Products of whole-space Sobolev families at order two #
At order two, the Leibniz term ∂_i f ∂_j g pairs two first derivatives,
neither of which is bounded by the H² norm. The smooth Gagliardo–Nirenberg
estimate bounds this term for smooth fields; Fatou's lemma along an almost
everywhere convergent subsequence of smooth approximations transfers the bound
to whole-space Sobolev families. The other Leibniz terms contain an undifferentiated
factor, which is essentially bounded. Together with the order m ≥ 3 case, the
product of two H^m(ℝ³) functions lies in H^m(ℝ³) for every m ≥ 2, with the
Leibniz family as its weak derivatives.
The product of two first-order slots of whole-space H² families is square
integrable, bounded by the two squared H² norms with a universal constant
(eq:lps-Hm-energy).
prop:lps-smoothing (the whole-space algebra inequality at order two): the
product of two functions in H²(ℝ³) lies in H²(ℝ³), its ordered weak
derivatives are the Leibniz family of the two factors' families, and
‖fg‖²_{H²} ≤ C ‖f‖²_{H²} ‖g‖²_{H²}.
prop:lps-smoothing (the whole-space algebra inequality): for every integer
m ≥ 2, 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}.