Abstract:
According to a known characterization,
a function $f$ belongs to the Sobolev space $W^{p,1}(\mathbb{R}^n)$ of functions contained
in $L^p(\mathbb{R}^n)$ along with
their generalized first-order derivatives precisely when there is a function
$g\in L^p(\mathbb{R}^n)$ such that
$$
|f(x)-f(y)|\le |x-y|(g(x)+g(y))
$$
for almost all pairs $(x,y)$. An analogue of this estimate is also known
for functions from the Gaussian Sobolev space $W^{p,1}(\gamma)$ in infinite dimension.
In this paper the converse is proved; moreover,
it is shown that the above inequality implies membership in appropriate Sobolev spaces
for a large class of measures
on finite-dimensional and infinite-dimensional spaces.