Cocompact imbedding theorem for functions of bounded variation into Lorentz spaces

Abstract

We show that the imbedding $\dot{BV}(\mathbb{R}^N)\hookrightarrow L^{1^\ast,q}(\mathbb{R}^N)$, $q>1$ is cocompact with respect to group and the profile decomposition for $\dot{BV}(\mathbb{R}^N)$. This paper extends the cocompactness and profile decomposition for the critical space $L^{1^\ast}(\mathbb{R}^N)$ to Lorentz spaces $L^{1^\ast,q}(\mathbb{R}^N)$, $q>1$. A counterexample for $\dot{BV}(\mathbb{R}^N)\hookrightarrow L^{1^\ast,1}(\mathbb{R}^N)$ not cocompact is given in the last section.