A geometric characterization of planar Sobolev extension domains

Publication date: 13 February 2015

Abstract: We characterize bounded simply-connected planar

W^{1, p}

-extension domains for

1 < p < 2

as those bounded domains

O m e g a s u b s e t m a t h b b R^{2}

for which any two points

z_{1}, z_{2} i n m a t h b b R^{2} s e t m i n u s O m e g a

can be connected with a curve

g a m m a s u b s e t m a t h b b R^{2} s e t m i n u s O m e g a

satisfying

int_{gamma} dist(z,partial Omega)^{1-p}, dz lesssim |z_1-z_2|^{2-p}.

Combined with known results, we obtain the following duality result: a Jordan domain

O m e g a s u b s e t m a t h b b R^{2}

is a

W^{1, p}

-extension domain,

1 < p < i n f t y

, if and only if the complementary domain

is a

W^{1, p / (p - 1)}

-extension domain.

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