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Sharp Sobolev inequalities on minimal immersions via optimal transport
Abstract
We prove that, for 2≤ p<n, the optimal Lp-Sobolev constant on every complete n-dimensional Euclidean minimal immersion without boundary is the Euclidean Aubin--Talenti constant. The proof combines optimal transport to a suitably chosen target with a two-kernel comparison linking the tangential transport moment to deficits in the normal-fibre and Jacobian estimates.
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BibTeX
@misc{xu2026sharp,
title = {{Sharp Sobolev inequalities on minimal immersions via optimal transport}},
author = {Zhe-Feng Xu and Zhuo-Nan Zhu},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.13052},
eprint = {2610.13052},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.13052},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Sharp Sobolev inequalities on minimal immersions via optimal transport
AU - Zhe-Feng Xu
AU - Zhuo-Nan Zhu
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/09
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.13052
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.13052
AB - We prove that, for 2≤ p<n, the optimal L^p-Sobolev constant on every complete n-dimensional Euclidean minimal immersion without boundary is the Euclidean Aubin--Talenti constant. The proof combines optimal transport to a suitably chosen target with a two-kernel comparison linking the tangential transport moment to deficits in the normal-fibre and Jacobian estimates.
ER -