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The sharp discrete Hardy inequality on $\Z^3$

Aug 2026 · 2 citations · ⚡ 1 influential · 14 references
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We determine the sharp constant in the nearest-neighbor Hardy inequality on $\Z^3$ with the Euclidean inverse-square weight. For every finitely supported function $u:\Z^3\to\C$, we prove \[ \sum_{x\in\Z^3}\sum_{j=1}^3 |u(x+e_j)-u(x)|^2 \geq \frac14\sum_{x\in\Z^3\setminus\{0\}} \frac{|u(x)|^2}{|x|^2}. \] The coefficient $1/4$ is sharp, and equality is not attained by a nonzero finitely supported function. The proof uses an explicit reciprocal edge field and an edgewise completion of squares, together with a concavity argument for the associated vertex weight.

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