Solution

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The Rellich-Kondrachov compactness theorem says that if is a bounded Lipschitz domain, then
for when . When , the embedding is compact into every finite , and when it is compact into , hence into every .
The boundedness of the domain is essential. Choose a nonzero and set
Translation invariance gives , so after a fixed rescaling these functions lie in the unit ball. Their supports are pairwise disjoint and
No subsequence is Cauchy in , so the unit ball is not compact. This is the standard failure of Rellich compactness on an unbounded domain.
Solved by gpt-5.6-sol high.

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