On some nonlinear extensions of the Gagliardo-Nirenberg inequality with applications to nonlinear eigenvalue problems (Q2891102)

Let \(-\infty\leq A<B\leq\infty\), \(h:(A,B)\to[0,\infty)\) be a continuous function and \(H\) be a locally absolutely continuous primitive of \(h\). Define the transform \(\tau_h\) by NEWLINE\[NEWLINE\lambda\in (A,B)\to\tau_h(\lambda)= \begin{cases} \frac{H(\lambda)}{h(\lambda)} &\text{if \(h(\lambda)\not=0\)}\\ 0 &\text{if \(h(\lambda)=0\)} \end{cases}NEWLINE\]NEWLINE Let \(f\in W^{2,1}_{loc}(a,b),-\infty\leq a<b\leq\infty,\) such that \(A\leq f(x)\leq B,\forall x\in (a,b)\). The aim of the paper is to obtain the inequalities: NEWLINE\[NEWLINE\int_J |f^{\prime}(x)|^p h[f(x)]dx\leq (p-1)^{\frac{p}{2}}\int_J |f^{\prime\prime}(x)\tau_h[f(x)]|^{\frac{p}{2}} h[f(x)]dxNEWLINE\]NEWLINE and NEWLINE\[NEWLINE(\int_J |f^{\prime}(x)|^p h[f(x)]dx)^{\frac{2}{p}}\leq (p-1)(\int_J|\tau_h[f(x)]|^qh[f(x)]dx)^{\frac{1}{q}} (\int_J |f^{\prime\prime}(x)|^r h[f(x)]dx)^{\frac{1}{r}}NEWLINE\]NEWLINE where \(p\geq 2,q\geq \frac{p}{2}, \frac{2}{p}=\frac{1}{q}+\frac{1}{r}\), for suitable classes of functions \(h\) and \(f\) and appropriate operators \(\tau_h\). The set \(J\) may be, in particular, \(\mathbb R\) in the case of regular weights \(h\), or \((a,b)\cap\{x:f(x)\not=0\}\) in the case of less regular weights \(h\). When \(h\equiv 1\), the above inequalities are extensions of the classical Gagliardo-Nirenberg inequalities. Examples are presented when the first weak derivative of \(f\) has compact support. The last section of the paper is devoted to a-priori estimates for solutions \(f\in W^{2,1}_{loc}(a,b)\), to the equation NEWLINE\[NEWLINEf^{\prime\prime}(x)=g(x)\tau[f(x)] \quad a.e. \text{ on (a,b)} NEWLINE\]NEWLINE associated with suitable boundary conditions, when \(g\in L^q(a,b),1\leq q\leq\infty\) and \(\tau:(A,B)\to (0,\infty)\) is continuous.