What are the optimal constants for the Sobolev inequalities in 3D?

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In summary, there are two types of Sobolev inequalities for the 3D case: Poincare's inequality for W01,2 with functions that are zero on a lipschitz boundary, and another "Poincare inequality" for functions that are not zero on the boundary, which involves subtracting off the average value. The constant for these inequalities will be dimension-dependent and can be found by carefully tracking the constants in the relevant estimates in Evans PDE.
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I'm searching for an inequality between
[tex]\iiint_\infty |\nabla f|^2 \mathrm{d}^3r[/tex]
and
[tex]\iiint_\infty |f|^2 \mathrm{d}^3r[/tex]

I saw similar inequalities that they called Sobolev inequalities. What would be the correct form and optimal constant for this 3D case?
 
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For functions that are zero on a lipschitz boundary, this is Poincare's inequality for W01,2. A straightforward proof is found in Evans PDE page 265. If you want to find the exact constant, you could go through the proofs of the relevant estimates on the previous several pages, carefully keeping track of the constants. I haven't done this. The constant will be dimension-dependent.

For functions that are not zero on the boundary, you have to subtract off the average value,
||u-avg(u)||L2 <= C||Du||L2

Which is another "Poincare inequality" (Evand p. 275)
 
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