Taking the Fourier transform of the distributional equation gives
because is even. The multiplier therefore gives the regularity gain for one plus an even power of the Laplacian
The Sobolev embedding theorem in its derivative form says that
To make all derivatives through order continuous, and simultaneously make continuous, it is enough and in general necessary to have
Under this condition the distributional identity is a pointwise identity, so is a classical solution. Thus
At the borderline , the standard Sobolev embedding does not in general give continuity.