Scalar projections of weak-derivative graph spaces #
Applying a continuous linear functional to an F-valued Sobolev field gives a scalar Sobolev
function. TauCeti.WeakDerivStep.toW1pL bundles this operation as a bounded linear map into
W1p, using the Riesz correspondence to turn the projected derivative into a gradient.
Its value is the projected field, and its gradient pairs with a direction as the functional
applied to the original weak derivative.
For finite-dimensional F, applying a scalar embedding W^{1,p}(Ω) → L^{p⋆}(Ω) to every
coordinate in a basis embeds the selected field into L^{p⋆}(Ω; F)
(TauCeti.WeakDerivStep.exists_lpEmbeddingL_of_ae_eq).
The preceding space and its field-selection map remain arbitrary. This permits coordinatewise
use of scalar Sobolev estimates without introducing a separate vector-valued Sobolev carrier.
The construction uses WeakDerivStep and W1p.mk, whose weak derivatives are distributional.
Reference #
L. C. Evans, Partial Differential Equations, second edition, Chapter 5, §5.2.
Turn an F-valued derivative into the gradient of its scalar projection by ℓ,
using the Riesz correspondence.
Instances For
Pairing a scalar-projected gradient with a direction evaluates the projected derivative.
Scalar projection of a derivative has operator norm at most the norm of the functional.
The scalar-projected field has the Riesz representative of its projected weak derivative as weak gradient.
Apply a continuous linear functional to the field selected by base, obtaining a scalar
Sobolev function. Its operator norm is at most ‖ℓ‖ * (‖base‖ + 1).
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Scalar projection commutes with the value map: its Lᵖ class is obtained by applying ℓ
to the field selected by base.
The gradient of a scalar projection is the Riesz representative of ℓ ∘ Du.
Pairing the projected gradient with a direction applies ℓ to the original weak derivative
in that direction, almost everywhere.
The scalar projection has an explicit operator-norm bound.
Coordinatewise lifting of a scalar embedding. If a bounded linear map
S : W^{1,p}(Ω) → L^{p⋆}(Ω) represents the values and F is finite-dimensional, then the field
selected by base lies in L^{p⋆}(Ω; F), continuously in the graph norm. In a basis of F, each
coordinate of the field is a scalar Sobolev function (TauCeti.WeakDerivStep.toW1pL), to which
S applies.