A NNALI DELLA
S CUOLA N ORMALE S UPERIORE DI P ISA Classe di Scienze
G UIDO S TAMPACCHIA
The spaces L
(p,λ), N
(p,λ)and interpolation
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GUIDO STAMPACCHIARecently properties
of certain spaces of functions2cp,
A)(see
definition1.1)
have been studiedby
various authors(F.
John and L.Nirenberg [6], Campanato [1], Meyers [7], Stampacchia [11],
Peetre[9]) (see § 1).
It hasbeen shown
by Campanato [1]
andMeyers [7] independently
that theclasses of Holder continuous functions are contained in this
family
ofspaces; F. John and L.
Nirenberg
havegiven
a characterization of the functionsbelonging
to-P(P,
0) = ·Making
use of these results the author hasgiven
in[11]
some theo-rems of
interpolation
for thisfamily
of spaces whichpermits
us tocollegate
the spaces LP with the spaces of Holder continuous functions.
Successively
more
general
theorems have beenproved by Campanato
andMurthy [4],
Peetre
[9], [9’]
and Grisvard[5], [5’].
In the paper
[11]
the authorestablished,
amongothers,
a theorem ofinterpolation
for linearoperations
whoseimage
spaces vary from LP to(fo
(see
theorem 3.1 of[11]). However,
theproof
of this theorem was notcomplete,
as was indicated to the authorby Campanato.
Here ourmain object
is togive
acomplete proof
of this theorem(see
theorem4.1, here).
We make use of a lemma due to F. John and L.
Nirenberg [6]
inconnection with the spaces N (p, Ä) defined
in §
2.In section 3 we introduce subclasses of the spaces
.,C~ ~p~ ~)
and we usethem in order to
improve
some inclusionproperties
of theMorrey’s
spaces,proved by Campanato
in[3] (see
Theorem3.2.).
Pervenuto alla Redazione il 14 Giugno 1965.
(*) This research has been partially supported by the United States Air Force under Contract AF BOAR Oraut ti-.12 through the European Oftice of Aerospace Research.
In section 4 we
give applications
of theinterpolation
theorems of[11]
and of section 2.In section 5 we indicate some
simple
results on functions which are I3o1- der continuous ofstrong type connecting
them with the classical theorem of Rademacher on thedifferentiability
in thestrong
sense ofLipschitz
functions.In a paper in collaboration with
Campanato
we aregoing
toapply
the
interpolation
theorem of section 2together
with some recent resultsof
Campanato [2]
to thetheory
ofpartial
differentialequations
ofelliptic type.
The author wishes to thank
Nirenberg, Campanato
andMurthy
forthe discussions he had with them in connection with the results conside- red here.
§
1.The ’)-spaces.
We shall
always consider,
for the sake ofsimplicity,
real valued(unless
otherwiseexplicitely stated) integrable
functions on a fixed bounded cubeQo in
A
generic
subcube ofQo having
its sidesparallel
to those ofl~o
willbe denoted
by Q
and its measureby
The mean value on asubcube Q
of
Qo
of a function u will be denotedby
u~ :DEFINITION 1.1. A function u is said to
belong
towhere - o~
~ ~ [ +
oo~ if there exists a constantK (u) = K
suchthat
for every
l~
C(10 .
1B semi norm ill
~’~~’~ ~~
isgiven by
and a norm is obtained
by setting
which renders l) with the structure of a Banach space.
We recall some results.
LE3IMA 1.1
[11 ].
The Banach space isisontorphic
to and(1.3)
isequivalent
to thenorm 11
UTHEORE:BI 1.1
(Campanato [1)
andMeyers [7]). If
~, 0 then isisomorphi.c
to C0, l
(Qo)
and the norm(1.3)
isequivalent
to the norm0,-- p
where,
0 a1,
DEFINITION 1.2. A function it is said to
belong
to~o
if there existpositive
constantsH and fl
such thatfor
every Q
CQ .
THEOREM 1.2
(F.
John and Ij.Nirenberg [6]).
Afanction
ubelongs
toLo if
andonly if
ubelongs
tofor
sontep ~:>
1.1.2.
If
and thenDEFINITION 1.3. A linear
operation
T on functionsf
defined overQo
is said to be of’
strong
if there exists a constantK,
inde-pendell t
off;
such thatthe smallest of the constants K in
(1.4)
is called thestrong -0 [p, (q,,u)]
norm of T. ’
We now introduce the
following expression :
DEFINITION 1.3’. A linear
operation
T on functions defined overQ4
issaid to be of weak if there exists a constant
K, indepen-
dent
of f,
such thatthe smallest of the constants K in
(1.5)
is called the weak-0 [p, (q,
normof T.
THEOREM 1.3
[11].
Let qi, be real numberssatisfying
the conditionsFor 0 t 1 let
[p (t),
q(t),
It(t)J
=[p, I
bedefined by
the relationsIf
T is a linearoperation
zrlaich issimnultaneously of
tweaktypes
u,ith
respective
normsXi (i
=1, 2)
then T isof strong type (q, p)]
for 0 t C 1
andwhere
CK
is aconstant, independent of f,
butdepending
ont, pi ,
q; , and it i.s boundedfor
t awayfrom
0 and 1.THEOREM 1.4
(Campanato
andMurthy [41).
Let[ pi ,
qi, be real numbers such that pi , qi -:-> 1(i
=1, 2). If
T is a linearoperation (in general
on
complex
valuedfunctions
on which issimultaneoti-ily of strong types
(qi , /-li)l
withrespective
itormsXi (i
=1, 2)
then T isstrong type
10- [ p (q,
where p, q, fl aredefined J’or
0 t --- 1by (1.6)
thefollo2ving
estimate holds :§
2.The
N (P,).).spaces.
We fix a bounded cube in En as
in §
1. We shall denoteby ~S
thefamily
ofsystems
S of a finite number of subcubesQi
no two of which have an interiorpoint
in common andhaving
their sidesparallel
to thoseof
Qo (U Qi
cQo).
i
For any
(real
orcomplex valued)
function u E L1(Qo)
and for any 1p +
oo we consider theexpressions
of the formruns
through
asystem 8
For 1
[ p C -~- oo
setand the
following
DEFINITION 2.1. A function u is said to
belong
to N (P, -1)(1
p+
oo,C ~
C+
if+
oo. We observe that definesa semi norm in N (P, 1) and we obtain a Banach space
by taking
as the norm in
A).
It can be verified that
where Z is any
decomposition
of thecube Qo
into an infinite number of subcubesQi
no two of which have a common interiorpoint
andhaving
their sides
parallel
to those ofQ .
LEMMA 2.1. then
N ~~~t ~> C N ~ p~ ~~ .
For the
proof
it isenough
toapply
Holder’sinequality.
We now set
for every v E Leo
(Q)
and for every S ES.
LEMMA. 2.2. For every S E
~S’
2ae havewhere vi =
sup I v (X) 1.
’Qi
LEMMA 2.3. For a,ny u E N (p, Ä) we have
PROOF. If u E N (P,
~~,
v E Loo(Q)
and ~S thenWe observe that it is
possible
to choose a v ineach Qi
in such amanner that the first
inequality
above becomesactually
auequality;
forthis purpose it is
enough
to takewhere ei are
arbitrary
constants.It is
possible
to choose theconstants ci
in such a manner that in the secondinequality
also we have anequality.
From these observations the lemma 2.3 follows.
A function is said to be
simple
if it assumesonly
a finite number of values. We shall denoteby 7
the set ofsimple
functions onQo.
We observe that for
simple
functionsequality
holds in(2.1).
Thereforethe lemma 2.3 holds
good
also when the supremun is taken oversimple
functions v E
J.
LEMMA 2.4.
If
u ELt ( Qo),
once hasWe have the
following
moregeneral
LEMMA 2.5.
If e
E L~(~o),
once haszvhere
and
PROOF. Let ltT =
[u]L, (1,03BB) .
If M = 0 then it follows that(p )=O
2 n and hence we can without loss of
generality
assume that M]
0. Let M’be a number such that 0 M’
C
JI. Then there exists at least one subcubeQ
ofQo
for which- .
and hence
consequently
we see thatHence when M =
+
oo the lemma isproved. If, instead, M ~ +
oo thenand therefore
proving
the lemma.Lemma 2.5 enables us to
put
and as a consequence the lemmas 2.2 and 2.3 can be extended also to the
case where in p
= + 00, 1
= 0.DEFINITION 2.2. A function u is said to
belong
to the space Z-weak( p ~ 1 ~
if there exists a constant K such that for anya > 0
We shall denote this in notation
by writing u
E MP. The smallest con-stant IT in
(2.3)
is called the norm of u in MP and we denote it uWe have the
following
fundamental theorem due to F. John and L.Nirenberg [6].
THEOREM 2.1.
If
u E N~p~ °~(real)
with p>
1 thenand
where the constant A
depends only
on n and p.REMARK. In the definition of the space one can
replace
1tQby
a constant 1tQ associated
to Q
andlinearly
to 11. Thus one obtains a dine-rent space which is contained in
For,
If,
inparticular,
uQ = 0 then thehypothesis,
in the theorem whichcorresponds
to theorem2.1,
reduces to those of a well known theorem due to F. Riesz18]
whence the conclusion would be that notonly
butalso to LP.
§
3. A theoremof interpolation
inthe space
1).DEFINITION 3.1. A linear
operation
T defined on functionsin 7= y(9o)
is said to be of
strong type
N[p, (q, ,u)j
if there exists a constant K such thatthe smallest of the constants .g for which the
inequality (3.1)
holds is cal-led the
strong N [p, (q, It)]-norm.
Then we prove the
following
THEOREM 3.1.
Let qi "uzJ
be real such that pi, qi ~ 1(i = 1, 2).
If
T is a linearoperation
which issiulultaneously of strong types
N[pi, (q;, ,ui)]
with
respective Ki (i
=1, 2)
then T isof strong type
N[p, (q,
whe;ehave the
The theorem holds also in the limit cases Pi =
-E-
ooand 1
= Pi = 0 .qi
This theorem is of the
type
of the Riesz-Thorin[12]
and a theorem ofCampanato
andMurtby [4].
PROOF. We fix a t E
[o, 1~
andconsequently
thenumbers P,
q, ft definedby (3.2).
We assume that ai E~
= 1. We setaiid for
complex
z in the infinitestrip
we define
We shall from now on consider
only
the class7 of simple
functions onQ~ .
For any u E
J with 11
= 1 we define thefunction ,;’;, depending
onthe
complex parameter
zby
for and z
(0, 1).
It can beeasily
seen that for any z(0, 1)
thefunction it (y, z)
E9
and thereforeT~
is defined.Since
we have
and
analogously
we have alsoWe note that these two relations are valid also when az = 0. Let iis fix a sistem 8 E
8
of a finite number of snbcubes of90
as definedin §
2.We shall denote
by gs
the class ofsimple
functions v E7
suchthat denoting sup I v I by
vi, we haveQi
Now
setting
we obtain
and since
it follows that
where k =
1,
2 and zi = = 1+ iq.
_For z EZ
(0, 1)
and for a fixedsystem
8 E 8 of a finite number of sub.cubes Qi
ofQo
as in section 2 we introducewhere
The is
holomorphic
in the interiorof ~ (0, 1)
andcontinuous and bounded in Z
(0~ 1).
Infact,
ifej
are the non zero values assumedby
uand Xj
is the caracteristic function of the setfa:
E(x)
=cj}
then
and
Therefore 0
(8, z)
can beexpressed
as afiuite
sum ofexponentials
of theform e
with a > 0 .
Using
now the lemma 2.2 weget
’
and
Then
by applying
the theorem of three lines[12,
Vol.II,
p.93]
we con-clude that
12. A ||ut|| Sup. - Pisa.
Then in view of the lemma 2.3
which proves the
required inequality (3.3).
In the limit cases where in p,
= +
o0or 1
= ,u1 = 0 theproof
can q,be carried over in a
perfectly analogous
wayby making
use, in the latter case, of the remarkfollowing
the lemma 2.5.Taking
into account(2.2)
thesemi-norm is to be substituted
by So,
instead of(3.5),
wehave ,
since
(3.4)
holdsgood for 03B2i = 1
=0, q1
= 1 .(3.8) together
with(3.6)
q,gives (3.7)
and so(3.3)
follows.§
3. The spaces.Cr p’ ~~ .
In this section we consider subclasses of functions of
DEFINITION 2.3. A function u is said to
belong
to the space if and moreoversetting,
for anysubetibe Q
of to be thenorm
of the function restricted to
Q,
there exists a number L =L,,
such thatfor any
system ((Ii)
« 8of S
introduced at thebeginning
of section 2.LEMMA 3.1. nU1nber such
thát
1 --- 1-- ’" and
1tq then
PROOF. Since for any
subeube Q
ofQo
we havewe obtain
Hence,
forany (Qij
= Sof S,
we haveCOROLLARY 3.1.
IJ8
u EeC ~~’ n~
=L q (Qo) icith q >
1 then u E hence u E N ~~’ 0) ’with’In
fact, by
Holder’sinequality
we havethat
Now since the function
satisfies the condition
that
is additive it follows that >DEFINITION 3.2. The space
~1 (Q,)
is thecompletion
of the class C’i(Qo)
of once
continuously
differentiable functionson Qo
withrespect
to the normwhere denotes the
gradient
of u.LEMMA 3.2.
Any function
u EH1 (Qo) satisfying
the conditionthat, for
any subcube
Q
c90
with
(C being
apositive
constantindependent of Q
CQo) belongs
to whereand
As a consequence u E
N(i-
0) andPROOF.
Applying
Holdersinequality,
the Poincardinequality
andusing
the fact
that q > q
we obtainHence
taking
we conclude that
Now,
in view of lemma3.1,
y it follows that andand this
completes
theproof
of the lemma.We have now the
following
result which is animprovement
of a resultof
Campanato [3 J
related to a well known result due toMorrey.
THEOREM 3.2. Let u E Hi
(Qo)
be suchthat for
any subcubeQ of Qo
with a constant C
indepeitdent of Q.
Then thefollowing
estimates holdfor
u :(ii) ~f’
q = p then u EP’,
0) andwhere and hence
PROOF. From the lemmas 3.2 and 3.1
together
with the theorem 2.1 the assertion(i)
follows. The assertion(ii)
is a consequence of Poincare ine-quality
and the theorem 1.2 andfinally,
the assertion(iii)
follows from the l"}oincaréinequality
and the theorem 1.1(see [1], [7]).
-§
4.Applications.
THBOREM 4.1. Let T be a linear
operation defined
on theclass 7 of (real valued) 8iinple functions
onQo
stich thatwhere pi ,
p2 ,
q2 :~~! 1 and r ~nq2 . If
p, q ~ 1 aredefined by
1~2
then
zohere
ex
is cr constant zclaiclz i.fjbounded if
tfront
0 and 1.The theorem is valid also
for
p~ =+
00.PROOF. From the remark
following
the lemma 2.5 we have.cO, 0)
_--__1’f~°°~ 0) and from the lemma 3.1 we have.~r~2 ~.2~ C 1~,"’~-~Zlf‘a ,
0). Ilence the linear ope- ration T issimultaneously
ofstrong types
Y(oo, 0)]
and N(p2 , ]
and so
by
the theorem(3.1)
it follows that T is ofstrong type N [p~ (q, 0)J
for p
and q given by (4.1)
forapplying
theorem 2.1 towe see that and
whence for
0 t -- 1
and p, q definedby (4.1)
Then
using
the theorem of Marcinkiewicz one obtainswhere
ex
is a constant which is bounded for t in every closed subinterval of(0, 1)
and thiscompletes
theproof
of the theorem.The theorem 4.1
gives
aproof
of the theorem 3.1 of[11]
when ~u2 = n.In the case U2 n the
hypothesis
that T is of weaktype [a2 , 1 (02 Jl2)]
inthe theorem 3.1 of
[11 J
will bereplaced by
the fact that T maps La2 into wherer C n ~2
introduced in this paper(see
definition2.3).
,U2
The theorem 4.2 of
[11] J
follows from thesepreceeding
considerations if thehypothesis (4.4)
of[11]
isreplaced by
thehypothesis
that T transformsL"
into with 1" C nfJ2 .
ft2
The theorem 4.3 of
[11]
subsists unaltered since wehave,
from the co-rollary
2.1 of this paper~ that T is ofstrong type
’yIM2 1 (fl2 0)J
and there-fore the theorem 3.1 of this paper can be
applied.
§
5.Holder continuous functions of strong type.
We have
introduced,
in the section3,
the function spaces-0,’ (p,
Inview of the theorem 1.1 of
CampanatoMeyers
in the case weobserve that the functions
belonging
to~r~’ ~) (~1 0)
coincide with functionsbelonging
to a subclass of Ilolder continuous functions and we call these Holder continuous functions ofstrong type.
DEFINITION fi.l..4.B function it defined on a is said to be Holder continuous of
strong
withexponent 0 a
1 if the follo-wing
two conditions are satisfied:(i)
u is Holder continuous withexponent cx
inQo ;
(ii)
there exists a constant L = L(u)
> 0 suchthat,
for anysystem
8of subcubes
Qi (see
thebeginning of § 2),
one haswhere
K (Q)
denotes tlle Hölt!er coefficient(with exponent a)
of the restric-tion to tlie suhcube
(J
ot’ ic.W’e now prove the
following
TEOREM ,).1. Let
Qo
be a bounded cube in En and 0 a 1. AJunc-
n
lion it is Holder continuous
of’ strong type
i- ’withexponent
a, it,here r- cx
ij"
andouly if
u atlnlitsfirst (in
thesense)
zvlcich arefune-
11
to n-u
To this
end,
we shall make use of a criterion for a function to admit first derivatives(in
thestrong sense)
which are functionsbelonging
to LP.This criterion is a consequence of a criterion due to F. Riesz
[8]
which werecall in the
following.
LEMMA. 6.1
[10].
A necessary and condition in order that afunction
u E 01( Qo)
ha8 its derivative in Lp(Qo)
withis that
for
anysystem
S E S(system of finite
nuniberof
subcubesQi of Qo
notwo
of
which have a common interiorpoint)
we haveThe
expression dxi
...~)... dxn
meansdx,
...~+1... dxn
PROOF.
Suppose (5.2)
holdsthen,
sincethe
expression
in the left hand side of(5.3)
can bemajorized by || uxs !1{p(Qu).
0If,
on the otherhand, (5.2)
holds thenand hence
by
the theorem of Riesz we obtain(5.3).
REMARK 5.1. The lemma 5.1 is valid also for functions which are con-
tinuous in
Qo
and admit derivatives in thestrong
sense.In
fact,
if is a sequence of functions in01
which convergesuniformly
to u then for any e>
0 wehave,
form > m,,
and hence
from which it follows that u admits the derivatives in the
strong
senseand is such that
PROOF OF THEOREM 5.1. Let u be a Holder continuous function of
strong type r
withexponent
a in the cubeQo.
Sincewe have
if
that
is,
ifHence,
from lemma5.1,
we deduce thatn
If, conversely
u is such that uz E Ll-4 with 0 0153 1 then wehave,
fromSobolev’s
lemma,
thatwhere C does not
depend on Q,
and hence, forany I Qi)
= we haveThis proves the theorem
completely.
REMARK 5.2. From theorem 5.1 we may obtain the classical theorem of Rademacher for
Lipschitz
continuous functions.If it is a
Lipschitz
continuous function then u admits firstderivatives,
in the
strong
sense, which are functionsbelonging
toIn
fact,
if u is aLipschitz
function withLipschitz
coefficientL,
thenit is Holder continuous of
strong type
withexponent
a for any 1-a0 a
1 and thereforewhich on
taking
limite as a -1, implies
thatPi8a, Univer8ity
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