Hardy inequality and properties of the quasilinear Sturm–Liouville problem

  • Pavel Drábek

    University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic
  • Alois Kufner

    University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic

Abstract

We present necessary and sufficient condition for discreteness of the set of all eigenvalues (having the usual Sturm–Liouville properties) of a quasilinear Sturm–Liouville-type problem with weights on an infinite interval. We point out that the same condition is necessary and sufficient for the compact embedding of certain weighted Sobolev and Lebesgue spaces. Our result completes those from the linear theory.

Cite this article

Pavel Drábek, Alois Kufner, Hardy inequality and properties of the quasilinear Sturm–Liouville problem. Atti Accad. Naz. Lincei Cl. Sci. Fis. Mat. Natur. 18 (2007), no. 2, pp. 125–138

DOI 10.4171/RLM/485