An optimal fractional Hardy inequality on the discrete half-line

In the context of Hardy inequalities for the fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta_{\mathbb{N}})^{\sigma}$ on the discrete half-line $\mathbb{N}$, we provide an optimal Hardy-weight $W^{\mathrm{op}}_{\sigma}$ for exponents $\sigma\in\left(0,1\right]$. As a consequence, we provide an estimate of the sharp c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Das, U., de la Fuente-Fernández, R.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:España
Institución:Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM)
Repositorio:BIRD. BCAM's Institutional Repository Data
OAI Identifier:oai:bird.bcamath.org:20.500.11824/2155
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11824/2155
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00526-025-03217-w
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Hardy inequality, fractional powers, discrete Laplacian, criticality, subcriticality, optimal weight, ground state representation
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Sumario:In the context of Hardy inequalities for the fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta_{\mathbb{N}})^{\sigma}$ on the discrete half-line $\mathbb{N}$, we provide an optimal Hardy-weight $W^{\mathrm{op}}_{\sigma}$ for exponents $\sigma\in\left(0,1\right]$. As a consequence, we provide an estimate of the sharp constant in the fractional Hardy inequality with the classical Hardy-weight $n^{-2\sigma}$ on $\mathbb{N}$. It turns out that for $\sigma =1$ the Hardy-weight $W^{\mathrm{op}}_{1}$ is pointwise larger than the optimal Hardy-weight obtained by Keller--Pinchover--Pogorzelski near infinity. As an application of our main result, we obtain unique continuation results at infinity for the solutions of some fractional Schr\"odinger equation.