Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2023 / iii / Paper 154 / 2 / 1

For a smooth compactly supported $u$, expand the nonnegative squareSince $\nabla \cdot (x/|x{|}^2)=|x{|}^{-2}$ in three dimensions, integration by parts turns the cross term into $-\frac{1}{2}\int |u{|}^2/|x{|}^2$. HenceDensity extends this Hardy inequality in Euclidean space to $H^1({\mathbb{R}}^3)$.