A note on an inequality of Bourgain and Brezis (Q2634364)

\textit{J. Bourgain} and \textit{H. Brezis} [J. Eur. Math. Soc. (JEMS) 9, No. 2, 277--315 (2007; Zbl 1176.35061)] proved the following result. Theorem. Let \(n\geq 2\). If \(f\in L^1({\mathbb R}^n;{\mathbb R}^n)\), \(\text{div}\, f=0\) and \(u\in C_c^\infty({\mathbb R}^n,{\mathbb R}^n)\), then there exists a constant \(C>0\) independent of \(f\) and \(u\) such that \[ \left|\int_{{\mathbb R}^n} f\cdot u\,dx\right|\leq C\|f\|_{L^1}\|\text{curl}\,u\|_{L^n}. \] The original proof is based on the Littlewood-Paley decomposition. The author of the paper under review proposes a simpler proof of the above result avoiding its use.