A new proof of the Gagliardo–Nirenberg and Sobolev inequalities: Heat semigroup approach

Abstract

We give a new proof of the Gagliardo–Nirenberg and Sobolev inequalities based on the heat semigroup. Concerning the Gagliardo–Nirenberg inequality, we simplify the previous proof by relying only on the L p L^p - L q L^q estimate of the heat semigroup. For the Sobolev inequality, we consider another approach by using the heat semigroup and the Hardy inequality.