Differential Operators On Spaces Of Variable Integrability

The theory of Lebesgue and Sobolev spaces with variable integrability is experiencing a steady expansion, and is the subject of much vigorous research by functional analysts, function-space analysts and specialists in nonlinear analysis. These spaces have attracted attention not only because of their intrinsic mathematical importance as natural, interesting examples of non-rearrangement-invariant function spaces but also in view of their applications, which include the mathematical modeling of electrorheological fluids and image restoration.

The main focus of this book is to provide a solid functional-analytic background for the study of differential operators on spaces with variable integrability. It includes some novel stability phenomena which the authors have recently discovered.

At the present time, this is the only book which focuses systematically on differential operators on spaces with variable integrability. The authors present a concise, natural introduction to the basic material and steadily move toward differential operators on these spaces, leading the reader quickly to current research topics.
Contents:

Preliminaries:

The Geometry of Banach Spaces
Spaces with Variable Exponent

Sobolev Spaces with Variable Exponent:

Definition and Functional-analytic Properties
Sobolev Embeddings
Compact Embeddings
Riesz Potentials
Poincaré-type Inequalities
Embeddings
Hölder Spaces with Variable Exponents
Compact Embeddings Revisited

The p(·)-Laplacian:

Preliminaries
The p(·)-Laplacian
Stability with Respect to Integrability

Eigenvalues:

The Derivative of the Modular
Compactness and Eigenvalues
Modular Eigenvalues
Stability with Respect to the Exponent
Convergence Properties of the Eigenfunctions

Approximation on Lp Spaces:

s-numbers and n-widths
A Sobolev Embedding
Integral Operators



Readership: Graduates and researchers interested in differential operators and function spaces.