On approximation of functions from Sobolev spaces on metric graphs (Q1873778)

The author shows some results on the approximation of functions from Sobolev spaces on metric graphs by step functions. In particular, the author shows that the approximation numbers \(a_n\) of the embedding operator of the Sobolev space \(L^{1,p}(G)\) on a graph \(G\) of finite length \(G\) into the space \(L^p(G,\mu)\), where \(\mu\) is an arbitrary finite Borel measure on \(G\), satisfy the inequality \[ a_n\leq |G|^{1/p'}\mu(G)^{1/p_n-1},\quad 1< p<\infty. \] The estimate is sharp for any \(n\in\mathbb{N}\).