Sobolev inequality with variable exponent. (Q2707682)

The author considers the generalized Lebesgue spaces \(L^ {p(x)}\) with variable exponent, where the norm is given as the usual Luxemburg norm corresponding to the modular \(\int _{\Omega }| f(x)| ^ {p(x)}\,dx\). These spaces have been intensively studied since the late 1980's (cf., e.g., \textit{O. Kováčik} and \textit{J. Rákosník} [Czech. Math. J. 41(116), No. 4, 592--618 (1991; Zbl 0784.46029)] or \textit{V. V. Zhikov} [Math. USSR, Izv. 29, 33--66 (1987), translation from Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Mat. 50, No. 4, 675--710 (1986; Zbl 0599.49031)]) and recently they found surprising important applications in mathematical physics and applied mathematics (see \textit{M. Růžička} [``Electrorheological fluids: modeling and mathematical theory'' (Lect. Notes Math. 1748, Springer--Verlag, Berlin) (2000; Zbl 0962.76001)]). NEWLINENEWLINEThe principal aim of the paper under review is to discuss Sobolev-type inequalities for these spaces. The main theorem states that a result analogous to the classical Sobolev embedding, namely, the inequality NEWLINE\[NEWLINE\| f\| _{L^ {p^ *(x)}}\leq C\| \nabla f\| _{L^ {p(x)}}NEWLINE\]NEWLINE holds for \(1\leq p(x)\leq q<n\) and \(p^ *(x)=np(x)(p(x)-n)^ {-1}\), provided that \(p\) is Lipschitz continuous.NEWLINENEWLINEFor the entire collection see [Zbl 0933.00035].