Asymptotics for sharp Sobolev-Poincaré inequalities on compact Riemannian manifolds. (Q1405949)
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Asymptotics for sharp Sobolev-Poincaré inequalities on compact Riemannian manifolds. (English)
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9 January 2004
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Let \(M\) be a compact Riemannian manifold of dimension \(n\geq 3\) without boundary. Work of \textit{O. Druet, E. Hebey} and \textit{M. Vaugon} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 353, No. 1, 269--289 (2001; Zbl 0968.58012)] shows that for any \(\varepsilon > 0\) and for every \(u\) in the Sobolev space \(H^2_1(M)\): \[ \left(\int_M | u| ^{2n/(n-2)}\right)^{(n-2)/n} \leq (K_n + \varepsilon)\int_M | \nabla u| ^2 + B_\varepsilon\left(\int_M | u| \right)^2 \] where \(K_n={4 \over n(n-2)\omega_n^{2/n}}\) and \(\omega_n = \text{vol}(S^n)\). It is known that the best \(B_\varepsilon\) in this Sobolev-Poincaré inequality has a finite limit for \(\varepsilon \to 0\) if \(n=3\) or if the scalar curvature of \(M\) is everywhere negative. The main result of the paper is Theorem. Let \(n\geq 4\) and let the maximum \(S\) of the scalar curvature be positive. Then there exists \(C(n)>0\), depending only on \(n\), such that \[ B_\varepsilon = C(n)\cdot S^{(n+2)/2}\cdot \varepsilon^{-(n-4)(n+2)/(2(n-2))} + o(\varepsilon^{-(n-4)(n+2)/(2(n-2))}) \] if \(n\geq 5\) and \[ B_\varepsilon = C(4)\cdot S^3\cdot | \ln\varepsilon| ^3 + o(| \ln\varepsilon| ^3) \] if \(n=4\).
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Sobolev-Poincaré inequality
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Sobolev embedding theorem
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best constants
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