Abstract:
Let S⊂Rn be a closed nonempty set such that for some d∈[0,n] and ε>0 the d-Hausdorff content Hd∞(S∩Q(x,r))≥εrd for all cubes Q(x,r) centered in x∈S with side length 2r∈(0,2]. For each p>max{1,n−d} we give an intrinsic characterization of the trace space W1p(Rn)|S of the Sobolev space W1p(Rn) to the set S. Furthermore, we prove the existence of a bounded linear operator Ext:W1p(Rn)|S→W1p(Rn) such that Ext is right inverse for the usual trace operator.
Our results extend those available in the case p∈(1,n] for Ahlfors-regular sets S.