Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 ii Paper 4 23G Solution Created 2026-09-23 Updated 2026-09-25
For , the Sobolev space consists of tempered distributions such thatFor a multi-index ,Sincewe obtain the Sobolev derivative estimateThus differentiation is bounded and linear between the stated spaces.
Taking the Fourier transform ofgivesThe only possible solution is thereforeMoreover,This proves existence, uniqueness, and bounded dependence. Conversely, maps boundedly to , sois a linear isomorphism with inverse multiplier . This is the massive Laplacian isomorphism on Sobolev spaces.
Finally, the assumed estimate and Plancherel theorem implyThus is bounded in . The functions and all their first derivatives are supported in the fixed bounded set . Their bounds give uniform translation estimatesfor 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 . HenceThis is compactness from bounded support and an H2 bound.