The fractional Laplacian $(-Δ)^a$, $a\in(0,1)$, and its generalizations to variable-coefficient $2a$-order pseudodifferential operators $P$, are studied in $L_q$-Sobolev spaces of Bessel-potential type $H^s_q$. For a bounded open set $Ω\subset \mathbb R^n$, consider the homogeneous Dirichlet problem: $Pu =f$ in $Ω$, $u=0$ in $ \mathbb R^n\setminusΩ$. We find the regularity of solutions and determine the exact Dirichlet domain $D_{a,s,q}$ (the space of solutions $u$ with $f\in H_q^s(\overlineΩ)$) in cases where $Ω$ has limited smoothness $C^{1+τ}$, for $2a<τ<\infty $, $0\le s<τ-2a$. Earlier, the regularity and Dirichlet domains were determined for smooth $Ω$ by the second author, and the regularity was found in low-order Hölder spaces for $τ=1$ by Ros-Oton and Serra. The $H_q^s$-results obtained now when $τ<\infty $ are new, even for $(-Δ)^a$. In detail, the spaces $D_{a,s,q}$ are identified as $a$-transmission spaces $H_q^{a(s+2a)}(\overlineΩ)$, exhibiting estimates in terms of $\operatorname{dist}(x,\partialΩ)^a$ near the boundary. The result has required a new development of methods to handle nonsmooth coordinate changes for pseudodifferential operators, which have not been available before; this constitutes another main contribution of the paper.
We study pseudodifferential boundary value problems in the context of the Boutet de Monvel calculus or Green operators, with nonsmooth coefficients on smooth compact manifolds with boundary. In order to have a definition that is independent of the choice of (smooth) coordinates, we prove that nonsmooth Green operators are invariant under smooth coordinate transformations.
Mixed-norm Lebesgue spaces found their place in the study of some questions in the theory of partial differential equations, as can be seen from recent interest in the continuity of certain classes of pseudodifferential operators on these spaces. In this paper, we use some recent advances in the pseudodifferential calculus for nonsmooth symbols to prove the boundedness of pseudodifferential operators with such symbols on mixed-norm Lebesgue spaces.
We prove a comparison theorem for super- and sub-solutions with non-vanishing gradients to semilinear PDEs provided a nonlinearity $f$ is $L^p$ function with $p > 1$. The proof is based on a strong maximum principle for solutions of divergence type elliptic equations with VMO leading coefficients and with lower order coefficients from a Kato class. An application to estimation of periodic water waves profiles is given.
Singular Green operators G appear typically as boundary correction terms in resolvents for elliptic boundary value problems on a domain Ω\subset R^n, and more generally they appear in the calculus of pseudodifferential boundary problems. In particular, the boundary term in a Krein resolvent formula is a singular Green operator. It is well-known in smooth cases that when G is of negative order -t on a bounded domain, its eigenvalues or s-numbers have the behavior (*) s_j(G) \sim c j^{-t/(n-1)} for j\to \infty, governed by the boundary dimension n-1. In some nonsmooth cases, upper estimates (**)…
We consider operators of the form $L=\sum_{i=1}^{n}X_{i}^{2}+X_{0}$ in a bounded domain of R^p where X_0, X_1,...,X_n are nonsmooth Hörmander's vector fields of step r such that the highest order commutators are only Hölder continuous. Applying Levi's parametrix method we construct a local fundamental solution γ for L and provide growth estimates for γ and its first derivatives with respect to the vector fields. Requiring the existence of one more derivative of the coefficients we prove that γ also possesses second derivatives, and we deduce the local solvability of L, constructing, by means o…
Consider the fractional powers $(A_{\operatorname{Dir}})^a$ and $(A_{\operatorname{Neu}})^a$ of the Dirichlet and Neumann realizations of a second-order strongly elliptic differential operator $A$ on a smooth bounded subset $Ω$ of ${\Bbb R}^n$. Recalling the results on complex powers and complex interpolation of domains of elliptic boundary value problems by Seeley in the 1970's, we demonstrate how they imply regularity properties in full scales of $H^s_p$-Sobolev spaces and Hölder spaces, for the solutions of the associated equations. Extensions to nonsmooth situations for low values of $s$ a…
For a strongly elliptic second-order operator $A$ on a bounded domain $Ω\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ it has been known for many years how to interpret the general closed $L_2(Ω)$-realizations of $A$ as representing boundary conditions (generally nonlocal), when the domain and coefficients are smooth. The purpose of the present paper is to extend this representation to nonsmooth domains and coefficients, including the case of Hölder $C^{\frac32+\varepsilon}$-smoothness, in such a way that pseudodifferential methods are still available for resolvent constructions and ellipticity considerations. We show…
Recovering nonsmooth coefficients for higher-order perturbations of a polyharmonic operator
University of Kentucky（肯塔基大学）；Universidad Autónoma de Madrid（马德里自治大学）；Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas, CSIC-UAM-UC3M-UCM（数学科学研究所）；Carthage College（卡里奇学院）
The paper reports on a recent construction of M-functions and Krein resolvent formulas for general closed extensions of an adjoint pair, and their implementation to boundary value problems for second-order strongly elliptic operators on smooth domains. The results are then extended to domains with $C^{1,1}$ Hölder smoothness, by use of a recently developed calculus of pseudodifferential boundary operators with nonsmooth symbols.
We study a partial differential inclusion, driven by the p-Laplacian operator, involving a p-superlinear nonsmooth potential, and subject to Neumann boundary conditions. By means of nonsmooth critical point theory, we prove the existence of at least two constant sign solutions (one positive, the other negative). Then, by applying the nonsmooth Morse relation, we find a third non-zero solution.
We consider a model Venttsel type problem for linear parabolic systems of equations. The Venttsel type boundary condition is fixed on the flat part of the lateral surface of a given cylinder. It is defined by parabolic operator (with respect to the tangential derivatives) and the conormal derivative. The Hölder continuity of a weak solution of the problem is proved under optimal assumptions on the data. In particular, only boundedness in the time variable of the principal matrices of the system and the boundary operator is assumed. All results are obtained by so-called A(t)-caloric method.
We discuss stability of square root domains for uniformly elliptic partial differential operators $L_{a,Ω,Γ} = -\nabla\cdot a \nabla$ in $L^2(Ω)$, with mixed boundary conditions on $\partial Ω$, with respect to additive perturbations. We consider open, bounded, and connected sets $Ω\in \mathbb{R}^n$, $n \in \mathbb{N} \backslash\{1\}$, that satisfy the interior corkscrew condition and prove stability of square root domains of the operator $L_{a,Ω,Γ}$ with respect to additive potential perturbations $V \in L^p(Ω) + L^{\infty}(Ω)$, $p>n/2$. Special emphasis is put on the case of uniformly ellipt…
We extend results of Dos Santos Ferreira-Kenig-Sjoestrand-Uhlmann (math.AP/0601466) to less smooth coefficients, and we show that measurements on part of the boundary for the magnetic Schroedinger operator determine uniquely the magnetic field related to a Hoelder continuous potential. We give a similar result for determining a convection term. The proofs involve Carleman estimates, a smoothing procedure, and an extension of the Nakamura-Uhlmann pseudodifferential conjugation method to logarithmic Carleman weights.
This paper focuses on the analysis of an optimal control problem governed by a nonsmooth quasilinear partial differential equation that models a stationary incompressible shear-thickening fluid. We start by studying the directional differentiability of the non-smooth term within the state equation as a prior step to demonstrate the directional differentiability of the solution operator. Thereafter, we establish a primal first order necessary optimality condition (Bouligand (B) stationarity), which is derived from the directional differentiability of the solution operator. By using a local regu…
We continue the study of the operator of generalized Maxwell equations and completely discover the behavior of the solutions of the time-harmonic equations as the frequency tends to zero. Thereby, we identify degenerate operators in terms of special 'polynomially growing' solutions of a corresponding static problem, which must be added to the 'usual' Neumann series in order to describe the low frequency asymptotic adequately.
We use boundary triples to find a parametrization of all self-adjoint extensions of the magnetic Schrödinger operator, in a quasi-convex domain~$Ω$ with compact boundary, and magnetic potentials with components in $\textrm{W}^{1}_{\infty}(\overlineΩ)$. This gives also a new characterization of all self-adjoint extensions of the Laplacian in nonregular domains. Then we discuss gauge transformations for such self-adjoint extensions and generalize a characterization of the gauge equivalence of the Dirichlet magnetic operator for the Dirichlet Laplacian; the relation to the Aharonov-Bohm effect, i…
We establish some new properties of the Dunkl-Wiener amalgam spaces defined on the real line. These results allow us to obtain the boundedness of Dunkl-type fractional integral and fractional maximal operators in the Dunkl-Fofana spaces.
Recently, many fractional integral operators were introduced by different mathematicians. One of these fractional operators, Atangana-Baleanu fractional integral operator, was defined by Atangana and Baleanu in [2]. In this study, firstly, a new identity by using Atangana-Baleanu fractional integral operators are proved. Then, new fractional integral inequalities have been obtained for convex and concave functions with the help of this identity and some certain integral inequalities
We prove Hardy's inequality for the fractional powers of the generalized sublaplacian and the fractional powers of the Grushin operator. We also find an integral representation and a ground state representation for the fractional powers of generalized sublaplacian.
Applying ideas of fractional analogue of Monge-Ampére operator by L. Caffarelli and F. Charro, we consider an analogue of fractional k-Hessian operators expressed as concave envelopes of fractional linear operators, and reproduce the same regularity results when k=2. Under the set up of global solutions prescribing data at infinity and global barriers, the key estimate is to prove that fractional 2-Hessian operator is strictly elliptic. Then we can apply nonlocal Evans-Krylov theorem to prove such solutions are classical.
We study the boundary integral operator induced from fractional Laplace equation in a bounded Lipschitz domain. As an application, we study the boundary value problem of a fractional Laplace equation.
In this paper, we have introduced the Prabhakar fractional $q$-integral and $q$-differential operators. We first study the semi-group property of the Prabhakar fractional $q$-integral operator, which allowed us to introduce the corresponding $q$-differential operator. Formulas for compositions of $q$-integral and $q$-differential operators are also presented. We show the boundedness of the Prabhakar fractional $q$-integral operator in the class of $q$-integrable functions.
This paper has two main goals. First, we are concerned with the classification of self-adjoint extensions of the Laplacian $-Δ\big|_{C^\infty_0(Ω)}$ in $L^2(Ω; d^n x)$. Here, the domain $Ω$ belongs to a subclass of bounded Lipschitz domains (which we term quasi-convex domains), which contain all convex domains, as well as all domains of class $C^{1,r}$, for $r\in(1/2,1)$. Second, we establish Krein-type formulas for the resolvents of the various self-adjoint extensions of the Laplacian in quasi-convex domains and study the properties of the corresponding Weyl--Titchmarsh operators (or energy-d…
