Products of whole-space Sobolev families #
For an integer m ≥ 3, the product of two functions in H^m(ℝ³) lies in
H^m(ℝ³), its ordered weak derivatives are given by the Leibniz family of the
two factors, and ‖fg‖²_{H^m} ≤ C ‖f‖²_{H^m} ‖g‖²_{H^m}. This is the
whole-space algebra inequality used in prop:lps-smoothing.
Each Leibniz term pairs two derivative orders with sum at most m, so one
factor has at least two orders to spare and is essentially bounded by the
embedding H^{k+2}(ℝ³) → L^∞. The weak Leibniz rule follows by approximating
the first factor by smooth compactly supported functions: the Leibniz family
of the difference is controlled by the same estimate. This reduction holds at
every order where the weak Leibniz estimate is available.
A slot of a whole-space Sobolev family at least two orders below m is
essentially bounded by the Sobolev norm of the family
(lem:lps-Bochner-joint-smooth).
A product of two slots of total order at most m, one of which lies at
least two orders below m, is square integrable, bounded by the two squared
Sobolev norms (eq:lps-Hm-energy).
If every product of two slots of total order at most m is square
integrable with square integral at most K, then the Leibniz family of the two
families is square integrable through order m, and its squared Sobolev norm is
at most K times the number of Leibniz terms (eq:lps-Hm-energy).
The weak Leibniz rule on ℝ³ (prop:lps-smoothing): if the Leibniz family
of any two whole-space Sobolev families of order m is square integrable with
the algebra bound, then the Leibniz family of D and E is a Sobolev family of
the product f g. The first factor is approximated by smooth compactly
supported functions, and the bound controls the Leibniz family of the
difference.
prop:lps-smoothing (the whole-space algebra inequality): for an integer
m ≥ 3, the product of two functions in H^m(ℝ³) lies in H^m(ℝ³), its ordered
weak derivatives are the Leibniz family of the two factors' families, and
‖fg‖²_{H^m} ≤ C ‖f‖²_{H^m} ‖g‖²_{H^m}.