On generalized Sobolev-Orlicz spaces associated to the Riesz fractional gradient

Abstract

We introduce a new family of function spaces, the fractional generalized Sobolev-Orlicz spaces $\Lambda^{s,A}_0(\Omega)$, where $A$ is a generalized $\Phi$-function satisfying the $(\mathrm{Inc})_{p}$ and $(\mathrm{Dec})_{q}$ conditions for $1<p\leq q<\infty$, as an extension of the Lions-Calder\'on spaces (also known as Bessel potential spaces) $\Lambda^{s,p}_0(\Omega)$ when $0<s<1$ to the generalized Orlicz framework. We obtain some continuous and compact embeddings for these spaces and study the continuous dependence of the Riesz fractional gradient $D^s$ with respect to $s\in[0,1]$ as $s\to \sigma\in[0,1]$. Finally, we apply these results to study the existence, uniqueness and continuous dependence of a family of partial differential equations depending on the Riesz fractional gradient as $s\to\sigma\in(0,1]$.