Let $u\in C^{\infty}_{c}(\mathbb{R}^n)$. One can integrate by parts twice to discover that $$\;\| D^{2} u \|_{L^{2}}= \| \Delta u \|_{L^{2}}$$
Is the estimate
$$\;\| D^{2} u \|_{L^{p}}\sim \| \Delta u \|_{L^{p}}$$
true for $p>1$ ?
A reference for this or a hint of the proof would be appreciated.
The inequality holds true. See Proposition 3 page 72 in Stein's "singular integrals and differentiability properties of functions".