Estimates for differential operators of vector analysis involving L^1-norm

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Abstract: New Hardy and Sobolev type inequalities involving L1-norms of scalar and vector-valued functions in BbbRn are obtained. The work is related to some problems stated in the recent paper by Bourgain and Brezis


In this nice paper, new Hardy and Sobolev type inequalities involving \(L^1\)-norms of scalar and vector-valued functions in \(\mathbb{R}^n\) are obtained. The work is related to some open problems stated in the recent paper by \textit{J. Bourgain} and \textit{H. Brezis} [J. Eur. Math. Soc. 9, 227--315 (2007; Zbl 1176.35061)]. Let \(\mathbf{f}\) be an \(n\)-dimensional vector-valued function in \(L^1({\mathbb R}^n)\) subject to \(\text{div}\mathbf{f}=0.\) Also, let \(\mathbf{u}\) denote the solution of \(-\Delta\mathbf{u}=\mathbf{f}\) in \(\mathbb{R}^n\) represented in the form \[ \mathbf{u}(x)=\int_{{\mathbb R}^n}\Gamma(x-y)\mathbf{f}(y)\,dy \quad (x\in{\mathbb R}^n), \] where \(\Gamma\) is the fundamental solution of \(-\Delta.\) In this paper, the author proves that there exists a positive constant \(c\) depending on \(n\) and \(q\in[1,n/(n-1))\) such that \[ \left(\int_{{\mathbb R}^n}|D\mathbf{u}(x)|^q |x|^{n(q-1)-q}\,dx\right)^{1/q}\leq c\int_{{\mathbb R}^n}|\mathbf{f}(x)|\,dx, \] where \(D\mathbf{u}\) is the Jacobi matrix \((\partial u_i/\partial x_j)_{i,j=1}^n\). This inequality is included in \textit{Open Problem 1} of Bourgain and Brezis's paper mentioned as above. Furthermore, certain inequalities for vector-valued functions involving Hilbert-Sobolev spaces \(\mathcal{H}^{-s}(\mathbb{R}^n)\) of negative order are also obtained in this paper. For example, Theorem 3(iii) of the paper states that the estimate \[ \left|\|\mathbf{g}\|^2_{\mathcal{H}^{-n/2}({\mathbb R}^n)} -n\|\text{div}\mathbf{g}\| ^2_{\mathcal{H}^{-1-n/2}({\mathbb R}^n)}\right|\leq\frac{(2\sqrt{\pi})^{-n}} {\Gamma(n/2)}\|\mathbf{g}\|^2_{L^1({\mathbb R}^n)} \eqno(\ast) \] holds for all \(\mathbf{g}\in L^1({\mathbb R}^n)\) with \(\text{div} \mathbf{g}\in \mathcal{H}^{-1-n/2}({\mathbb R}^n)\). An assertion dual to (\(\ast\)) replies in affirmative to \textit{Open Problem 2} of Bourgain and Brezis's paper mentioned above for the particular case \(l=1,\,p=2,\,s=n/2.\)




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