Sobolev spaces

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Sobolev spaces are function spaces that incorporate both functions and their weak derivatives, providing a fundamental framework for studying partial differential equations and variational problems.

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instanceOf Banach space (for suitable norms)
function space
mathematical concept
topological vector space
appliesTo elliptic partial differential equations
hyperbolic partial differential equations
parabolic partial differential equations
basedOn Lebesgue integration
weak derivatives
field calculus of variations
functional analysis
mathematical analysis
partial differential equations
generalizationOf Hölder spaces (in some contexts)
classical differentiable function spaces
hasSubtype H^k(Ω)
H_0^1(Ω)
W^{k,p}(Ω)
fractional Sobolev spaces W^{s,p}(Ω)
homogeneous Sobolev spaces \\dot{W}^{k,p}(Ω)
linked to: Sobolev spaces

weighted Sobolev spaces
historicalPeriod 20th century mathematics
introducedBy Sergei Sobolev NERFINISHED
namedAfter Sergei Sobolev NERFINISHED
normDefinedBy L^p-norms of a function and its weak derivatives up to order k
parameter domain Ω
integrability exponent p
order k of differentiation
property Banach space for 1 ≤ p ≤ ∞
Hilbert space when p = 2 (H^k spaces)
reflexive for 1 < p < ∞
separable for 1 ≤ p < ∞
relatedConcept Dirichlet boundary condition
Lebesgue space L^p
linked to: Lebesgue spaces

distribution (generalized function)
trace operator
variational integral
weak derivative
relatedTheorem Gagliardo–Nirenberg interpolation inequality
Poincaré inequality
Rellich–Kondrachov compactness theorem
Sobolev embedding theorem
linked to: Sobolev inequality
topology norm topology induced by Sobolev norm
typicalElement equivalence class of functions equal almost everywhere
usedFor embedding theorems and compactness results
finite element method analysis
regularity theory of PDEs
studying weak solutions of partial differential equations
variational formulations of boundary value problems

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Lebesgue spaces relatedConcept Sobolev spaces
Poincaré inequality appliesTo Sobolev spaces
Cauchy problem studiedIn Sobolev spaces
Partial Differential Equations covers Sobolev spaces
Functional analysis fieldOfStudy Sobolev spaces
subject linked to: "Functional Analysis"
Sobolev spaces hasSubtype homogeneous Sobolev spaces \\dot{W}^{k,p}(Ω)
linked to: Sobolev spaces