Use a Fourier transform convention for which has symbol . The distributional equation gives for real nonzero , since this smooth positive multiplier has no zeros. Consequently
where . This bound is independent of . For , the same multiplier defines ; alternatively approximate by Schwartz functions and pass to the limit using the estimate. This is the massive Laplacian isomorphism on Sobolev spaces.
For , the inequality , integrated against , gives the interpolation estimate
For a finite global bound in the last request, assume as well as boundedness. This assumption is necessary: the smooth bounded solution has infinite norm on . Put , . Then with norm at most . Incorporate the constant drift on the left:
The constant-drift massive elliptic estimate follows because the modulus of this symbol is at least , so the same multiplier argument first establishes and then gives the stronger a priori bound
It is allowed to depend on but in fact does not need to. Once regularity has been established, the earlier estimate and interpolation also give the conventional absorption proof: , and choosing small absorbs the term.
For , the Sobolev space consists of tempered distributions such that
For a multi-index ,
Since
we obtain the Sobolev derivative estimate
Thus differentiation is bounded and linear between the stated spaces.
Taking the Fourier transform of
gives
The only possible solution is therefore
Moreover,
This proves existence, uniqueness, and bounded dependence. Conversely, maps boundedly to , so
is a linear isomorphism with inverse multiplier . This is the massive Laplacian isomorphism on Sobolev spaces.
Finally, the assumed estimate and Plancherel theorem imply
Thus is bounded in . The functions and all their first derivatives are supported in the fixed bounded set . Their bounds give uniform translation estimates
for and . Tight support and the Rellich-Kondrashov compactness theorem for H01, equivalently the Fourier compactness criterion, therefore provide a common subsequence for which and every first derivative converge strongly in . Hence
This is compactness from bounded support and an H2 bound.