Looking for the best constant in a Sobolev inequality: a numerical approach

  • Authors:
  • Alexandre Caboussat;Roland Glowinski;Allison Leonard

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Mathematics, University of Houston, Houston, USA 77204-3008;Department of Mathematics, University of Houston, Houston, USA 77204-3008 and Institute of Advanced Studies, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong;Department of Mathematics, University of Houston, Houston, USA 77204-3008

  • Venue:
  • Calcolo: a quarterly on numerical analysis and theory of computation
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

A numerical method for the computation of the best constant in a Sobolev inequality involving the spaces H 2(驴) and $C^{0}(\overline{\Omega})$ is presented. Green's functions corresponding to the solution of Poisson problems are used to express the solution. This (kind of) non-smooth eigenvalue problem is then formulated as a constrained optimization problem and solved with two different strategies: an augmented Lagrangian method, together with finite element approximations, and a Green's functions based approach. Numerical experiments show the ability of the methods in computing this best constant for various two-dimensional domains, and the remarkable convergence properties of the augmented Lagrangian based iterative method.