The sharp constant in the Hardy-Sobolev-Maz'ya inequality in the three dimensional upper half-space

Abstract

It is shown that the sharp constant in the Hardy-Sobolev-Maz'ya inequality on the three dimensional upper half space is given by the Sobolev constant. This is achieved by a duality argument relating the problem to a Hardy-Littlewood-Sobolev type inequality whose sharp constant is determined as well.

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