Orlicz-Sobolev inequalities and the doubling condition

Abstract

In [12] it has been shown that a \((p,q)\) Sobolev inequality with \(p>q\) implies the doubling condition on the underlying measure. We show that even weaker Orlicz-Sobolev inequalities, where the gain on the left-hand side is smaller than any power bump, imply doubling. Moreover, we derive a condition on the quantity that should replace the radius on the righ-hand side (which we call `superradius'), that is necessary to ensure that the space can support the Orlicz-Sobolev inequality and simultaneously be non-doubling.