Cocompact embedding theorem for functions of bounded variation into Lorentz spaces (Q6060928)

Summary: We show that the embedding \(\dot{\mathrm{BV}}(\mathbb{R}^N)\hookrightarrow L^{1^*, q}(\mathbb{R}^N)\), \(q>1\) is cocompact with respect to the group and the profile decomposition for \(\dot{\mathrm{BV}}(\mathbb{R}^N)\). This paper extends the cocompactness and profile decomposition for the critical space \(L^{1^*} (\mathbb{R}^N)\) to Lorentz spaces \(L^{1^*, q}(\mathbb{R}^N)\), \(q>1\). A counterexample for \(\dot{\mathrm{BV}}(\mathbb{R}^N)\hookrightarrow L^{1^*, 1}(\mathbb{R}^N)\) not cocompact is given in the last section.