Abstract
We establish a necessary and sufficient topological condition for maps that are in W1,p (M, N) to be connected by continuous paths in W 1,p (M, N) to maps in W1,q (M, N), q > p ≥ 1. We also obtain a necessary and sufficient topological condition under which W 1,q (M, N) is strongly dense in W1,p (M, N). Several results concerning sequential weak density of smooth (or W1,q (M, N)) maps in W1,p (M, N) are also proven.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1383-1415 |
Number of pages | 33 |
Journal | Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics |
Volume | 56 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2003 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Mathematics
- Applied Mathematics