For proper minimizers of parabolic variational integrals with linear growth with respect to $|Du|$, we establish a necessary and sufficient condition for $u$ to be continuous at a point $(x_o,t_o)$, in terms of a sufficient fast decay of the total variation of $u$ about $(x_o,t_o)$ (see (1.4) below). These minimizers arise also as {proper} solutions to the parabolic $1$-laplacian equation. Hence, the continuity condition continues to hold for such solutions (§ 3).
We prove the boundedness of the time derivative in the parabolic Signorini problem, as well as establish its Hölder continuity at regular free boundary points.
In this paper we prove the continuity of stable subspaces associated to parabolic-hyperbolic boundary value problems, for limiting values of parameters. The analysis is based on the construction performed in a previous paper of Kreiss' type symmetrizers.
We establish the pointwise continuity of bounded weak solutions to of a class of scalar parabolic equations and strongly coupled parabolic systems. Our approach to the regularity theory of parabolic scalar equations is quite elementary and its applications to strongly coupled systems does not require higher $L^p$ integrability of derivatives.
We study local boundedness and Hölder continuity of a parabolic equation involving the fractional $p$-Laplacian of order $s$, with $0<s<1$, $2\leq p < \infty$, with a general right hand side. We focus on obtaining precise Hölder continuity estimates. The proof is based on a perturbative argument using the already known Hölder continuity estimate for solutions to the equation with zero right hand side.
We present a local almost everywhere regularity result for a general nonlinear non-diagonal parabolic system, which main part depends on symmetric part of the gradient.
For a general class of divergence type quasi-linear degenerate parabolic equations with measurable coeffcients and lower order terms from non-linear Kato-type classes, we prove local boundedness and continuity of solutions, and the intrinsic Harnack inequality for positive solutions.
We give a proof of the Hölder continuity of weak solutions of certain degenerate doubly nonlinear parabolic equations in measure spaces. We only assume the measure to be a doubling non-trivial Borel measure which supports a Poincaré inequality. The proof discriminates between large scales, for which a Harnack inequality is used, and small scales, that require intrinsic scaling methods.
We establish the local Hölder continuity for the nonnegative weak solutions of certain doubly nonlinear parabolic equations possessing a singularity in the time derivative part and a degeneracy in the principal part. The proof involves the method of intrinsic scaling and the setting is a measure space equipped with a doubling non-trivial Borel measure supporting a Poincaré inequality.
This paper deals with two separate but related results. First we consider weak solutions to a parabolic operator with Hörmander vector fields. Adapting the iteration scheme of Jürgen Moser for elliptic and parabolic equations in $\mathbb{R}^n$ we show a parabolic Harnack inequality. Then, after proving the Harnack inequality for weak solutions to equations of the form $u_t = \sum X_i (a_{ij} X_j u)$ we use this to show Hölder continuity. We assume the coefficients are bounded and elliptic. The iteration scheme is a tool that may be adapted to many settings and we extend this to nonlinear parab…
This paper considers a certain doubly singular parabolic equations with one singularity occurs in the time derivative, whose model is \begin{equation*} \partial_tβ(u)-\operatorname{div}|Du|^{p-2}Du\ni0,\qquad \text{in}\quad Ω\times(0,T)\end{equation*} where $Ω\subset\mathbb{R}^N$ and $N\geq3$. We show that the bounded weak solutions are locally continuous in the range $$2-ε_0\leq p<2,$$ provided $ε_0>0$ is small enough, and the continuity is stable as $p\to2$.
In this paper we study the regularity of weak solutions to an elliptic-parabolic system modeling natural network formation. The system is singular and involves cubic nonlinearity. Our investigation reveals that weak solutions are Hölder continuous when the space dimension $N$ is $2$. This is achieved via an inequality associated with the Stummel-Kato class of functions and refinement of a lemma originally due to S. Campanato and C. B. Morrey (\cite{G}, p. 86).
We prove the continuity of bounded solutions for a wide class of parabolic equations with $(p,q)$-growth $$ u_{t}-{\rm div}\left(g(x,t,|\nabla u|)\,\frac{\nabla u}{|\nabla u|}\right)=0, $$ under the generalized non-logarithmic Zhikov's condition $$ g(x,t,{\rm v}/r)\leqslant c(K)\,g(y,τ,{\rm v}/r), \quad (x,t), (y,τ)\in Q_{r,r}(x_{0},t_{0}), \quad 0<{\rm v}\leqslant Kλ(r), $$ $$ \quad \lim\limits_{r\rightarrow0}λ(r)=0, \quad \lim\limits_{r\rightarrow0} \frac{λ(r)}{r}=+\infty, \quad \int_{0} λ(r)\,\frac{dr}{r}=+\infty. $$ In particular, our results cover new cases of double-phase parabolic equat…
In this paper, we prove gradient continuity estimates for viscosity solutions to $Δ_{p}^N u- u_t= f$ in terms of the scaling critical $L(n+2,1 )$ norm of $f$, where $Δ_{p}^N$ is the game theoretic normalized $p-$Laplacian operator defined in (1.2) below. Our main result, Theorem 2.5 constitutes borderline gradient continuity estimate for $u$ in terms of the modified parabolic Riesz potential $\mathbf{P}^{f}_{n+1}$ as defined in (2.8) below. Moreover, for $f \in L^{m}$ with $m>n+2$, we also obtain Hölder continuity of the spatial gradient of the solution $u$, see Theorem 2.6 below. This improve…
We analyze the dynamics of the flow generated by a nonlinear parabolic problem when some reaction and potential terms are concentrated in a neighborhood of the boundary. We assume that this neighborhood shrinks to the boundary as a parameter εgoes to zero. Also, we suppose that the "inner boundary" of this neighborhood presents a highly oscillatory behavior. Our main goal here is to show the continuity of the family of attractors with respect to ε. Indeed, we prove upper semicontinuity under the usual properties of regularity and dissipativeness and, assuming hyperbolicity of the equilibria, w…
We prove that the moduli of continuity of viscosity solutions to fully nonlinear parabolic partial differential equations are viscosity subsolutions of suitable parabolic equations of one space variable. As applications, we obtain sharp Lipschitz bounds and gradient estimates for fully nonlinear parabolic equations with bounded initial data, via comparison with one-dimensional solutions. This work extends multiple results of Andrews and Clutterbuck for quasilinear equations to fully nonlinear equations.
Here we generalize quasilinear parabolic $p-$Laplacian type equations to obtain the prototype equation as \[ u_t - \text{div} (g(|Du|)/ |Du| \cdot Du) = 0, \] where a nonnegative, increasing, and continuous function $g$ trapped in between two power functions $|Du|^{g_0 -1}$ and $|Du|^{g_1 -1}$ with $1<g_0 \leq g_1 < \infty$. Through this generalization in the setting from Orlicz spaces, we provide a uniform proof with a single geometric setting that a bounded weak solution is locally Hölder continuous considering $1 < g_0 \leq g_1 \leq 2$ and $2 \leq g_0 \leq g_1 < \infty$ separately. By using…
We establish partial regularity for vector-valued solutions to parabolic systems where the coefficients are possibly discontinuous with respect to (x,t). More precisely, we assume a VMO-condition with respect to the (x,t) and continuity with respect to u and prove Hölder continuity of the solutions outside of singular sets.
We bound the modulus of continuity of solutions to quasilinear parabolic equations in one space variable in terms of the initial modulus of continuity and elapsed time. In particular we characterize those equations for which the Lipschitz constants of solutions can be bounded in terms of their initial oscillation and elapsed time.
We consider time-inhomogeneous, second order linear parabolic partial differential equations of the non-divergence type, and assume the ellipticity and the continuity on the coefficient of the second order derivatives and the boundedness on all coefficients. Under the assumptions we show the Hölder continuity of the solution in the spatial component. Furthermore, additionally assuming the Dini continuity of the coefficient of the second order derivative, we have the better continuity of the solution. In the proof, we use a probabilistic method, in particular the coupling method. As a corollary…
This is a note on \cite{LSU} and \cite{FS}. Using their work line by line, we prove the Hölder-continuity of solutions to linear parabolic equations of mixed type, assuming the coefficient of $\frac{\partial}{\partial t}$ has time-derivative bounded from above. On a Kähler manifold, this Hölder estimate works when the metrics possess conic singularities along a normal crossing divisor.
We study the local Hölder continuity and the asymptotic behaviour of solution, $\mathbf{u}=(u^1,\cdots, u^k)$, of the degenerate system \begin{equation*} u^i_t=\nabla\cdot\left(m\,U^{m-1}\nabla u^i\right) \qquad \text{for $m>1$ and $i=1,\cdots,k$ } \end{equation*} which describes the populations density of $k$-species whose diffusion is determined by their total population density $U=u^1+\cdots+u^k$. For the local Hölder continuity, we adopt the intrinsic scaling and iteration arguments of DeGiorgi, Moser, and Dibenedetto. Under some regularity conditions, we also prove that the population den…
This article studies the partial Hölder continuity of weak solutions to certain degenerate parabolic systems whose model is the differentiable parabolic $p(x,t)$-Laplacian system, \begin{equation*}\partial_t u-\operatorname{div}[μ(z)(1+|Du|^2)^{\frac{p(z)-2}{2}}Du]=0,\qquad p(z)\geq2.\end{equation*} Here, the exponential function $p(z)$ satisfies a logarithmic continuity condition. We show that if $μ(z)$ satisfies a certain VMO-type condition, then $u$ is locally Hölder continuous except for a measure zero set.
The global equi-continuity estimate on $L^p$-viscosity solutions of parabolic bilateral obstacle problems with unbounded ingredients is established when obstacles are merely continuous. The existence of $L^p$-viscosity solutions is established via an approximation of given data. The local Hölder continuity estimate on the space derivative of $L^p$-viscosity solutions is shown when the obstacles belong to $C^{1, β}$, and $p>n+2$.
In this paper we study viscosity solutions of semilinear parabolic equations in the Heisenberg group. We show uniqueness of viscosity solutions with exponential growth at space infinity. We also study Lipschitz and horizontal convexity preserving properties under appropriate assumptions. Counterexamples show that in general such properties that are well-known for semilinear and fully nonlinear parabolic equations in the Euclidean spaces do not hold in the Heisenberg group.
We consider the non-degenerate second-order parabolic partial differential equations of non-divergence form with bounded measurable coefficients (not necessary continuous). Under some assumptions it is known that the fundamental solution to the equations exists uniquely, has the Gaussian bounds and is locally Hölder continuous. In the present paper, we concern the Gaussian bounds and the lower bound of the index of the Hölder continuity with respect to the initial point. We use the pinned diffusion processes for the probabilistic representation of the fundamental solutions and apply the coupli…
By borrowing ideas from the parabolic theory, we use a combination of De Giorgi's and Moser's methods to give some remarks on the proof of Hölder continuity of weak solutions of elliptic equations.
We derive sharp estimates on modulus of continuity for solutions of the heat equation on a compact Riemannian manifold with a Ricci curvature bound, in terms of initial oscillation and elapsed time. As an application, we give an easy proof of the optimal lower bound on the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian on such a manifold as a function of diameter.
We give a proof for the Hölder continuity of functions in the parabolic De Giorgi classes in metric measure spaces. We assume the measure to be doubling, to support a weak $(1,p)$-Poincaré inequality and to satisfy the annular decay property.
Locally bounded, local weak solutions to a doubly nonlinear parabolic equation, which models the multi-phase transition of a material, is shown to be locally continuous. Moreover, an explicit modulus of continuity is given. The effect of the $p$-Laplacian type diffusion is also considered.
This note gives a first sufficient condition that insures a non-negative, locally bounded, local solution to a logarithmically singular parabolic equation is continuous at a vanishing point and an estimate of the modulus of continuity is given. Moreover, an estimate of the Hausdorff measure of the set of discontinuity is established.
We prove an estimate on the modulus of continuity at a boundary point of a cylindrical domain for local weak solutions to degenerate parabolic equations of $p$-laplacian type. The estimate is given in terms of a Wiener-type integral, defined by a proper elliptic $p$-capacity.
We prove regularity results such as interior Lipschitz regularity and boundary continuity for the Cauchy-Dirichlet problem associated to a class of parabolic equations inspired by the evolutionary $p$-Laplacian, but extending it at a wide scale. We employ a regularization technique of viscosity-type that we find interesting in itself.
We study the propagation of regularity of solutions to a three dimensional system of linear parabolic PDE known as the kinematic dynamo equations. The divergence free drift velocity is assumed to be at the critical regularity level with respect to the natural scaling of the equations.
We discuss various issues related to the finite-dimensionality of the asymptotic dynamics of solutions of parabolic equations. In particular, we study the regularity of the vector field on the global attractor associated with these equations. We show that certain dissipative partial differential equations possess a linear term that is log-Lipschitz continuous on the attractor. We then prove that this property implies that the associated global attractor $\mathcal A$ lies within a small neighbourhood of a smooth manifold, given as a Lipschitz graph over a finite number of Fourier modes. Consequ…
We prove an estimate on the modulus of continuity at a boundary point of a cylindrical domain for local weak solutions to singular parabolic equations of p-laplacian type. The estimate is given in terms of a Wiener-type integral, defined by a proper elliptic p-capacity.
We study a parabolic equation for the fractional $p-$Laplacian of order $s$, for $p\ge 2$ and $0<s<1$. We provide space-time Hölder estimates for weak solutions, with explicit exponents. The proofs are based on iterated discrete differentiation of the equation in the spirit of J. Moser.
This note is devoted to continuity results of the time derivative of the solution to the one-dimensional parabolic obstacle problem with variable coefficients. It applies to the smooth fit principle in numerical analysis and in financial mathematics. It relies on various tools for the study of free boundary problems: blow-up method, monotonicity formulae, Liouville's results.
Schauder estimates were a historical stepping stone for establishing uniqueness and smoothness of solutions for certain classes of partial differential equations. Since that time, they have remained an essential tool in the field. Roughly speaking, the estimates state that the Hölder continuity of the coefficient functions and inhomogeneous term implies the Hölder continuity of the solution and its derivatives. This document establishes pointwise Schauder estimates for second order "parabolic" equations of the form $$\partial_{t}u(x,t)-\sum_{i,j=1}^{m_1} a_{ij}(x,t)X_iX_ju(x,t)=f(x,t)$$ where …
A Wiener-type condition for the continuity at the boundary points of Q-minima, is established, in terms of the divergence of a suitable Wiener integral.
We prove an estimate on the modulus of continuity at a boundary point of a cylindrical domain for local weak solutions to singular parabolic equations of $p$-laplacian type, with $p$ in the sub-critical range $(1,\frac{2N}{N+1}]$. The estimate is given in terms of a Wiener-type integral, defined by a proper elliptic $p$-capacity.
We investigate linear parabolic, second-order boundary value problems with mixed boundary conditions on rough domains. Assuming only boundedness and ellipticity on the coefficient function and very mild conditions on the geometry of the domain, including a very weak compatibility condition between the Dirichlet boundary part and its complement, we prove Hölder continuity of the solution in space and time.
We introduce elliptic and parabolic $\mathcal{B}_{1}$ classes that generalize the well-known $\mathfrak{B}_{p}$ classes of DeGiorgi, Ladyzhenskaya and Ural'tseva with $p>1$. New classes are applied to prove pointwise continuity of solutions of elliptic and parabolic equations with nonstandard growth conditions. Our considerations cover new cases of variable exponent and $(p, q)$-phase growth including the ,,singular-degenerate'' parabolic case $p<2<q$.
We show that solutions of time-dependent degenerate parabolic equations with super-quadratic growth in the gradient variable and possibly unbounded right-hand side are locally ${\mathcal C}^{0,α}$. Unlike the existing (and more involved) proofs for equations with bounded right-hand side, our arguments rely on constructions of sub- and supersolutions combined with improvement of oscillation techniques.
