The $L^p$-Calderón-Zygmund inequality on non-compact manifolds of positive curvature

Abstract

We construct, for $p>n$, a concrete example of a complete non-compact $n$-dimensional Riemannian manifold of positive sectional curvature which does not support any $L^p$-Calderón-Zygmund inequality: \[ \forall\,φ\in C^{\infty}_c(M),\qquad\|\operatorname{Hess} φ\|_{L^p}\le C(\|φ\|_{L^p}+\|Δφ\|_{L^p}). \] The proof proceeds by local deformations of an initial metric which (locally) Gromov-Hausdorff converge to an Alexandrov space. In particular, we develop on some recent interesting ideas by G. De Philippis and J. Núñez-Zimbron dealing with the case of compact manifolds. As a straightforward consequence, we obtain that the $L^p$-gradient estimates and the $L^p$-Calderón-Zygmund inequalities are generally not equivalent, thus answering an open question in literature. Finally, our example gives also a contribution to the study of the (non-)equivalence of different definitions of Sobolev spaces on manifolds.

11 pages. Comments are welcome