Sobolev interpolation inequalities on generalized John domains (Q731179)

Sobolev interpolation inequalities are useful tools in the study of solutions of certain partial differential equations. These inequalities are indeed closely related to the Sobolev inequalities. The weighted Sobolev inequalities on cubes/balls imply that the inequalities will also hold on John domains [\textit{S.-K. Chua}, Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 117, No. 2, 449--457 (1993; Zbl 0812.46020) and \textit{S.-K. Chua} and \textit{R. L. Wheeden}, J. Funct. Anal. 255, No. 11, 2977--3007 (2008; Zbl 1172.46020)]. In this article, the author defines a generalization of John domains that clearly contains John domains. Surprisingly, it turns out that these generalized domains are equivalent to the domains introduced in [\textit{S.-K. Chua}, Forum Math. 17, No. 3, 461--478 (2005; Zbl 1090.26014)] and hence it is clear that the weighted Sobolev inequalities obtained in [\textit{S.-K. Chua}, Real Anal. Exch. 21, No.~2, 555--571 (1995; Zbl 0879.46009)] also hold on generalized domains. Generalized John domains include John domains and hence also Lipschitz domains. They relax the standard doubling conditions to just \(\delta\)-doubling and extend their ideas to generalized John domains in product spaces. The author obtains the weighted Sobolev interpolation inequalities on generalized John domains that include John domains (bounded or unbounded) for \(\delta\)-doubling measures satisfying a weighted Poincaré inequality. These measures include such ones arising from power weights \(d(x,\partial\Omega)^\alpha\) and need not to be doubled. As an application, the author extends the Sobolev interpolation inequalities obtained by Caffarelli, Kohn and Nirenberg and extends these inequalities to product spaces and presents some applications on products \(\Omega_1\times\Omega_2\) of John domains for \(A_p(\mathbb R^n\times\mathbb R^m)\) weights and power weights of the type \(w(x,y) = \text{dist}(x,G_1)^{\alpha} \text{dist}(y,G_2)^{\beta}\) where \(G_1 \subset \partial \Omega_1\) and \(G_2 \subset \partial \Omega_2\). For certain cases, he obtains sharp conditions. This paper is useful for a researcher working in the area of Sobolev interpolation inequalities and related works.