The Sobolev gradient convolution trace inequality conjecture

Let K ⁣:RdRdK\colon \mathbb{R}^d\to\mathbb{R}^d be homogeneous of order 1d1-d and smooth outside the origin. Let ν\nu be a measure satisfying

ν(Br(x))rd1.\nu(B_r(x))\lesssim r^{d-1}.

For fC0(Rd)f\in C_0^\infty(\mathbb{R}^d), consider the convolution KfK*\nabla f. Sobolev gradient convolution trace inequality conjecture. The inequality

KfL1(ν)fL1(Rd)\|K*\nabla f\|_{L_1(\nu)}\lesssim \|\nabla f\|_{L_1(\mathbb{R}^d)}

holds for all such measures ν\nu if and only if, for every eSd1e\in S^{d-1},

eSd1K(ζ),edζ=0.\int_{e^\perp\cap S^{d-1}}\langle K(\zeta),e\rangle\,d\zeta=0.

Here the integral uses the natural Hausdorff measure on the (d2)(d-2)-dimensional sphere eSd1e^\perp\cap S^{d-1}. The conjecture is motivated by the finite-dimensional cancellation theorem for gradient operators, but the source does not state a resolution.

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Primary source

Dmitriy Stolyarov, “Trace inequalities for Sobolev martingales”, arXiv:2211.13456 (2022).

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