On the best constant for Gagliardo-Nirenberg interpolation inequalities

Abstract

In this paper we derive the best constant for the following Gagliardo-Nirenberg interpolation inequality \begin{eqnarray*} \|u\|_{L^{m+1}}\leq C_{q,m,p} \|u\|^{1-\theta}_{L^{q+1}}\|\nabla u\|^{\theta}_{L^p},\quad \theta=\frac{pd(m-q)}{(m+1)[d(p-q-1)+p(q+1)]}, \end{eqnarray*} where parameters $q,m,p$ respectively belong to the following two ranges: (i) $p>d\geq 1$, $q\geq0$ and $m=\infty$. That shows $L^{\infty}$-type Gagliardo-Nirenberg interpolation inequality. (ii) $p>\max\{1,\frac{2d}{d+2}\}$, $0\leq q<\sigma-1$, and $q 0$, $\lambda >0$ and $x_{0}\in \mathbb{R}^d$. In particular, for the case $m=+\infty$, the generalized Lane-Emden equation becomes a Thomas-Fermi type equation. For $q=0,~m=\infty$ or $d=1$, $u_{c,m}$ are closed form solutions expressed in term of the incomplete Beta functions. Moreover, we show that $u_{c,m}\to u_{c,\infty}$ and $C_{q,m,p}\to C_{q,\infty,p}$ as $m\to +\infty$ for $d=1$.