Weighted interpolation inequalities: a perturbation approach (Q1674587)

In this paper, the optimal functions in a family of Caffarelli-Kohn-Nirenberg inequalities with a power-law weight, in a regime for which standard symmetrization techniques fail are studied. The existence of optimal functions and some some of their properties are proved. The approach is based on a concentration-compactness analysis and on a perturbation method which uses a spectral gap inequality. As a consequence, it is proved that optimal functions are explicit and given by Barenblatt-type profiles in the perturbative regime.