On weighted fractional integral inequalities (Q5949559)

The author studies weighted positivity of a fractional power \((-\Delta)^\lambda\) of the Laplace operator, the weight function being the fundamental solution of this fractional power. Let \[ f(n,\lambda)=\psi\left(\frac{n}{2}\right)-\psi\left(\frac{n}{2}-\lambda\right)- \psi(\lambda) +\psi(1). \] The author shows that the inequality \[ \int_{R^n}((-\Delta)^\lambda u) u |x|^{2\lambda -n} dx \geq c \int_{R^n}((-\Delta)^\frac{\lambda}{2} u)^2 |x|^{2\lambda -n} dx \] for \(0\neq u \in C_0^\infty(R^n), \;u\) \ real and \(0< \lambda < \frac{n}{2}\), is valid if and only if \(f(n,\lambda)> 0\), that is, \(\lambda \notin[\lambda_n,\frac{n}{2}-\lambda_n]\), where \(\lambda_n\) and \(\frac{n}{2}-\lambda_n\) are the roots of the function \(f(n,\lambda)\), which always exist in \((0,\frac{n}{2})\) for any \(n\geq 8\); and the Maz'ya type inequality \[ \int_{R^n}((-\Delta)^\lambda u) u |x|^{2\lambda -n} dx >0 \] is valid if and only if \(f(n,\lambda)\geq 0\). The inequality \[ \int_{R^n}((-\Delta)^\lambda u) \nabla u \cdot x |x|^{2\lambda -n} dx < 0 \] is also studied. Finally, the author calculates the best constant in the Hardy-Rellich type inequality \[ \int_{R^n}u^2 |x|^{\mu-2\lambda } dx \leq C \int_{R^n}((-\Delta)^\frac{\lambda}{2} u)^2 u |x|^{\mu} dx . \]