On the characterization of constant functions through nonlocal functionals

DOI10.1142/S0219199722500389MaRDI QIDQ6133127zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Massimo Gobbino, Nicola Picenni

Publication date 18 August 2023

Published in Communications in Contemporary Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.00608

zbMATH Keywords

approximate differentiabilitybounded variation functionsCantor setconstant functionsdifference quotientdisintegration of measuresnonlocal functional

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Singular functions, Cantor functions, functions with other special properties (26A30) Functions of bounded variation, generalizations (26A45) Integration and disintegration of measures (28A50)

Abstract: We address a classical open question by H.Brezis and R.Ignat concerning the characterization of constant functions through double integrals that involve difference quotients. Our first result is a counterexample to the question in its full generality. This counterexample requires the construction of a function whose difference quotients avoid a sequence of intervals with endpoints that diverge to infinity. Our second result is a positive answer to the question when restricted either to functions that are bounded and approximately differentiable almost everywhere, or to functions with bounded variation. We also present some related open problems that are motivated by our positive and negative results.

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