Ray fundamental theorem of calculus #
For a smooth function φ, the increment φ (x + v) - φ x equals the integral, over
[0, 1], of the directional derivative (fderiv ℝ φ (x + t • v)) v along the segment
t ↦ x + t • v. This is the pointwise identity consumed by the potential-estimate step
of the Morrey embedding.
Ray fundamental theorem of calculus. For smooth φ, the increment along the
segment from x to x + v is the integral of the directional derivative.
Ray-FTC average identity over a measurable set. For smooth φ and a measurable set W
of positive finite measure on which φ is integrable, the oscillation of the W-average of φ
about the value φ x equals the average over W of the ray integral of the directional
derivative from x towards the running point y. This is the mechanical half of the potential
estimate over a general averaging domain.
Ray-FTC average identity (Morrey rung 4a). The ball specialisation of
oscillation_eq_average_ray_set: for smooth φ, the oscillation of the ball-average of φ
about φ x equals the average over the ball of the gradient line integral from x.
Morrey kernel bound (convex form). The double gradient line integral over a bounded
convex measurable set W containing the base point x is controlled by the Riesz potential of
the gradient, with a dimensional factor D^d/d, where D is any radius with W ⊆ ball x D.
Proof: Tonelli swap, the affine change of variables potential_inner_cov for each scale t, the
region containment W_t ⊆ W ∩ ball x (D t) (using convexity of W), a second Tonelli swap, and
the per-point Riesz factor inner_t_bound. Specialising W = ball c r, D = 2 r recovers the
centred estimate.
Integrability of the Riesz potential. For smooth φ and x in the ball, the singular
integrand ‖∇φ‖ / dist x ·^{d-1} is integrable on the ball: the singularity dist x ·^{-(d-1)}
has exponent d - 1 < d, and ‖∇φ‖ is bounded on the compact closure. This is what makes the
right-hand side of the potential estimate finite (hence the estimate meaningful).
Morrey potential estimate for smooth functions. For a smooth φ and any point x of a
ball, the oscillation of φ about its ball average is controlled by the Riesz potential of the
gradient, with a dimensional constant Cd = 2^d / (d ω_d). This is the analytic heart of the
Morrey embedding, assembled from the ray-FTC average identity, the kernel bound, and the
integrability of the Riesz potential.
Potential estimate over a convex averaging domain. For smooth φ, a bounded convex
measurable set W of positive finite measure containing the base point a, with W ⊆ ball a R,
the oscillation of φ about its W-average is controlled by the Riesz potential of the gradient
over W, with the explicit factor R^d/(d · |W|). This is the convex-lens analogue of
exists_potential_bound; combined with the subset Riesz-kernel bound it yields the two-point
Hölder estimate.