Analytical obstructions to the weak approximation of Sobolev mappings into manifolds

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Main Authors: Detaille, Antoine, Van Schaftingen, Jean
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author Detaille, Antoine
Van Schaftingen, Jean
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Van Schaftingen, Jean
contents For any integer $ p \geq 2 $, we construct a compact Riemannian manifold $ \mathcal{N} $ such that if $ \dim \mathcal{M} > p $, there is a map in the Sobolev space of mappings $ W^{1,p} (\mathcal{M}, \mathcal{N})$ which is not a weak limit of smooth maps into $ \mathcal{N} $ due to a mechanism of analytical obstruction. For $ p = 4n - 1 $, the target manifold can be taken to be the sphere $ \mathbb{S}^{2n} $ thanks to the construction by Whitehead product of maps with nontrivial Hopf invariant, generalizing the result by Bethuel for $ p = 4n -1 = 3$. The results extend to higher order Sobolev spaces $ W^{s,p} $, with $ s \in \mathbb{R} $, $s \geq 1 $, $ sp \in \mathbb{N}$, and $ sp \ge 2 $.
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spellingShingle Analytical obstructions to the weak approximation of Sobolev mappings into manifolds
Detaille, Antoine
Van Schaftingen, Jean
Functional Analysis
Analysis of PDEs
58D15 (Primary) 46E35, 46T10, 58C25 (Secondary)
For any integer $ p \geq 2 $, we construct a compact Riemannian manifold $ \mathcal{N} $ such that if $ \dim \mathcal{M} > p $, there is a map in the Sobolev space of mappings $ W^{1,p} (\mathcal{M}, \mathcal{N})$ which is not a weak limit of smooth maps into $ \mathcal{N} $ due to a mechanism of analytical obstruction. For $ p = 4n - 1 $, the target manifold can be taken to be the sphere $ \mathbb{S}^{2n} $ thanks to the construction by Whitehead product of maps with nontrivial Hopf invariant, generalizing the result by Bethuel for $ p = 4n -1 = 3$. The results extend to higher order Sobolev spaces $ W^{s,p} $, with $ s \in \mathbb{R} $, $s \geq 1 $, $ sp \in \mathbb{N}$, and $ sp \ge 2 $.
title Analytical obstructions to the weak approximation of Sobolev mappings into manifolds
topic Functional Analysis
Analysis of PDEs
58D15 (Primary) 46E35, 46T10, 58C25 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.12889