Solutions of the divergence equation in Hardy and lipschitz spaces

Abstract

Given a bounded domain $\O$ and $f$ of zero integral, the existence of a vector fields $\u$ vanishing on $\partial\O$ and satisfying $\d\u=f$ has been widely studied because of its connection with many important problems. It is known that for $f\in L^p(\O)$, $1<p<\infty$, there exists a solution $\u\in W^{1,p}_0(\O)$, and also that an analogous result is not true for $p=1$ or $p=\infty$. The goal of this paper is to prove results for Hardy spaces when $\frac{n}{n+1}<p\le 1$, and in the other limiting case, for bounded mean oscillation and Lipschitz spaces. As a byproduct of our analysis we obtain a Korn inequality for vector fields in Hardy-Sobolev spaces.