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We give an “elementary” proof of an inequality due to Maz’ya. As a prerequisite we prove an approximation property for the Hausdorff measure. We also comment on the relations between Maz’ya’s inequality, the isoperimetric inequality, and the Sobolev inequality.
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Vogt, H., Voigt, J. On Hausdorff measure and an inequality due to Maz’ya. Arch. Math. 114, 573–583 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00013-019-01425-3
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Keywords
- Hausdorff measure
- Isoperimetric inequality
- Sobolev inequality
- Functions of bounded variation
- Perimeter of subsets of \({\mathbb {R}}^n\)