Function spaces between BMO and critical Sobolev spaces

The function spaces Dk(Rn) are introduced and studied. The definition of these spaces is based on a regularity property for the critical Sobolev spacesWs,p(Rn), where sp = n, obtained by J. Bourgain, H. Brezis, New estimates for the Laplacian, the div–curl, and related Hodge systems, C. R. Math. Acad. Sci. Paris 338 (7) (2004) 539–543 (see also J. Van Schaftingen, Estimates for L1-vector fields, C. R. Math. Acad. Sci. Paris 339 (3) (2004) 181–186). The spaces Dk(Rn) contain all the critical Sobolev spaces. They are embedded in BMO(Rn), but not in VMO(Rn). Moreover, they have some extension and trace properties that BMO(Rn) does not have. © 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.