The potential estimate behind the Poincaré–Wirtinger inequality #
This file proves the pointwise estimate that controls the oscillation of a C¹ function about
its mean by a Riesz potential of its derivative. Let Ω be an open subset of a finite-dimensional
real normed space E of dimension n, star-convex about x and contained in closedBall x D,
let μ be an additive Haar measure, and let u be C¹ on Ω. Then
∫⁻ y in Ω, ‖u x - u y‖ₑ ∂μ ≤ D ^ n / n * ∫⁻ y in Ω, ‖Du y‖ₑ * ‖x - y‖ₑ ^ (1 - n) ∂μ,
and consequently, for every S ⊆ Ω of positive measure,
‖u x - ⨍ y in S, u y ∂μ‖ₑ ≤ D ^ n / (n μ(S)) * ∫⁻ y in Ω, ‖Du y‖ₑ * ‖x - y‖ₑ ^ (1 - n) ∂μ.
For a bounded convex open Ω and x ∈ Ω one may take D = diam Ω; this is
Gilbarg–Trudinger, Lemma 7.16. Integrating the right-hand side in x and bounding the Riesz
potential y ↦ ‖x - y‖ ^ (1 - n) in Lᵖ yields the Poincaré–Wirtinger inequality.
The statements use lower Lebesgue integrals, so no integrability of the derivative or of the kernel is assumed.
Main declarations #
TauCeti.setLIntegral_closedBall_lintegral_segment_le: integrating a function along the segments fromxto the points ofclosedBall x Dgives at mostD ^ n / ntimes its Riesz potential atx.TauCeti.setLIntegral_enorm_sub_le_of_starConvex: the integrated oscillation bound.TauCeti.enorm_sub_setAverage_le_of_starConvex: the bound on the deviation from the mean over any subset of positive measure.TauCeti.enorm_sub_setAverage_le_of_convex: the form for convex sets withD = diam Ω.
References #
- D. Gilbarg, N. S. Trudinger, Elliptic Partial Differential Equations of Second Order, Lemma 7.16.
The substitution w = x + t • (y - x), of Jacobian t ^ n, in the integral over
y ∈ closedBall x D of g at the point of parameter t on the segment from x to y,
weighted by the length of the segment.
Averaging along segments produces the Riesz potential. Integrating a function g along
the segments from x to the points y of closedBall x D, weighted by their lengths, gives at
most D ^ n / n times the Riesz potential ∫ w, g w * ‖x - w‖ ^ (1 - n), where n is the
dimension of the space.
The integrated oscillation bound. If u is C¹ on an open set Ω which is star-convex
about x and contained in closedBall x D, then the integral over Ω of ‖u x - u y‖ is
bounded by D ^ n / n times the Riesz potential at x of the norm of the derivative of u,
where n is the dimension of the space.
The potential estimate for the mean. If u is C¹ on an open set Ω which is
star-convex about x and contained in closedBall x D, then for every S ⊆ Ω of positive
measure the deviation of u x from the mean of u over S is bounded by D ^ n / (n μ(S))
times the Riesz potential at x of the norm of the derivative of u, where n is the dimension
of the space.
Gilbarg–Trudinger, Lemma 7.16. If u is C¹ on a bounded convex open set Ω and
x ∈ Ω, then for every S ⊆ Ω of positive measure the deviation of u x from the mean of u
over S is bounded by (diam Ω) ^ n / (n μ(S)) times the Riesz potential at x of the norm of
the derivative of u, where n is the dimension of the space.