Calculus of Variations and Geometric Measure Theory

M. Petrache - T. Rivière

Global gauges and global extensions in optimal spaces

created by petrache on 25 Feb 2013

[BibTeX]

Preprint

Inserted: 25 feb 2013

Year: 2013
Links: arXiv:1302.5659

Abstract:

We consider the problem of extending functions $\phi:S^n \to S^n$ to functions $u:B^{n+1}\to S^n$ for $n=2,3$. We assume $\phi$ to belong to the critical space $W^{1,n}$ and we construct a $W^{1,(n+1,\infty)}$-controlled extension u. The Lorentz-Sobolev space $W^{1,(n+1,\infty)}$ is optimal for such controlled extension. Then we use such results to construct global controlled gauges for $L^4$-connections over trivial $SU(2)$-bundles in $4$ dimensions. This result is a global version of the local Sobolev control of connections obtained by K. Uhlenbeck.

Keywords: global gauges, Sobolev maps, Lorentz spaces