Limiting embedding theorems for \(W^{s,p}\) when \(s\uparrow 1\) and applications (Q1809907)

This paper is devoted to limiting embedding theorems for \(W^{s,p}\) when \(s\uparrow 1\) and its applications. The authors prove: let \(d \geq 1\), \(p\geq 1\), \(1/2\leq s<1\) and \(sp<1\). Then \[ \int_Q\int_Q {\bigl|f(x)-f(y) \bigr|^p\over |x-y|^{d+sp}} dxdy\geq C(d){(d-sp)^{p-1} \over 1-s}\|f- \oint f\|^p_{L^q(Q)},\tag{1} \] where \(Q\) is the unit cube in \(\mathbb{R}^d\), \({1\over q}={1\over p}-{s\over d}\) and \(C(d)\) depends only on \(d\). From (1) it follows that as \(s\uparrow 1\), the constant in (1) gets bigger; while as \(s\uparrow d/p\), the constant deteriorates.