Chord Sobolev inequalities

Abstract

The paper establishes a new family of sharp analytic inequalities. Together with the fractional Sobolev inequalities of Almgren and Lieb, they form a complete class of analytic inequalities, referred to as the chord Sobolev inequalities. A close connection between these inequalities and chord isoperimetric inequalities in integral geometry is established through a functional extension of chord power integrals. The limiting cases of the chord Sobolev inequalities are derived, one of which yields a logarithmic Sobolev-type inequality. Combined with the work of Bourgain, Brezis, and Mironescu, these results complete the picture of the chord Sobolev inequalities, including their endpoint cases.

This revised version improves the exposition and provides more detailed proofs where needed