{ "id": "1706.06928", "version": "v1", "published": "2017-06-21T14:25:16.000Z", "updated": "2017-06-21T14:25:16.000Z", "title": "The best constant in the embedding of $W^{N,1}({\\mathbb R}^N)$ into $L^\\infty({\\mathbb R}^N)$", "authors": [ "Itai Shafrir" ], "categories": [ "math.FA" ], "abstract": "We compute the best constant in the embedding of $W^{N,1}({\\mathbb R}^N)$ into $L^\\infty({\\mathbb R}^N)$, extending a result of Humbert and Nazaret in dimensions one and two to any $N$. The main tool is the identification of $\\log |x|$ as a fundamental solution of a certain elliptic operator of order $2N$.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2017-06-21T14:25:16.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "46E35", "35A23" ], "keywords": [ "best constant", "elliptic operator", "fundamental solution", "main tool" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }