Critical Hardy inequality on the half-space via the harmonic transplantation (Q2146316)

The authors use the concept of harmonic transplantation for functions in \(W^{1,N}_{0}(R^{N}_{+})\), the homogeneous Sobolev space, to derive and prove a critical Hardy inequality on the half-space (\(R^{N}_{+}\)). In addition, an improvement of the subcritical Hardy inequality on \(W^{1,p}_{0}(R^{N}_{+})\)) for \(p\in [2, N)\), which converges to the critical Hardy inequality when \(p \) tends to \( N\) is established and discussed. Sobolev type inequalities are also presented and discussed. Finally, several consequences of the results presented are given as remarks and examples.