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ID: past-exam-of-the-functional-analytic-methods-for-partial-differential-equations-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2023/3/a/ii/solution
Past exam of the functional analytic methods for partial differential equations course of the University of Oxford 2023 3 a ii Solution by
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As printed, the answer isThe constant function has zero gradient and positive Lp norm for every such , including its supremum norm when .
The missing assumption is a zero Sobolev trace, which is present for the weak solutions in the surrounding parts. With in place of , the intended answer isThis is the three-dimensional Sobolev inequality at , followed by Holder inequality on the bounded ball for smaller ; it includes the zero-boundary Poincaré inequality at . The subsequent parts use this zero-boundary version.
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