# Lipschitz domain

In mathematics, a Lipschitz domain (or domain with Lipschitz boundary) is a domain in Euclidean space whose boundary is "sufficiently regular" in the sense that it can be thought of as locally being the graph of a Lipschitz continuous function. The term is named after the German mathematician Rudolf Lipschitz.

## Definition

Let n  N, and let Ω be an open subset of Rn. Let ∂Ω denote the boundary of Ω. Then Ω is said to have Lipschitz boundary, and is called a Lipschitz domain, if, for every point p  ∂Ω, there exists a radius r > 0 and a map hp : Br(p)  Q such that

• hp is a bijection;
• hp and hp1 are both Lipschitz continuous functions;
• hp(∂Ω  Br(p)) = Q0;
• hp  Br(p)) = Q+;

where

denotes the n-dimensional open ball of radius r about p, Q denotes the unit ball B1(0), and

## Applications of Lipschitz domains

Many of the Sobolev embedding theorems require that the domain of study be a Lipschitz domain. Consequently, many partial differential equations and variational problems are defined on Lipschitz domains.

## References

• Dacorogna, B. (2004). Introduction to the Calculus of Variations. Imperial College Press, London. ISBN 1-86094-508-2.