In this paper we study the resolvent of wave operators on open and bounded Lipschitz domains of $\mathbb{R}^N$ with Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions. We give results on existence and estimates of the resolvent for the real and complex cases.
We establish the $L^p$ resolvent estimates for the Stokes operator in Lipschitz domains in $R^d$, $d\ge 3$ for $|\frac{1}{p}-1/2|< \frac{1}{2d} +ε$. The result, in particular, implies that the Stokes operator in a three-dimensional Lipschitz domain generates a bounded analytic semigroup in $L^p$ for $(3/2)-\varep < p< 3+ε$. This gives an affirmative answer to a conjecture of M. Taylor.
We give an elementary proof of weighted resolvent estimates for the semiclassical Schrödinger operator $-h^2 Δ+ V(x) - E$ in dimension $n \neq 2$, where $h, \, E > 0$. The potential is real-valued, $V$ and $\partial_r V$ exhibit long range decay at infinity, and may grow like a sufficiently small negative power of $r$ as $r \to 0$. The resolvent norm grows exponentially in $h^{-1}$, but near infinity it grows linearly. When $V$ is compactly supported, we obtain linear growth if the resolvent is multiplied by weights supported outside a ball of radius $CE^{-1/2}$ for some $C > 0$. This $E$-depe…
We analyze the inverse problem of identifying the diffusivity coefficient of a scalar elliptic equation as a function of the resolvent operator. We prove that, within the class of measurable coefficients, bounded above and below by positive constants, the resolvent determines the diffusivity in an unique manner. Furthermore we prove that the inverse mapping from resolvent to the coefficient is Lipschitz in suitable topologies. This result plays a key role when applying greedy algorithms to the approximation of parameter-dependent elliptic problems in an uniform and robust manner, independent o…
We study Robin-to-Robin maps, and Krein-type resolvent formulas for Schrödinger operators on bounded Lipschitz domains in $\bbR^n$, $n\ge 2$, with generalized Robin boundary conditions.
We study generalized Robin boundary conditions, Robin-to-Dirichlet maps, and Krein-type resolvent formulas for Schrödinger operators on bounded Lipschitz domains in $\bbR^n$, $n\ge 2$. We also discuss the case of bounded $C^{1,r}$-domains, $(1/2)<r<1$.
We prove a logarithmic local energy decay rate for the wave equation with a wavespeed that is a compactly supported Lipschitz perturbation of unity. The key is to establish suitable resolvent estimates at high and low energy for the meromorphic continuation of the cutoff resolvent. The decay rate is the same as that proved by Burq for a smooth perturbation of the Laplacian outside an obstacle.
We prove resolvent estimates in the Euclidean setting for Schrödinger operators with potentials in Lebesgue spaces: $-Δ+V$. The $(L^{2}, L^{p})$ estimates were already obtained by Blair-Sire-Sogge, but we extend their result to other $(L^{p}, L^{q})$ estimates using their idea and the result and method of Kwon-Lee on non-uniform resolvent estimates in the Euclidean space.
We consider the Stokes resolvent problem in a two-dimensional bounded Lipschitz domain $Ω$ subject to homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. We prove $\mathrm{L}^p$-resolvent estimates for $p$ satisfying the condition $\lvert 1 / p - 1 / 2 \rvert < 1 / 4 + \varepsilon$ for some $\varepsilon > 0$. We further show that the Stokes operator admits the property of maximal regularity and that its $\mathrm{H}^{\infty}$-calculus is bounded. This is then used to characterize domains of fractional powers of the Stokes operator. Finally, we give an application to the regularity theory of weak solutio…
We consider the unitary group for the Schrödinger operator with inverse-square potential. We adapt Combes-Thomas estimates to show that, when restricted to non-radial functions, the operator enjoys much better estimates that mirror those of the Laplacian.
We study resolvent approximations for elliptic differential nonselfadjoint operators with periodic coefficients in the limit of the small period. The class of operators covered by our analysis includes uniformly elliptic families with bounded coefficients and also with unbounded coefficients from the John-Nirenberg space $BMO$ (bounded mean oscillation). We apply the modified method of the first approximation with the usage of Steklov's smoothing.
We study the asymptotic behaviour, as the small parameter $\varepsilon$ tends to zero, of the resolvents of uniformly elliptic second-order differential operators with locally periodic coefficients depending on the slow variable $x$ and the fast variable $x/\varepsilon$, with periodicity only in the fast variable. We provide a construction for the leading terms in the operator asymptotics of these resolvents in the sense of $L^2$-operator-norm convergence with order $\varepsilon^2$ remainder estimates. We apply the modified method of the first approximation with the usage of the shift.
We describe how the global operator induced on the boundary of an asymptotically Minkowski space links two asymptotically hyperbolic spaces and an asymptotically de Sitter space, and compute the scattering operator of the linked problem in terms of the scattering operator of the constituent pieces.
In the whole space $R^d$, $d\ge 2$, we study homogenization of a divergence form elliptic fourth-order operator $A_\varepsilon$ with measurable $\varepsilon$-periodic coefficients, where $\varepsilon$ is a small parameter. For the resolvent $(A_\varepsilon+1)^{-1}$, acting as an operator from $L^2$ to $H^2$, we find an approximation with remainder term of order $O(\varepsilon^2)$ as $\varepsilon$ tends to $0$. Relying on this result, we construct the resolvent approximation with remainder of order $O(\varepsilon^3)$ in the operator $L^2$-norm. We employ two-scale expansions that involve smooth…
We study closed extensions A of an elliptic differential operator on a manifold with conical singularities, acting as an unbounded operator on a weighted L_p-space. Under suitable conditions we show that the resolvent (λ-A)^{-1} exists in a sector of the complex plane and decays like 1/|λ| as |λ| tends to infinity. Moreover, we determine the structure of the resolvent with enough precision to guarantee existence and boundedness of imaginary powers of A. As an application we treat the Laplace-Beltrami operator for a metric with straight conical degeneracy and describe domains yielding maximal r…
It is well known that the resolvent of the free Schrödinger operator on weighted $L^2$ spaces has norm decaying like $λ^{-\frac{1}{2}}$ at energy $λ$. There are several works proving analogous high-frequency estimates for magnetic Schrödinger operators, with large long or short range potentials, in dimensions $n \geq 3$. We prove that the same estimates remain valid in all dimensions $n \geq 2$.
We study the uniform resolvent estimates for Schrödinger operator with a Hardy-type singular potential. Let $\mathcal{L}_V=-Δ+V(x)$ where $Δ$ is the usual Laplacian on $\mathbb{R}^n$ and $V(x)=V_0(θ) r^{-2}$ where $r=|x|, θ=x/|x|$ and $V_0(θ)\in\mathcal{C}^1(\mathbb{S}^{n-1})$ is a real function such that the operator $-Δ_θ+V_0(θ)+(n-2)^2/4$ is a strictly positive operator on $L^2(\mathbb{S}^{n-1})$. We prove some new uniform weighted resolvent estimates and also obtain some uniform Sobolev estimates associated with the operator $\mathcal{L}_V$.
We construct the Schwartz kernel of resolvent and spectral measure for Schrödinger operators on the flat Euclidean cone $(X,g)$, where $X=C(\mathbb{S}_σ^1)=(0,\infty)\times \mathbb{S}_σ^1$ is a product cone over the circle, $\mathbb{S}_σ^1=\R/2πσ\Z$, with radius $σ>0$ and the metric $g=dr^2+r^2 dθ^2$. As products, we prove the dispersive estimates for the Schrödinger and half-wave propagators in this setting.
We study bidomain equations that are commonly used as a model to represent the electrophysiological wave propagation in the heart. We prove existence, uniqueness and regularity of a strong solution in $L^p$ spaces. For this purpose we derive an $L^\infty$ resolvent estimate for the bidomain operator by using a contradiction argument based on a blow-up argument. Interpolating with the standard $L^2$-theory, we conclude that bidomain operators generate $C_0$-analytic semigroups in $L^p$ spaces, which leads to construct a strong solution to a bidomain equation in $L^p$ spaces.
We consider optimization problems for cost functionals which depend on the negative spectrum of Schrödinger operators of the form $-Δ+V(x)$, where $V$ is a potential, with prescribed compact support, which has to be determined. Under suitable assumptions the existence of an optimal potential is shown. This can be applied to interesting cases such as costs functions involving finitely many negative eigenvalues.
In this article we prove $L^p$ estimates for resolvents of Laplace-Beltrami operators on compact Riemannian manifolds, generalizing results of Kenig, Ruiz and Sogge in the Euclidean case and Shen for the torus. We follow Sogge and construct Hadamard's parametrix, then use classical boundedness results on integral operators with oscillatory kernels related to the Carleson and Sjölin condition. Our initial motivation was to obtain $L^p$ Carleman estimates with limiting Carleman weights generalizing those of Jerison and Kenig; we illustrate the pertinence of $L^p$ resolvent estimates by showing t…
In this article, we shall construct the resolvent of Laplacian at high energies near the spectrum on non-product conic manifolds with a single cone tip. Microlocally, the resolvent kernel is the sum of b-pseudodifferential operators, scattering pseudodifferential operators and intersecting Legendrian distributions. As an application, we shall establish Strichartz estimates for Schrödinger equations on non-compact manifolds with multiple non-product conic singularities.
We consider the $0$-order perturbed Lamé operator $-Δ^\ast + V(x)$. It is well known that if one considers the free case, namely $V=0,$ the spectrum of $-Δ^\ast$ is purely continuous and coincides with the non-negative semi-axis. The first purpose of the paper is to show that, at least in part, this spectral property is preserved in the perturbed setting. Precisely, developing a suitable multipliers technique, we will prove the absence of point spectrum for Lamé operator with potentials which satisfy a variational inequality with suitable small constant. We stress that our result also covers c…
We derive lower bounds on the resolvent operator for the linearized steady Boltzmann equation over weighted L1 Banach spaces in velocity, comparable to those derived by Pogan & Zumbrun in an analogous weighted L2 Hilbert space setting. These show in particular that the operator norm of the resolvent kernel is unbounded in Lp(R) for all $1<p \leq \infty$, resolving an apparent discrepancy in behavior between the two settings suggested by previous work.
In this work we extend a variational method to study the approximate controllability and finite dimensional exact controllability ( finite-approximate controllability) for the semilinear evolution equations in Hilbert spaces. We state a useful characterization of the finite-approximate controllability for linear evolution equation in terms of resolvent-like operators. We also find a control so that, in addition to the approximate controllability requirement, it ensures finite dimensional exact controllability. Assuming the approximate controllability of the corresponding linearized equation we…
We give a uniform description of resolvents and complex powers of elliptic semiclassical cone differential operators as the semiclassical parameter $h$ tends to $0$. An example of such an operator is the shifted semiclassical Laplacian $h^2Δ_g+1$ on a manifold $(X, g)$ of dimension $n\geq 3$ with conic singularities. Our approach is constructive and based on techniques from geometric microlocal analysis: we construct the Schwartz kernels of resolvents and complex powers as conormal distributions on a suitable resolution of the space $[0,1)_h\times X\times X$ of $h$-dependent integral kernels; …
We consider general second order uniformly elliptic operators subject to homogeneous boundary conditions on open sets $ϕ(Ω)$ parametrized by Lipschitz homeomorphisms $ϕ$ defined on a fixed reference domain $Ω$. Given two open sets $ϕ(Ω)$, $\tilde ϕ(Ω)$ we estimate the variation of resolvents, eigenvalues and eigenfunctions via the Sobolev norm $\|\tilde ϕ-ϕ\|_{W^{1,p}(Ω)}$ for finite values of $p$, under natural summability conditions on eigenfunctions and their gradients. We prove that such conditions are satisfied for a wide class of operators and open sets, including open sets with Lipschit…
Let X be a compact manifold with boundary, and g a scattering metric on X, which may be either of short range or `gravitational' long range type. Thus, g gives X the geometric structure of a complete manifold with an asymptotically conic end. Let H be an operator of the form $H = Δ+ P$, where $Δ$ is the Laplacian with respect to g and P is a self-adjoint first order scattering differential operator with coefficients vanishing at the boundary of X and satisfying a `gravitational' condition. We define a symbol calculus for Legendre distributions on manifolds with codimension two corners and use …
We describe a simple but surprisingly effective technique of obtaining spectral multiplier results for abstract operators which satisfy the finite propagation speed property for the corresponding wave equation propagator. We show that, in this setting, spectral multipliers follow from resolvent type estimates. The most notable point of the paper is that our approach is very flexible and can be applied even if the corresponding ambient space does not satisfy the doubling condition or if the semigroup generated by an operator is not uniformly bounded. As a corollary we obtain the $L^p$ spectrum …
Sharp resolvent bounds for non-selfadjoint semiclassical elliptic quadratic differential operators are established, in the interior of the range of the associated quadratic symbol.
We first prove semiclassical resolvent estimates for the Schr{ö}dinger operator in R d , d $\ge$ 3, with real-valued potentials which are H{ö}lder with respect to the radial variable. Then we extend these resolvent estimates to exterior domains in R d , d $\ge$ 2, and real-valued potentials which are H{ö}lder with respect to the space variable. As an application, we obtain the rate of the decay of the local energy of the solutions to the wave equation with a refraction index which may be H{ö}lder, Lipschitz or just L $\infty$ .
We prove uniform $L^p$ estimates for resolvents of higher order elliptic self-adjoint differential operators on compact manifolds without boundary, generalizing a corresponding resul of [3] in the case of Laplace-- Beltrami operators on Riemannian manifolds. In doing so, we follow the methods, developed in [1] very closely. We also show that spectral regions in our $L^p$ resolvent estimates are optimal.
We study resolvent estimates for non-selfadjoint semiclassical pseudodifferential operators with double characteristics. Assuming that the quadratic approximation along the double characteristics is elliptic, we obtain polynomial upper bounds on the resolvent in a suitable region inside the pseudospectrum.
In this paper we study the spectral property of a Fokker-Planck operator with potential. By virtue of a multiplier method inspired by Nicolas Lerner, we obtain new compactness criteria for its resolvent, involving the control of the positive eigenvalues of the Hessian matrix of the potential.
In this paper we prove a subelliptic resolvent estimate for a class of semiclassical non-self-adjoint Schrödinger operators with purely imaginary potentials when the spectral parameter is in a parabolic neighborhood of the imaginary axis.
We construct a parametrix of a resolvent of elliptic differential operators acting on half-densities on manifolds with ends. The construction is carried out by introducing suitable pseudodifferential operators compatible with the end structure. Our class of pseudodifferential operators and symbols is independent of the choice of Riemannian metric on the manifold and applicable to both of asymptotically conical and hyperbolic manifolds. As an application, we prove the essential self-adjointness of elliptic symmetric differential operators on manifolds.
In this paper we study the Fokker-Planck operator with potential V(x), and analyze some kind of conditions imposed on the potential to ensure the validity of global hypoelliptic estimates. As a consequence, we obtain the compactness of resolvent of the Fokker-Planck operator if either the Witten Laplacian on 0-forms has a compact resolvent or some additional assumption on the behavior of the potential at infinity is fulfilled. This work improves the previous results of Hérau-Nier and Helffer-Nier, by obtaining a better global hypoelliptic estimate under weaker assumptions on the potential.
We study the $L^p-L^q$-type uniform resolvent estimates for 2D-Schrödinger operators in scaling-critical magnetic fields, involving the Aharonov-Bohm model as a main example. As an application, we prove localization estimates for the eigenvalue of some non self-adjoint zero-order perturbations of the magnetic Hamiltonian.
We study resolvents and spectral projections for quadratic differential operators under an assumption of partial ellipticity. We establish exponential-type resolvent bounds for these operators, including Kramers-Fokker-Planck operators with quadratic potentials. For the norms of spectral projections for these operators, we obtain complete asymptotic expansions in dimension one, and for arbitrary dimension, we obtain exponential upper bounds and the rate of exponential growth in a generic situation. We furthermore obtain a complete characterization of those operators with orthogonal spectral pr…
We study the resolvent of the massive Dirac operator in the Schwarzschild-Anti-de Sitter space-time. After separation of variables, we use standard one dimensional techniques to obtain an explicit formula. We then make use of this formula to extend the resolvent meromorphically accross the real axis.
In this paper, we consider the Lamé operator $-Δ^\ast$ and study resolvent estimate, uniform Sobolev estimate, and Carleman estimate for $-Δ^\ast$. First, we obtain sharp $L^p$--$L^q$ resolvent estimates for $-Δ^\ast$ for admissible $p,q$. This extends the particular case $q=\frac p{p-1}$ due to Barceló et al. \cite{BFPRV} and Cossetti \cite{Co19}. Secondly, we show failure of uniform Sobolev estimate and Carleman estimate for $-Δ^\ast$. For the purpose we directly analyze the Fourier multiplier of the resolvent. This allows us to prove not only the upper bound but also the lower bound on the …
In this note, we prove the uniform resolvent estimate of the discrete Schrödinger operator with dimension three. To do this, we show a Fourier decay of the surface measure on the Fermi surface.
Given a symmetric, semi-bounded, second order elliptic differential operator on a bounded domain with $C^{1,1}$ boundary, we provide a Krein-type formula for the resolvent difference between its Friedrichs extension and an arbitrary self-adjoint one.
The compression of the resolvent of a non-self-adjoint Schrödinger operator $-Δ+V$ onto a subdomain $Ω\subset\mathbb R^n$ is expressed in a Krein-Naimark type formula, where the Dirichlet realization on $Ω$, the Dirichlet-to-Neumann maps, and certain solution operators of closely related boundary value problems on $Ω$ and $\mathbb R^n\setminus\overlineΩ$ are being used. In a more abstract operator theory framework this topic is closely connected and very much inspired by the so-called coupling method that has been developed for the self-adjoint case by Henk de Snoo and his coauthors.
The Stokes resolvent problem $λu - Δu + \nabla ϕ= f$ with $\mathrm{div}(u) = 0$ subject to homogeneous Dirichlet or homogeneous Neumann-type boundary conditions is investigated. In the first part of the paper we show that for Neumann-type boundary conditions the operator norm of $\mathrm{L}^2_σ (Ω) \ni f \mapsto π\in \mathrm{L}^2 (Ω)$ decays like $\lvert λ\rvert^{- 1 / 2}$ which agrees exactly with the scaling of the equation. In comparison to that, we show that the operator norm of this mapping under Dirichlet boundary conditions decays like $\lvert λ\rvert^{- α}$ for $0 \leq α< 1 / 4$ and we…
We prove $L^p$ and smoothing estimates for the resolvent of magnetic Schrödinger operators. We allow electromagnetic potentials that are small perturbations of a smooth, but possibly unbounded background potential. As an application, we prove an estimate on the location of eigenvalues of magnetic Schrödinger and Pauli operators with complex electromagnetic potentials.