Lectures on the Kato square root problem

Weighted $L^p$ Estimates of Kato Square Roots Associated to Degenerate Elliptic Operators

Let $w$ be a Muckenhoupt $A_2(\mathbb{R}^n)$ weight and $L_w:=-w^{-1}\mathop\mathrm{div}(A\nabla)$ the degenerate elliptic operator on the Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^n$, $n\geq 2$. In this article, the authors establish some weighted $L^p$ estimates of Kato square roots associated to the degenerate elliptic operators $L_w$. More precisely, the authors prove that, for $w\in A_{p}(\mathbb{R}^n)$, $p\in(\frac{2n}{n+1},\,2]$ and any $f\in C^\infty_c(\mathbb{R}^n)$, $\|L_w^{1/2}(f)\|_{L^p(w,\,\mathbb{R}^n)}\sim \|\nabla f\|_{L^p(w,\,\mathbb{R}^n)}$, where $C_c^\infty(\mathbb{R}^n)$ denotes the set…

非散度型椭圆算子的Kato问题研究

On the Kato problem for elliptic operators in non-divergence form

本文研究非散度型二阶椭圆算子及其规范化伴随算子的Kato平方根问题，给出适用于小BMO范数实系数情形的结果，且相关估计不依赖系数光滑性假设。

On a quadratic estimate related to the Kato conjecture and boundary value problems

We provide a direct proof of a quadratic estimate that plays a central role in the determination of domains of square roots of elliptic operators and, as shown more recently, in some boundary value problems with $L^2$ boundary data. We develop the application to the Kato conjecture and to a Neumann problem. This quadratic estimate enjoys some equivalent forms in various settings. This gives new results in the functional calculus of Dirac type operators on forms.

On the Kato problem and extensions for degenerate elliptic operators

We study the Kato problem for degenerate divergence form operators. This was begun by Cruz-Uribe and Rios who proved that given an operator $L_w=-w^{-1}{\rm div}(A\nabla)$, where $w\in A_2$ and $A$ is a $w$-degenerate elliptic measure (i.e, $A=w\,B$ with $B$ an $n\times n$ bounded, complex-valued, uniformly elliptic matrix), then $L_w$ satisfies the weighted estimate $\|\sqrt{L_w}f\|_{L^2(w)}\approx\|\nabla f\|_{L^2(w)}$. Here we solve the $L^2$-Kato problem: under some additional conditions on the weight $w$, the following unweighted $L^2$-Kato estimates hold $$ \|L_w^{1/2}f\|_{L^2(\mathbb{R}…

Lp-estimates for the square root of elliptic systems with mixed boundary conditions

This article focuses on Lp-estimates for the square root of elliptic systems of second order in divergence form on a bounded domain. We treat complex bounded measurable coefficients and allow for mixed Dirichlet/Neumann boundary conditions on domains beyond the Lipschitz class. If there is an associated bounded semigroup on Lp0 , then we prove that the square root extends for all p $\in$ (p0, 2) to an isomorphism between a closed subspace of W1p carrying the boundary conditions and Lp. This result is sharp and extrapolates to exponents slightly above 2. As a byproduct, we obtain an optimal p-i…

A local Tb theorem for matrix weighted paraproducts

We prove a local $Tb$ theorem for paraproducts acting on vector valued functions, with matrix weighted averaging operators. The condition on the weight is that its square is in the $L_2$ associated matrix $A_\infty$ class. We also introduce and use a new matrix reverse Hölder class. This result generalizes the previously known case of scalar weights from the proof of the Kato square root problem, as well as the case of diagonal weights, recently used in the study of boundary value problems for degenerate elliptic equations.

Conical square functions for degenerate elliptic operators

The aim of this paper is to study the boundedness of different conical square functions that arise naturally from second order divergence form degenerate elliptic operators. More precisely, let $L_w=w^{-1}\,{\rm div}(w\,A\,\nabla)$ where $w\in A_2$ and $A$ is an $n\times n$ bounded, complex-valued, uniformly elliptic matrix. D. Cruz-Uribe and C. Rios solved the $L^2(w)$-Kato square root problem obtaining that $\sqrt{L_w}$ is equivalent to the gradient on $L^2(w)$. The same authors in collaboration with the second named author of this paper studied the $L^p(w)$-boundedness of operators that are…