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Re: f and f' square integrable

Subject: Re: f and f' square integrable
From: "Fedor"
Date: 31 Dec 2006 00:32:30 -0800
Newsgroups: sci.math
Stephen Montgomery-Smith a écrit :

> Fedor wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> >   suppose that f:R^n -->R is a smooth function such that f^2 and ( f '
> > )^2 are integrable over R^n. Is it true that f(x) tends towards 0 when
> > |x| tends towards infinity ? It is easy for n=1 but is it true for the
> > general case ?
> >
> > Regards,
> > fedor
> >
>
> I think not.
>
> First consider a function like f(x)=log(1/|x|)^a for 0<a<1/2.  Check
> that f and f' are square integrable in R^2.
>
> Next consider sum a_n f(x-(2n,0)) where a_n is square summable.

oh Thank you ! I must had thought to this classical function that shows
that functions in the Sobolev space H^1 are not necessary continuous. I
was asking this question because I was looking for a simple proof of
the trace theorem for Sobolev space. I guess there are no really simple
proof for this theorem .. (that theorem that says that one can define
the trace of a function f \in H^1(Omega) if the boundary of Omega is
regular)


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