Sobolev algebra

On a sufficiently regular domain in ${\mathbb{R}}^n$, $H^s$ is a Banach algebra when $s>n/2$:

For an integer $k\ge 0$ and sufficiently regular bounded functions, $\Vert fg{\Vert }_{H^k}\le C_k(\Vert f{\Vert }_{\infty }\Vert g{\Vert }_{H^k}+\Vert g{\Vert }_{\infty }\Vert f{\Vert }_{H^k})$. The Leibniz rule and derivative interpolation give the estimate. In a differentiated semilinear wave equation, this separates a controlled low-order coefficient from an arbitrarily high Sobolev norm, allowing propagation of smoothness after a fixed base norm has been controlled.