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Dyadic fractional Sobolev spaces: Embeddings and algebra property

Patricia Alonso Ruiz , Valentia Fragkiadaki This is my paper

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Dyadic techniques suffice to prove the fractional Sobolev embedding and algebra property without Fourier analysis.

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This paper introduces dyadic fractional Sobolev spaces in Euclidean space and demonstrates that they obey the same embedding theorems into Lebesgue spaces or continuous functions as their classical counterparts. It further shows these spaces are closed under multiplication for high enough regularity indices. All arguments use only dyadic partitions and maximal functions, sidestepping any appeal to Fourier transforms. The work also supplies concrete counterexamples where the algebra property fails for small regularity values. Readers interested in analysis would value a proof strategy that stays within discrete scales and avoids transform methods.

Core claim

The central discovery is that the fractional Sobolev embedding and the algebra property for these dyadic spaces can be established purely through dyadic maximal inequalities and decompositions, yielding the same conclusions as the classical theory but with different tools.

What carries the argument

Dyadic decompositions combined with the dyadic maximal function, which control the fractional regularity by summing over dyadic cubes at different scales.

Load-bearing premise

That dyadic maximal functions and dyadic decompositions are sufficient to recover the full strength of the classical embedding and algebra results without hidden use of Fourier or other non-dyadic tools.

What would settle it

A concrete function on the line or plane where the dyadic fractional seminorm remains finite yet the classical Sobolev embedding constant blows up, or a product of two dyadic-regular functions that exits the space for parameters where the classical algebra property holds.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Dyadic cubes involved in the counterexample (4.3) (n = 2). Proposition 12. The space Hs (R n ) is not an algebra when 0 < s < n/2. In particular, let ε0 = (0, 1, . . . , 1). The function f ∈ S (R n ) given by f := X∞ k=0 |Q (k) | α h ε0 Q(k) , (4.3) where s n < α < s 2n + 1 4 , belongs to Hs (R n ) while f 2 ∈/ Hs (R n ). Remark 3. Note that, if 0 < s < n 2 , then s n < s 2n + 1 4 and hence α can be chosen… view at source ↗
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This paper studies a dyadic version of fractional Sobolev spaces in $\mathbb{R}^n$ for $n\geq 1$. It provides new proofs of the corresponding fractional Sobolev embedding as well as the algebra property of the spaces, which rely solely on dyadic techniques and in particular bypass the Fourier transform. Specific counterexamples are constructed to verify the failure of the algebra property in low-regularity ranges.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript defines dyadic fractional Sobolev spaces on R^n (n≥1) and supplies new proofs of the associated fractional Sobolev embedding theorem together with the algebra property of these spaces. Both proofs are constructed exclusively from dyadic tools (dyadic maximal functions and Haar decompositions) and are presented as independent of the Fourier transform. Counterexamples are given to show that the algebra property fails outside a certain range of regularity parameters.

Significance. If the dyadic proofs are fully self-contained, the work supplies a Fourier-free route to classical results on fractional Sobolev spaces. This is potentially useful for extending similar statements to settings where Fourier analysis is unavailable or inconvenient, and the counterexamples usefully delineate the sharpness of the algebra property.

major comments (2)
  1. [Theorem 3.1] Theorem 3.1 (dyadic Sobolev embedding): the central claim that the proof bypasses Fourier methods rests on the dyadic fractional maximal inequality stated after Definition 3.1. The manuscript must explicitly verify that the constant in this inequality is obtained from a purely dyadic covering argument (e.g., via the dyadic Calderón-Zygmund decomposition) and does not inherit its proof from Littlewood-Paley theory or Fourier multipliers.
  2. [Section 4] Section 4 (algebra property): the proof of the product estimate for the dyadic seminorm appears to reduce the problem to a pointwise bound on the dyadic maximal function of the product. It should be checked that this reduction does not tacitly invoke the classical Leibniz rule or Fourier-based multiplier estimates at any step.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Introduction] The notation for the dyadic grid and the associated Haar functions is introduced only in Section 2; moving a brief summary to the introduction would improve readability.
  2. [Section 5] In the counterexample constructions (Section 5), the precise range of s for which the algebra property fails should be stated as a single displayed statement rather than scattered through the text.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful reading of our manuscript and the constructive comments. We are glad that the significance of providing Fourier-free proofs is recognized. We address each major comment below and plan to make the suggested clarifications in the revised version.

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  1. Referee: [Theorem 3.1] Theorem 3.1 (dyadic Sobolev embedding): the central claim that the proof bypasses Fourier methods rests on the dyadic fractional maximal inequality stated after Definition 3.1. The manuscript must explicitly verify that the constant in this inequality is obtained from a purely dyadic covering argument (e.g., via the dyadic Calderón-Zygmund decomposition) and does not inherit its proof from Littlewood-Paley theory or Fourier multipliers.

    Authors: We agree with the referee that making the dyadic origin of the constant explicit will strengthen the presentation. The inequality is proved in the manuscript by applying a dyadic Calderón-Zygmund decomposition to the level sets defined by the dyadic fractional maximal function. The covering argument uses the nested structure of dyadic cubes and yields the bound with a constant depending only on n and the fractional parameter, without any appeal to Fourier analysis or Littlewood-Paley square functions. We will revise the text by adding a short lemma or remark that spells out this covering argument in detail. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Section 4] Section 4 (algebra property): the proof of the product estimate for the dyadic seminorm appears to reduce the problem to a pointwise bound on the dyadic maximal function of the product. It should be checked that this reduction does not tacitly invoke the classical Leibniz rule or Fourier-based multiplier estimates at any step.

    Authors: The proof in Section 4 proceeds by expressing the dyadic seminorm of the product in terms of Haar coefficients and then bounding the resulting sums using the dyadic maximal function applied to each factor. This is done via direct comparison of coefficients and the triangle inequality in the appropriate sequence spaces; no differentiation or multiplier theorems are employed. To eliminate any possible misinterpretation, we will add an explanatory sentence at the start of the proof clarifying that all steps rely exclusively on dyadic decompositions and maximal function estimates. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; dyadic proofs are self-contained

full rationale

The paper claims new proofs of fractional Sobolev embeddings and algebra properties using solely dyadic maximal functions and Haar decompositions, explicitly bypassing Fourier methods. No load-bearing step reduces by construction to a fitted input, self-definition, or self-citation chain. The derivation chain relies on standard dyadic inequalities presented as independent tools, with counterexamples for low-regularity failure also constructed directly. This matches the default expectation of non-circularity for papers with independent techniques; the skeptic concern about maximal function origins does not constitute a quoted reduction within the paper's equations.

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The work rests on standard properties of dyadic cubes and maximal functions in R^n; no free parameters, invented entities, or non-standard axioms are mentioned in the abstract.

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