Explicit optimal constants of two critical Rellich inequalities for radially symmetric functions

Abstract

We consider two critical Rellich inequalities with singularities at both the origin and the boundary in the higher order critical radial Sobolev spaces $W_{0, {\rm rad}}^{k, p}$, where $1< p = \frac{N}{k}$. We give the explicit values of the optimal constants of two critical Rellich inequalities for radially symmetric functions in $W_{0, {\rm rad}}^{k, \frac{N}{k}}$. Furthermore the (non-)attainability of the optimal constants are also discussed.