichlet…

We consider a general class of sharp $L^p$ Hardy inequalities in $\R^N$ involving distance from a surface of general codimension $1\leq k\leq N$. We show that we can succesively improve them by adding to the right hand side a lower order…

In this paper, we consider the first order Hardy inequalities using simple equalities. This basic setting not only permits to derive quickly many well-known Hardy inequalities with optimal constants, but also supplies improved or new…

We prove a sharp $L^p$ weighted Hardy inequality involving boundary distance $\delta$ for any domain $\Omega\subsetneq \mathbb R^n$. The inequality may be improved substantially under the additional assumption that $-\log \delta$ is…

We introduce a geometric approach of integral curves for functional inequalities involving directional derivatives in the general context of differentiable manifolds that are equipped with a volume form. We focus on Hardy-type inequalities…

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded domain of $\mathbb{R}^N$ whose boundary is a $\mathbb{C}^2$ compact manifolds. In the present paper we shall study a variational problem relating the weighted Hardy inequalities with sharp missing terms. As weights…

A simple normal form for Hardy operators is introduced that unifies and simplifies the theory of weighted Hardy inequalities. A straightforward transition to normal form is given that applies to the various Hardy operators and their duals,…

In this paper we obtain quite general and definitive forms for Hardy-Littlewood type inequalities. Moreover, when restricted to the original particular cases, our approach provides much simpler and straightforward proofs and we are able to…