Sharp stability for critical points of the Sobolev inequality in the absence of bubbling

Gemei Liu, Yi Ru-Ya Zhang

When $u$ is close to a single Talenti bubble $v$ of the $p$-Sobolev inequality, we show that \begin{equation*} \|Du-Dv\|_{L^p(\mathbb{R}^n)}^{\max\{1,p-1\}}\le C \|-{\rm div}(|Du|^…