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Let $\Omega$ be a cone in $\mathbb{R}^{n}$ with $n\ge 2$. For every fixed $\alpha\in\mathbb{R}$ we find the best constant in the Rellich inequality $\int_{\Omega}|x|^{\alpha}|\Delta u|^{2}dx\ge C\int_{\Omega}|x|^{\alpha-4}|u|^{2}dx$ for…

Consider the equation div$(\varphi^2 \nabla \sigma)=0$ in $\mathbb{R}^N,$ where $\varphi>0$. It is well-known that if there exists $C>0$ such that $\int_{B_R}(\varphi \sigma)^2 dx\leq CR^2$ for every $R\geq 1$ then $\sigma$ is necessarily…

We prove optimality of the Gagliardo-Nirenberg inequality $$ \|\nabla u\|_{X}\lesssim\|\nabla^2 u\|_Y^{1/2}\|u\|_Z^{1/2}, $$ where $Y, Z$ are rearrangement invariant Banach function spaces and $X=Y^{1/2}Z^{1/2}$ is the…

The Hardy constant of a simply connected domain $\Omega\subset\R^2$ is the best constant for the inequality \[ \int_{\Omega}|\nabla u|^2dx \geq c\int_{\Omega} \frac{u^2}{{\rm dist}(x,\partial\Omega)^2}\, dx \;, u\in C^{\infty}_c(\Omega). \]…

We address the question of attainability of the best constant in the following Hardy-Sobolev inequality on a smooth domain $\Omega$ of \mathbb{R}^n: $$ \mu_s (\Omega) := \inf \{\int_{\Omega}| \nabla u|^2 dx; u \in {H_{1,0}^2(\Omega)}…

We prove an optimal Hardy inequality for the fractional Laplacian on the half-space.

We determine the best (optimal) constant in the $L^2$ Folland-Stein inequality on the quaternionic Heisenberg group and the non-negative functions for which equality holds.

The Hardy constant of a simply connected domain $\Omega\subset\mathbf{R}^2$ is the best constant for the inequality \[ \int_{\Omega}|\nabla u|^2dx \geq c\int_{\Omega} \frac{u^2}{{\rm dist}(x,\partial\Omega)^2}\, dx \; , \;\;\quad u\in…

We give a necessary and sufficient condition on a radially symmetric potential $V$ on $\Omega$ that makes it an admissible candidate for an improved Hardy inequality of the following form: \begin{equation}\label{gen-hardy.0}…

In this paper we obtain the best constants in some higher order Sobolev inequalities in the critical exponent. These inequalities can be separated into two types: those that embed into $L^\infty(\mathbb{R}^N)$ and those that embed into…

Let $\Omega$ be a domain in $R^d$ and $d_\Gamma$ the Euclidean distance to the boundary $\Gamma$. We investigate whether the weighted Hardy inequality \[ \|d_\Gamma^{\delta/2-1}\varphi\|_2\leq…

In this paper we derive the best constant for the following Gagliardo-Nirenberg interpolation inequality \begin{eqnarray*} \|u\|_{L^{m+1}}\leq C_{q,m,p} \|u\|^{1-\theta}_{L^{q+1}}\|\nabla u\|^{\theta}_{L^p},\quad…

This note is concerned with the Bianchi-Egnell inequality, which quantifies the stability of the Sobolev inequality, and its generalization to fractional exponents $s \in (0, \frac{d}{2})$. We prove that in dimension $d \geq 2$ the best…

In this paper, we establish the best constant in the G-N inequality for the mixed local and nonlocal Laplacian. In our problem, classical methods cannot apply directly since regularity results for the operator under study seem to be highly…

Let S_n:=a_1\vp_1+...+a_n\vp_n, where \vp_1,...,\vp_n are independent Rademacher random variables (r.v.'s) and a_1,...,a_n are any real numbers such that a_1^2+...+a_n^2=1. Let Z be a standard normal r.v. It is proved that the best constant…

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…

In this paper we study under what boundary conditions the inequality $$\|\nabla\omega\|_{L^2(\Omega)}^2\leq C\left(\|{\rm curl}\omega\|_{L^2(\Omega)}^2+ \|{\rm div}\omega\|_{L^2(\Omega)}^2+\|\omega\|_{L^2(\Omega)}^2\right) $$ holds true. It…

Let $w_{\lambda}(t) := (1-t^2)^{\lambda-1/2}$, where $\lambda > -\frac{1}{2}$, be the Gegenbauer weight function, let $\|\cdot\|_{w_{\lambda}}$ be the associated $L_2$-norm, $$ \|f\|_{w_{\lambda}} = \left\{\int_{-1}^1 |f(x)|^2…

We find the exact value of the best possible constant $C$ for the weak type $(1,1)$ inequality for the one dimensional centered Hardy-Littlewood maximal operator. We prove that $C$ is the largest root of the quadratic equation…

We obtain the sharp factor of the two-sides estimates of the optimal constant in generalized Hardy's inequality with two general Borel measures on $\mathbb{R}$, which generalizes and unifies the known continuous and discrete cases.