The optimal Euclidean Lp-Sobolev logarithmic inequality

Journal of Functional Analysis

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 151-161

  Del Pino, Manuel ^a   Dolbeault, Jean ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

Author keywords

Gagliardo Nirenberg inequalities; Logarithmic Sobolev inequality; Minimizers; Optimal constants; Orlicz spaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037428621     PISSN: 00221236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1236(02)00070-8     Document Type: Review

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