{ "id": "math/0302326", "version": "v1", "published": "2003-02-26T15:10:46.000Z", "updated": "2003-02-26T15:10:46.000Z", "title": "A unified approach to improved L^p Hardy inequalities with best constants", "authors": [ "G. Barbatis", "S. Filippas", "A. Tertikas" ], "comment": "32 pages", "categories": [ "math.AP", "math.SP" ], "abstract": "We present a unified approach to improved $L^p$ Hardy inequalities in $\\R^N$. We consider Hardy potentials that involve either the distance from a point, or the distance from the boundary, or even the intermediate case where distance is taken from a surface of codimension $1