Let $X$ be a Banach space, and $T:[0,\infty)\rightarrow {\mathcal{L}}(X,X),$ the bounded linear operators on $X.$ A family $\{T(t)\}_{t\ge 0}\subseteq {% \mathcal{L}}(X,X)$ is called a one-parameter semigroup if $T(s+t)=T(s)T(t),$ and $T(0)=I,$ the identity operator on $X.$ The infinitesimal generator of the semigroup is the derivative of the semigroup at $t=0.$ The object of this paper is to introduce a (conformable) fractional semigroup of operators whose generator will be the fractional derivative of the semigroup at $t=0.$ The basic properties of such semigroups will be studied.
We extend results of Caffarelli--Silvestre and Stinga--Torrea regarding a characterization of fractional powers of differential operators via an extension problem. Our results apply to generators of integrated families of operators, in particular to infinitesimal generators of bounded $C_0$ semigroups and operators with purely imaginary symbol. We give integral representations to the extension problem in terms of solutions to the heat equation and the wave equation.
We describe a procedure to introduce Sobolev spaces and the semigroup generated by the fractional Dirichlet Laplacian on an arbitrary domain of $\R^d$. In particular, the well-definedness of the spaces of both non-homogeneous and homogeneous type together with their duality properties, embeddings, and Gagliardo-Nirenberg inequalities will be discussed. We also show the continuity and the smoothing property of the semigroup.
The \textit{method of semigroups} is a unifying, widely applicable, general technique to formulate and analyze fundamental aspects of fractional powers of operators $L$ and their regularity properties in related functional spaces. The approach was introduced by the author and José L.~Torrea in 2009 (arXiv:0910.2569v1). The aim of this chapter is to show how the method works in the particular case of the fractional Laplacian $L^s=(-Δ)^s$, $0<s<1$. The starting point is the semigroup formula for the fractional Laplacian. From here, the classical heat kernel permits us to obtain the pointwise for…
The concept of boundary values of holomorphic semigroups in a general Banach space is studied. As an application, we consider the Riemann-Liouville semigroup of integration operator in the little Hölder spaces $\rm{lip}_0^α[0,\, 1] , \, 0<α<1$ and prove that it admits a strongly continuous boundary group, which is the group of fractional integration of purely imaginary order. The corresponding result for the $L^p$-spaces ($1<p<\infty$) has been known for some time, the case $p=2$ dating back to the monograph by Hille and Phillips. In the context of $L^p$ spaces, we establish the existence of t…
For $1<p\leq q$ we show that the Poisson semigroup $e^{-t\sqrt{-Δ}}$ on the $n$-sphere is hypercontractive from $L^{p}$ to $L^{q}$ in dimensions $n \leq 3$ if and only if $e^{-t\sqrt{n}} \leq \sqrt{\frac{p-1}{q-1}}$. We also show that the equivalence fails in large dimensions.
In this paper we show novel underlying connections between fractional powers of the Laplacian on the unit sphere and functions from analytic number theory and differential geometry, like the Hurwitz zeta function and the Minakshisundaram zeta function. Inspired by Minakshisundaram's ideas, we find a precise pointwise description of $(-Δ_{\mathbb{S}^{n-1}})^s u(x)$ in terms of fractional powers of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map on the sphere. The Poisson kernel for the unit ball will be essential for this part of the analysis. On the other hand, by using the heat semigroup on the sphere, addition…
The purpose of this article is to establish upper and lower estimates for the integral kernel of the semigroup exp(-tP) associated to a classical, strongly elliptic pseudodifferential operator P of positive order on a closed manifold. The Poissonian bounds generalize those obtained for perturbations of fractional powers of the Laplacian. In the selfadjoint case, extensions to t in C_+ are studied. In particular, our results apply to the Dirichlet-to-Neumann semigroup.
Norm estimates for strongly continuous semigroups have been successfully studied in numerous settings, but at the moment there are no corresponding studies in the case of solution operators of singular integral equations. Such equations have recently garnered a large amount of interest due to their potential to model numerous physically relevant phenomena with increased accuracy by incorporating so-called non-local effects. In this article, we provide the first step in the direction of providing such estimates for a particular class of operators which serve as solutions to certain integral equ…
We consider the fractional derivative of a general Poisson semigroup. With this fractional derivative we define the generalized fractional Littlewood-Paley $g$-function for semigroups acting on $L^p$-spaces of functions with values in Banach spaces. We give a characterization of the classes of Banach spaces for which the fractional Litlewood-Paley $g$-function is bounded on $L^p$-spaces. We show that the class of Banach spaces is independent of the order of derivation and coincides with the classical (Lusin type/cotype) case. It is also shown that the same kind of results exist for the case of…
For certain classes of negative definite symbols $q(x,ξ)$ and state space dependent Bernstein function $f(x,s)$ we prove that $-p(x,D)$, the pseudo-differential operator with symbol $-p(x,ξ)=-f(x,q(x,ξ))$, extends to the generator of a Feller semigroup. Our result extends previously known results related to operators of variable (fractional) order of differentiation, or variable order fractional powers. New concrete examples are given.
We use Bochner's subordination technique to obtain caloric smoothing estimates in Besov- and Triebel--Lizorkin spaces. Our new estimates extend known smoothing results for the Gauß--Weierstraß, Cauchy--Poisson and higher-order generalized Gauß--Weierstraß semigroups. Extensions to other function spaces (homogeneous, hybrid) and more general semigroups are sketched.
In this paper, we provide the spectral decomposition in Hilbert space of the $\mathcal{C}_0$-semigroup $P$ and its adjoint $\hatP$ having as generator, respectively, the Caputo and the right-sided Riemann-Liouville fractional derivatives of index $1<α<2$. These linear operators, which are non-local and non-self-adjoint, appear in many recent studies in applied mathematics and also arise as the infinitesimal generators of some substantial processes such as the reflected spectrally negative $α$-stable process. Our approach relies on intertwining relations that we establish between these semigrou…
In this paper we study the Riemann-Liouville fractional integral of order $α>0$ as a linear operator from $L^p(I,X)$ into itself, when $1\leq p\leq \infty$, $I=[t_0,t_1]$ (or $I=[t_0,\infty)$) and $X$ is a Banach space. In particular, when $I=[t_0,t_1]$, we obtain necessary and sufficient conditions to ensure its compactness. We also prove that Riemann-Liouville fractional integral defines a $C_0-$semigroup but does not defines a uniformly continuous semigroup. We close this study by presenting lower and higher bounds to the norm of this operator.
We give sharp two-sided estimates of the semigroup generated by the fractional Laplacian plus the Hardy potential on $\mathbb{R}^d$, including the case of the critical constant. We use Davies' method back-to-back with a new method of integral analysis of Duhamel's formula.
We consider operators $A$ on a sequentially complete Hausdorff locally convex space $X$ such that $-A$ generates a (sequentially) equicontinuous equibounded $C_0$-semigroup. For every Bernstein function $f$ we show that $-f(A)$ generates a semigroup which is of the same `kind' as the one generated by $-A$. As a special case we obtain that fractional powers $-A^α$, where $α\in (0,1)$, are generators.
The aim of this paper is to establish the decay estimate for the fractional wave equation semigroup on H-type groups given by $e^{itΔ^α}$, $0<α<1$. Combing the dispersive estimate and a standard duality argument, we also derive the corresponding Strichartz inequalties.
We study continuity and Hölder continuity of $t\mapsto P_tf$, where $P_t$ is a generalized Mehler semigroup in $C_b(X)$, the space of the continuous and bounded functions from a Banach space $X$ to $R$, and $f\in C_b(X)$. The generators $L$ of such semigroups are realizations of a class of differential and pseudo-differential operators, both in finite and in infinite dimension. Examples of operators $L$ to which this theory is applicable include Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operators with fractional diffusion in finite dimension, and Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operators with associated strong-Feller semigroups,…
We prove that if a super-Poincaré inequality is satisfied by an infinitesimal generator $-A$ of a symmetric contracting semigroup then it implies a corresponding super-Poincaré inequality for $-g(A)$ with any Bernstein function $g$. We also study the converse statement. We deduce similar results for the Nash-type inequality. Our results applied to fractional powers of $A$ and to $\log(I+A)$ and thus generalize some results of Biroli and Maheux, and Wang 2007. We provide several examples.
We consider generalized time-fractional evolution equations of the form $$u(t)=u_0+\int_0^tk(t,s)Lu(s)ds$$ with a fairly general memory kernel $k$ and an operator $L$ being the generator of a strongly continuous semigroup. In particular, $L$ may be the generator $L_0$ of a Markov process $ξ$ on some state space $Q$, or $L:=L_0+b\nabla+V$ for a suitable potential $V$ and drift $b$, or $L$ generating subordinate semigroups or Schrödinger type groups. This class of evolution equations includes in particular time- and space- fractional heat and Schrödinger type equations. We show that a subordinat…
