Detailed proof of classical Gagliardo-Nirenberg interpolation inequality with historical remarks

Abstract

A carefully written Nirenberg's proof of the well known Gagliardo-Nirenberg interpolation inequality for intermediate derivatives in ${\mathbb{R}}^n$ seems, surprisingly, to be missing in literature. In our paper we shall first introduce this fundamental result and provide information about it's historical background. Afterwards we present a complete, student-friendly proof. In our proof we use the architecture of Nirenberg's proof, the proof is, however, much more detailed, containing also some differences. The reader can find a short comparison of differences and similarities in the final chapter.