Global Poincaré Inequalities on the Heisenberg Group and Applications  

作　　者：Yu Xin DONG Guo Zhen LU Li Jing SUN 

机构地区：[1]Department of Mathematics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China [2]Department of Mathematics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China [3]Department of Mathematics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA

出　　处：《Acta Mathematica Sinica,English Series》2007年第4期735-744,共10页数学学报（英文版）

基　　金：The first author is supported by Zhongdian grant of NSFC;a global grant at Wayne State University and by NSF of USA

摘　　要：Let f be in the localized nonisotropic Sobolev space Wloc^1,p （H^n） on the n-dimensional Heisenberg group H^n = C^n ×R, where 1≤ p ≤ Q and Q = 2n ＋ 2 is the homogeneous dimension of H^n. Suppose that the subelliptic gradient is gloablly L^p integrable, i.e., fH^n ｜△H^n f｜^p du is finite. We prove a Poincaré inequality for f on the entire space H^n. Using this inequality we prove that the function f subtracting a certain constant is in the nonisotropic Sobolev space formed by the completion of C0^∞（H^n） under the norm of （∫H^n ｜f｜ Qp/Q-p）^Q-p/Qp ＋ （∫ H^n ｜△H^n f｜^p）^1/p. We will also prove that the best constants and extremals for such Poincaré inequalities on H^n are the same as those for Sobolev inequalities on H^n. Using the results of Jerison and Lee on the sharp constant and extremals for L^2 to L（2Q/Q-2） Sobolev inequality on the Heisenberg group, we thus arrive at the explicit best constant for the aforementioned Poincaré inequality on H^n when p=2. We also derive the lower bound of the best constants for local Poincaré inequalities over metric balls on the Heisenberg group H^n.Let f be in the localized nonisotropic Sobolev space Wloc^1,p （H^n） on the n-dimensional Heisenberg group H^n = C^n ×R, where 1≤ p ≤ Q and Q = 2n ＋ 2 is the homogeneous dimension of H^n. Suppose that the subelliptic gradient is gloablly L^p integrable, i.e., fH^n ｜△H^n f｜^p du is finite. We prove a Poincaré inequality for f on the entire space H^n. Using this inequality we prove that the function f subtracting a certain constant is in the nonisotropic Sobolev space formed by the completion of C0^∞（H^n） under the norm of （∫H^n ｜f｜ Qp/Q-p）^Q-p/Qp ＋ （∫ H^n ｜△H^n f｜^p）^1/p. We will also prove that the best constants and extremals for such Poincaré inequalities on H^n are the same as those for Sobolev inequalities on H^n. Using the results of Jerison and Lee on the sharp constant and extremals for L^2 to L（2Q/Q-2） Sobolev inequality on the Heisenberg group, we thus arrive at the explicit best constant for the aforementioned Poincaré inequality on H^n when p=2. We also derive the lower bound of the best constants for local Poincaré inequalities over metric balls on the Heisenberg group H^n.

关 键 词：Heisenberg group Sobolev inequalities Poincaré inequalities best constants 

分 类 号：O152[理学—数学]