Let $u\in W^{1,\infty}(B_h(0),\mathbb R^n)$, where $B_h(0)=\{x\in\mathbb R^n:|x|<h\}$.
From the Poincaré inequality we know that
$$
\|u-\mathrm{Id}-\frac{1}{\mathrm{Vol}(B_h(0))}\int_{B_h(0)}(u-\mathrm{Id})\|_{L^2}
\leq C\|du-\mathrm{Id}\|_{L^2}
$$
for some constant $C>0$ independent of $u$.
Now I want to bound $\|u-\mathrm{Id}\|_{W^{1,2}}$ in terms of $du$.
Is it also true that there exists a constant $C'>0$ such that
$$
\|u-\mathrm{Id}\|_{L^2}\leq C'\|du-\mathrm{Id}\|_{L^2}
$$
so that $\|u-\mathrm{Id}\|_{W^{1,2}}\leq C''\|du-\mathrm{Id}\|_{L^2}$ independent of $u$?
2026-02-23 08:31:49.1771835509
Poincaré inequality for Lipschitz functions with bounded domain
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Is is not true. Consider a constant function u(x)=N. The estimate would lead to a contradiction for a sufficiently large N.