A local Gagliardo–Nirenberg estimate for bounded smooth functions #
For a smooth function bounded by M on a ball, the fourth power of its gradient on a smaller ball
is controlled by M² times the square integrals of its first and second derivatives on the larger
ball. This is the smooth estimate ‖∇v‖₄² ≤ C ‖v‖_∞ ‖∇²v‖₂ behind the first product bound of
lem:vorticity-products of the Escauriaza–Seregin–Šverák manuscript. With
A = |∇f|² and a cutoff η, one integration by parts gives
∫ η⁴ A² = -Σⱼ ∫ f ∂ⱼ(η⁴ A ∂ⱼ f), and a pointwise Young inequality absorbs three quarters of the
left side.
The pointwise inequality behind the absorption argument.
Coordinate derivative of a square.
Coordinate derivative of a sum of three squares.
Coordinate derivative of a fourth power.
Local Gagliardo–Nirenberg estimate for smooth functions bounded on a ball
(lem:vorticity-products, ESS).