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Hardy Inequality for Antisymmetric Functions

Functional Analysis and Its Applications volume 55, pages 122–129 (2021)Cite this article

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We consider Hardy inequalities on antisymmetric functions. Such inequalities have substantially better constants. We show that they depend on the lowest degree of an antisymmetric harmonic polynomial. This allows us to obtain some Caffarelli–Kohn–Nirenberg-type inequalities that are useful for studying spectral properties of Schrödinger operators.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to express their gratitude to J. Dolbeault, M. J. Esteban, R. Frank, and A. Ilyin for useful discussions.

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  1. University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    T. Hoffmann-Ostenhof

  2. Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

    A. Laptev

  3. Sirius Mathematics Center, Sirius University of Science and Technology, Sochi, Russia

    A. Laptev

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To Mikhail Zakharovich Solomyak, a colleague and the teacher, with respect and admiration

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Hoffmann-Ostenhof, T., Laptev, A. Hardy Inequality for Antisymmetric Functions. Funct Anal Its Appl 55, 122–129 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016266321020040

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Keywords

  • Hardy inequalities
  • antisymmetric functions
  • Caffarelli–Kohn–Nirenberg inequality