Hardy inequalities on non-compact Riemannian manifolds (Q1366622)

We give a criterion and its applications in order that a Riemannian manifold satisfies an inequality similar to Hardy's inequality on \(\mathbb{R}^n\). One of our inequalities is the following. Let \(M^n\to\mathbb{R}^N\) be an isometric immersion and denote \(k\) its mean curvature vector; then we have the following Hardy inequality \[ \biggl(\frac{n-2}{2}\biggr)^2 \int_M \biggl(\frac ur\biggr)^2(x)dx\leq \int_M|du|^2(x)+ \frac{n-2}{2} \frac{|k|}{r} u^2 dx, \forall u\in C_0^\infty(M), \] with \(r(x)=|x-x_0|\), where \(x_0\) is a fixed point of \(\mathbb{R}^N\).