An atomic decomposition for functions of bounded variation

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Main Authors: Spector, Daniel, Stockdale, Cody B., Stolyarov, Dmitriy
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author Spector, Daniel
Stockdale, Cody B.
Stolyarov, Dmitriy
author_facet Spector, Daniel
Stockdale, Cody B.
Stolyarov, Dmitriy
contents In this paper, we give a decomposition of the gradient measure $Du$ of an arbitrary function of bounded variation $u$ into a sum of atoms $μ=Dχ_{F}$, where $F$ is a set of finite perimeter. The atoms further satisfy the support, cancellation, normalization, and size conditions: For each $μ$, there exists a cube $Q$ such that $\operatorname*{supp}μ\subset Q$, $μ(Q)=0$, $|μ|(Q)\leq 1$, and, denoting by $p_t$ the heat kernel in $\mathbb{R}^d$, \[ \sup_{x \in \mathbb{R}^d, t>0} |t^{1/2} p_t \ast μ(x)| \leq \frac{1}{l(Q)^{d-1}}. \] Our proof relies on a sampling of the coarea formula and a new boxing identity. We present several consequences of this result, including Sobolev inequalities, dimension estimates, and trace inequalities.
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spellingShingle An atomic decomposition for functions of bounded variation
Spector, Daniel
Stockdale, Cody B.
Stolyarov, Dmitriy
Functional Analysis
Analysis of PDEs
In this paper, we give a decomposition of the gradient measure $Du$ of an arbitrary function of bounded variation $u$ into a sum of atoms $μ=Dχ_{F}$, where $F$ is a set of finite perimeter. The atoms further satisfy the support, cancellation, normalization, and size conditions: For each $μ$, there exists a cube $Q$ such that $\operatorname*{supp}μ\subset Q$, $μ(Q)=0$, $|μ|(Q)\leq 1$, and, denoting by $p_t$ the heat kernel in $\mathbb{R}^d$, \[ \sup_{x \in \mathbb{R}^d, t>0} |t^{1/2} p_t \ast μ(x)| \leq \frac{1}{l(Q)^{d-1}}. \] Our proof relies on a sampling of the coarea formula and a new boxing identity. We present several consequences of this result, including Sobolev inequalities, dimension estimates, and trace inequalities.
title An atomic decomposition for functions of bounded variation
topic Functional Analysis
Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.02053