Characterization of the variable exponent Bessel potential spaces via the Poisson semigroup

Under the standard assumptions on the variable exponent p(x) (log- and decay conditions), we give a characterization of the variable exponent Bessel potential space Bα[Lp(⋅)(Rn)] in terms of the rate of convergence of the Poisson semigroup Pt. We show that the existence of the Riesz fractional derivative Dαf in the space Lp(⋅)(Rn) is equivalent to the existence of the limit . In the pre-limiting case we show that the Bessel potential space is characterized by the condition ‖α(I−Pε)f‖p(⋅)≦Cεα.