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Typical elements of the space $\mathring {L^k_p}(\Omega)$
In the book Sobolev Spaces with Application of Maz'ya, $\mathring {L^k_p}(\Omega)$ is defined to be the completion of $\mathcal D(\Bbb R^n)$ under the norm $||\nabla^ku||_{L_p(\Omega)}$.
For nice ...
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Techniques to show existence for a PDE with dynamic boundary condition
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded domain. I am looking for techniques to show existence of solutions to dynamic boundary problems of the form
$$\Delta u = 0 \quad\text{on}\quad \Omega \times (0,T)\\
\qquad\...
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Inequality in the Sobolev space $H^1$
I've found the following inequality
$$\int_{B_r}\vert u\vert^q\leq C \bigg(\int_{B_r}\vert\nabla u\vert^2\bigg)^{a}\bigg(\int_{B_r}\vert u\vert ^2\bigg)^{\frac{q}{2}-a}+\frac{c}{r^{2a}}\bigg(\int_{B_r}...
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References for well-posedness of weak solutions to Stefan problem
Can anyone recommend me any papers/texts that deal with the existence off weak solutions of the one-phase (or other) Stefan problem, or in general any sort of free boundary problem (for a beginner)?
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A Sobolev-type inequality with weights
In the study of a particular PDE I found myself wanting to prove the following inequality:
$( \int_0^{\infty} r^{-3} |f|^6 \; dr )^{1/6} \leq C ( \int_0^{\infty} [ r^{-1} |f|^2 + r |f'|^2 + r |f''|^2]...
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Express Dirichlet energy $E_\mu(f) := \int \|\nabla f(x)\|^2 d\mu(x)$ in terms of Fourier information alone
Let $\mathbb R^d$ and let $\mu = p(dx)$ be a probability distribution thereupon, with density $p$ (which maybe assumed bounded, etc.). For a continuously differentiable function $f:\mathbb R^d \to \...
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Friedrichs mollifiers and Sobolev spaces
$\renewcommand{\epsilon}{\varepsilon}$The following is from John Roe's book Elliptic operators, topology and asymptotic methods. $S$ is a vector bundle on a compact manifold $M$, but I think for my ...
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Rellich-Kondrachov variant for compact manifold with piecewise $C^1$ boundary?
In this Wikipedia article, the Rellich-Kondrachov theorem says that whenever $M\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ is a compact manifold with $C^1$ boundary then
$W^{k,p}(M)$ embeds compactly in $W^{\ell,q}(M)$ if $...
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Measurability of specific function
Let $I\subset\mathbb{R}$ denote an open and bounded interval of the real line, $H_0^1(I)$ all quadratic integrable Sobolev functions and $C(\bar{I})$ all continuous functions on said interval.
Since ...
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Fractional Sobolev spaces of order 0
For $1\leq p <+\infty$, $0<s<1$ and $\Omega\subset R^n$ domain, the fractional Sobolev space $W^{s,p}$ is defined as
$$W^{s,p}(\Omega):=\big\{f \in L^p(\Omega)\colon \int_{\Omega} \int_{\...
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Can I approximate a function of bounded variation with orthogonal polynomial?
Let function $u\in BV(\Omega)$ be a function of bounded variation and $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^2$ be a smooth domain. I know it is possible to approximate function $u$ with polynomials, i.e.,
$$
u = \...
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how to use the sobolev inequality to obtain the embedding theorem
I am reading Luca Capogna's article An Embedding theorem and the Harnack inequalitiy for nonlinear subelliptic equations. In this article, the authors proved the following theorem
(Theorem 2.3) Let ...
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If $u_n \to u$ in $H^{\frac 12}(\partial\Omega)$, does $f(u_n) \to f(u)$ in $H^{\frac 12}(\partial\Omega)$ for $f$ Lipschitz?
Let $f:\mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ be a smooth function with $|f'(x)| \leq C$ for all $x$ and $f(0)=0$.
Suppose $u_n \to u$ in $H^{\frac 12}(\partial\Omega)$, where $\Omega$ is a bounded domain of ...
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Strong maximum principle for weak solutions
Suppose I have a linear parabolic equation with solutions in the Bochner-Sobolev spaces (eg. $L^2(0,T;H^1) \cap H^1(0,T;H^{-1})$). Is it possible to obtain a strong maximum principle with a proof that ...
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Coercivity for functional and complete orthonormal system
Consider with $\rho \in W^{1,2}([0,\pi])$ the following functional
$$J(\rho)=\frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{\pi}{\rho^2\,dx}$$
I know that in the $L^{2}([0,\pi])$ the coercivity condition is satisfied, but i'm ...
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Checking initial data in parabolic PDE with no control on time derivative
It is possible to define a weak solution of a parabolic PDE
$$u_t - Au = f$$
$$u(0) = u_0$$
as $u \in L^2(0,T;H^1)$ such that
$$-\int_0^T\int_\Omega u(t)\varphi'(t) + \int_0^T\int_\Omega Au(t)\varphi(...
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Equivalence of negative Sobolev norm of derivative to $L^2$-norm
Let $S:=(0,1)^2$ be the unit square in $\mathbb{R}^2$, and let $M:=\{u\in L^2(S)\mid \int_S u=0\}$ be the space of (real-valued) $L^2$-functions with mean value zero. On $M$ we can consider the $L^2(S)...
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On the domain of the Neumann Laplacian
Let $U$ be a bounded domain of $\mathbb{R}^d$, and write $m$ for the Lebesgue measure on $U$. For $k=1,2$, we denote by $H^k(U)$ the set of all locally $m$-integrable functions $u\colon U \to \mathbb{...
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Parabolic Sobolev inequality in Sobolev mixed norm spaces
Assume $p,q\in (1,\infty)$, $r\in [p,\infty)$, $s\in [q,\infty)$ and
$$
1<\frac{d}{p}+\frac{2}{q}=1+\frac{d}{r}+\frac{2}{s}.
$$
Let $u\in C_c^\infty((0,1)\times B_1)$, where $B_1=\{x\in \mathbb{R}^...
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Positive part of Cauchy sequence of Sobolev functions is again Cauchy
Let $p\geq 1$ and consider the space $W^{1,p}(B)$ where $B\subset \mathbb{R}^{n}$ is the standard unit ball. Moreover, let $f_{k} \in C^{\infty}(B)$ be a Cauchy sequence in $W^{1,p}(B)$ of smooth ...
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Continuous embedding between parabolic Sobolev spaces
I was wondering whether the following continuous embedding theorem for parabolic Sobolev space is correct?
Let $I=[0,T]$ and $\Omega$ be a sufficiently smooth domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$, we consider ...
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Question on relation between a parabolic sobolev space and a sobolev bochner space
For parabolic sobolev spaces I follow the following definition:
According to this definition, we have that $W^{1,1,2}(I \times \Omega)=L^2(I; W^{1,2}(\Omega)) \cap W^{1,2}(I; W^{-1,2}(\Omega))$
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PDE satisfied by projection of a function onto a subspace
Given an open bounded set $D\subset \mathbb R^N$, let $f\in W^{-1,q}(D)$ and let $u$ be a Sobolev function $u\in W_0^{1,p}(D)$ such that $u$ solves the PDE
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\begin{cases}
-\Delta_p u=f\;\text{in $D$}...
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Embeddings of Sobolev-Lorentz space
The classical Sobolev embedding theorem asserts that, under suitable conditions on the exponents $s,p$ and $n$, the Sobolev space $W^{s,p}(\mathbb{R}^n)$ embeds into an Holder space $C^{r,\alpha}(\...
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A specific mollified functions in the Sobolev space H^1(R)
Let $u>0$ be in $H^{1}(\mathbb{R})=W^{1,2}(\mathbb{R})$, we know that the set of $C^{\infty}$ functions with compact support are dense in the Sobolev space $H^{1}(\mathbb{R})$. Hence, we have a ...
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$\lVert u\rVert_{W^{2,p}}$ is bounded above by $\lVert \Delta_p u\rVert_{L^2}$ for $u \in W^{1,p}_0 \cap W^{2,p}$?
I work on a bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and let $p \geq 2$ and the operator $\Delta_p u = \nabla \cdot (|\nabla u |^{p-2}\nabla u)$.
Does the following inequality (or something similar hold) for ...
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Equivalence discrete H^2 Sobolev norms
My aim is showing the equivalence of two discrete Sobolev norms. On $\mathbb{Z}^d$, $d\ge 2$, one defines the discrete derivative in the direction of the coordinate vector $\vec e_j$ as
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D_{j}f(x):=...
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A distributional normal derivative for functions in $H^1(\Omega)$
Let $\Omega$ be a smooth bounded domain with $\partial\Omega = \Gamma$. I have read this.
For all $u \in H^1(\Omega)$ such that $-\Delta u = g \in L^2(\Omega)$ in distribution, we can define the ...
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About BMO space on smooth open bounded domain
Let $\Omega$ be any open domain in $\Bbb R^d$.
Define the $\text{BMO}(\Omega)$ space as
$$ \text{BMO}(\Omega)= \big\{u\in L^1_{loc}(\Omega)\,\,:\,\, |u|_{\text{BMO}(\Omega)} <\infty \big\},
$$
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Sobolev embedding on a compact manifold without boundary
I am reading M. E. Taylor, "Partial Differential Equations III", Second Edition, Springer-Verlag, New York, (1996).
In chapter 13, section 2, in Prop. 2.3 and Prop. 2.4, one finds the ...
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Bounds on Besov norms for mollification of a bounded Lipschitz function
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded, non-empty, regular open domain in $\mathbb{R}^d$. Let $1\le p,q\le \infty$ and $s>0$. Let $\mathcal{B}_{p,q}^s(\Omega)$ be the Besov space on $\Omega$ corresponding to ...
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Bounding the $L^{p*}$ norm from below for functions satisfying a $p$-capacity estimate
If $1 \le p < n$, the $p$-capacity of a compact set $A \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ with respect to an open set $U$ containing it is defined as $$\text{Cap}_p(A, U) := \inf \left\{\int_U |\nabla u|^p \, ...
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Embeddings of Bochner-Sobolev spaces with second time derivative
NOTE: I also asked this question here in MSE.
In the weak theory of evolution PDEs, the Bochner-Sobolev spaces are frequently used. For $a,b \in \mathbb{R}$ and $X,Y$ banach spaces, we define these ...
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Image of trace operator on $W^{2,1}(\mathbb{R}^2)$
It is known that for a domain $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^2$ with $C^1$ boundary $\partial\Omega$, that the trace operator is bounded and surjective from $T:W^{1,1}(\Omega)\to L^1(\partial\Omega)$.
For ...
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Absolute continuity of $t \to \lVert u(t) \rVert^2_{H}$ and Gelfand triple : are they equivalent?
Let $V$ be a separable Banach space and $H$ be a separable Hilbert space such that
\begin{equation}
V \subset H \subset V'
\end{equation}
and the inclusion maps are continuous with dense images. Here $...
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Can Sobolev space be characterized by spectral decomposition?
Consider a homogeneous Carnot group $\mathbb{G}$ with step $r$. Let $X_1,\cdots,X_m$ be the first layer of its Lie algebra. Denote by $\mathcal{L}=-\sum_{i=1}^m X_i^2$ the sub-Laplacian on $\mathbb{G}$...
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Using a maximum principle to deduce regularity
Suppose $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}$ is an bounded domain and that $u \in C(0,T; H^{2}) \cap L^{2}(0,T; H^{3})$ where $T >0$.
Consider the PDE on $\Omega \times [0,T]$
$$ \partial_{t}u = a_{1}(x,t) \...
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Interpolation between Sobolev spaces
In the classical book $Interpolation$ $Spaces$ by Joran Bergh and Jorgen Lofstrom, the Sobolev norm is defined by
$$\|f\|_{H_p^s}=\|D^sf\|_{L^p}$$
where $D^sf$ is defined by the Fourier transform
$$(D^...
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Sufficient conditions for the weight function to have compact embedding of a weighted Sobolev space
Let $\rho$ be a smooth density function on $\mathbb{R}^N$, that is, $\rho(x)\ge 0$ for all $x\in\mathbb{R}^N$ and $\int_{\mathbb{R}^N}\rho(x) dx=1$. Let $L^p_\rho(\mathbb{R}^N)=\{f: \int_{\mathbb{R}^N}...
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Would you help me to find this expression?
I'm studying a paper, which I'll include a small piece here. And I'm struggling to calculate
$$C_n\|u_{m,n}\|^{\left(\frac{2*}{2}\right)^k\frac{2*-q}{(r_k)^k}}_{L^{2*}(\Omega)}$$
Where $\Omega$ is an ...
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Multiplier on a Sobolev space
Let $b$ be a function and $W^{1,2}$ the first-order Sobolev space on some Euclidean space (edit: so the whole space, but in arbitrary dimension, although $d=1$ would be interesting for me for the ...
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Sobolev embedding into measurable functions
Consider the fractional Sobolev space
$$
W^{k,2}(\mathbb R^n):=\big\{f \in \mathcal S'\,\big|\,(1+\|\xi\|)^k\hat f(\xi)\in L^2(\mathbb R^n)\big\}
$$
for some $k\in\mathbb R$, and let $\mathcal M$ ...
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Does the weak formulation of a parabolic PDE applies to a (good) non-test function?
Let $\rho:\mathbb R^d\times[0,\infty)\to(0,\infty)$ such that $\int \rho_t(x)\,dx=1$ for all $t\geq0\,$, $\rho$ is Holder-continuous (in both variables) and $\rho_t\in W^{1,1}(\mathbb R^d)$ for a.e. $...
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On Sobolev's inequality for weakly conformal maps
Suppose $u\in W^{2,p}(B^2,\mathbb{R}^n)$, $1<p<2$, is weakly conformal, that is
$$|u_x|=|u_y|,\quad u_x\cdot u_y=0$$
for almost every $(x,y)\in B^2$. Here $B^2$ is the unit open ball in $\mathbb{...
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Variational problems living in two different Sobolev spaces
Is there a general reference concerning variational problems living in $W^{h,p}\times W^{k,p}$, with $h, k\in\mathbb{N}_0$ not coinciding? I'm thinking to problems of type:
$$\inf_{u,v}\int_{\Omega} ...
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Hardy Littlewood maximal function bounds
Let $u \in W^{1,p}(\mathbb{R}^n) \cap L^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^n)$ be a given function for some $1<p< \infty$ and let $k \in \mathbb{R}$ be any number and consider the following maximal function
$$
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Compatibility between the source and the boundary condition for an Helmholtz-type equation
Let $\Omega$ an open, convex, bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^3$, and let us fix also $z\in\mathbb{C}\setminus\mathbb{R}$. Given $\phi\in H^{3/2}(\partial\Omega)$, I would like to show the existence of ...
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Boundedness of $\chi_{\{f_n=0\}}$ in the BV norm
Let $f_n \in H^2(\Omega) \cap C^0(\bar \Omega)$ be a sequence of functions that are uniformly bounded in $H^2(\Omega) \cap C^0(\bar \Omega)$ on a smooth bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ ...
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Bounding the norm of Sobolev extension operator
If $\Omega$ is a sufficiently nice bounded open set in $\mathbb{R}^d$, it's known that there exists a continuous linear operator $$\mathcal{E}:W^{1,p}(\Omega)\rightarrow W^{1,p}(\mathbb{R}^d)$$ such ...
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Boundary behavior of $H^2_0(\Omega)$ functions
If $u \in H^2_0(\Omega)$, is it true that $$u(x) \le C\mathrm{dist}(x,\partial \Omega)^2$$ as $x$ goes to the boundary?
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