We prove a sharp Hölder estimate for solutions of linear two-dimensional, divergence form elliptic equations with measurable coefficients, such that the matrix of the coefficients is symmetric and has {\em unit determinant}. Our result extends some previous work by Piccinini and Spagnolo. The proof relies on a sharp Wirtinger type inequality.
Improved Regularity for Nonlocal Hamilton--Jacobi Equations with Superlinear Hamiltonians
Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Sorbonne Université(巴黎西岱大学、法国国家科学研究中心、索邦大学);O. Mayer Mathematics Institute, Romanian Academy(罗马尼亚科学院 O. Mayer 数学研究所);Univ Rennes, INSA Rennes, CNRS(雷恩大学、雷恩国立应用科学学院、法国国家科学研究中心)
We consider a function which is a viscosity solution of a uniformly elliptic equation only at those points where the gradient is large. We prove that the H{ö}lder estimates and the Harnack inequality, as in the theory of Krylov and Safonov, apply to these functions.
We prove Poisson upper bounds for the heat kernel of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann operator with variable H{ö}lder coefficients when the underlying domain is bounded and has a C 1+$κ$-boundary for some $κ$ > 0. We also prove a number of other results such as gradient estimates for heat kernels and Green functions G of elliptic operators with possibly complex-valued coefficients. We establish H{ö}lder continuity of $\nabla$ x $\nabla$ y G up to the boundary. These results are used to prove L p-estimates for commutators of Dirichlet-to-Neumann operators on the boundary of C 1+$κ$-domains. Such estima…
Investigating for interior regularity of viscosity solutions to the fully nonlinear elliptic equation $$F(x,u,\triangledown u,\triangledown ^2 u)=0,$$ we establish the interior $C^{1+1}$ continuity under the assumptions that $F$ is uniformly elliptic, H$\ddot o$lder continuous and satisfies the natural structure conditions of fractional order, but without the concavity assumption of $F$. These assumptions are weaker and the result is stronger than that of Caffarelli and Wang[1], Chen[2].
Multi-wave inverse problems are indirect imaging methods using the interaction of two different imaging modalities. One brings spatial accuracy, and the other contrast sensitivity. The inversion method typically involve two steps. The first step is devoted to accessing internal datum of quantities related to the unknown parameters being observed. The second step involves recovering the parameters themselves from the internal data. To perform that inversion, a typical requirement is that the Jacobian of fields involved does not vanish. A number of authors have considered this problem in the pas…
We provide here some sharp Schauder estimates for degenerate PDEs of Kolmogorov type when the coefficients lie in some suitable anisotropic H{ö}lder spaces and the first order term is non-linear and unbounded. We proceed through a perturbative approach based on forward parametrix expansions. Due to the low regularizing properties of the degenerate variables, for the procedure to work, we heavily exploit duality results between appropriate Besov spaces. Our method can be seen as constructive and provides, even in the non-degenerate case, an alternative approach to Schauder estimates.
We report on recent results and a new line of research at the crossroad of two major theories in the analysis of partial differential equations. The celebrated De Giorgi-Nash-Moser theory shows H{ö}lder estimates and the Harnack inequality for uniformly elliptic or parabolic equations with rough coefficients in divergence form. The theory of hypoellipticity of H{ö}rmander shows, under general "bracket" conditions, the regularity of solutions to partial differential equations combining first and second order derivative operators when ellipticity fails in some directions. We discuss recent exten…
We extend the De Giorgi--Nash--Moser theory to a class of kinetic Fokker-Planck equations and deduce new results on the Landau-Coulomb equation. More precisely, we first study the H{ö}lder regularity and establish a Harnack inequality for solutions to a general linear equation of Fokker-Planck type whose coefficients are merely measurable and essentially bounded, i.e. assuming no regularity on the coefficients in order to later derive results for non-linear problems. This general equation has the formal structure of the hypoelliptic equations "of type II" , sometimes also called ultraparabolic…
In this paper we deal with nonnegative distributional supersolutions for a class of linear elliptic equations involving inverse-square potentials and logarithmic weights. We prove sharp nonexistence results.
We study nonexistence and existence of nontrivial positive solutions to the following semilinear elliptic inequality involving gradient terms \[ Δu+u^p\left|\nabla u\right|^q\leq0, \] on weighted graphs, where $(p,q)\in\mathbb{R}^2$. We give a complete classification of $(p,q)$ under which sharp volume growth assumptions are established.
We consider a second-order selfadjoint elliptic operator with an anisotropic diffusion matrix having a jump across a smooth hypersurface. We prove the existence of a weight-function such that a Carleman estimate holds true. We moreover prove that the conditions imposed on the weight function are necessary.
We obtain optimal boundary and global regularity estimates for viscosity solutions of fully nonlinear elliptic equations whose ellipticity degenerates at the critical points of a given solution. We show that any solution is $C^{1,α}$ on the boundary of the domain, for an optimal and explicit $α$ given only in terms of the regularity of the boundary datum and the elliptic degeneracy degree, no matter how possibly low is the interior regularity for that class of equations. We also obtain sharp global estimates. Our findings are new even for model equations, involving only a degenerate Laplacian;…
We show, using symmetrization techniques, that it is possible to prove a comparison principle (we are mainly focused on $L^1$ comparison) between solutions to an elliptic partial differential equation on a smooth bounded set $Ω$ with a rather general boundary condition, and solutions to a suitable related problem defined on a ball having the same volume as $Ω$. This includes for instance mixed problems where Dirichlet boundary conditions are prescribed on part of the boundary, while Robin boundary conditions are prescribed on its complement.
We prove a sharp three sphere inequality for solutions to third order perturbations of a product of two second order elliptic operators with real coefficients. Then we derive various kinds of quantitative estimates of unique continuation for the anisotropic plate equation. Among these, we prove a stability estimate for the Cauchy problem for such an equation and we illustrate some applications to the size estimates of an unknown inclusion made of different material that might be present in the plate. The paper is self-contained and the Carleman estimate, from which the sharp three sphere inequ…
We prove a self-improving property for reverse H{ö}lder inequalities with non-local right hand side. We attempt to cover all the most important situations that one encounters when studying elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations as well as certain fractional equations. We also consider non-local extensions of A$\infty$ weights. We write our results in spaces of homogeneous type.
In this paper, we prove sharp estimates and existence results for anisotropic nonlinear elliptic problems with lower order terms depending on the gradient. Our prototype is: $ \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} -\mathcal Q_{p}u =[H(Du)]^{q}+f(x) &\text{in }Ω,\\ u=0&\text{on }\partialΩ. \end{array} \right. $ Here $Ω$ is a bounded open set of $\mathbb R^{N}$, $N\ge 2$, $0<p-1<q\le p<N$, and $\mathcal Q_{p}$ is the anisotropic operator $ \mathcal Q_{p} u ={\rm div}\left( [H(Du)]^{p-1}H_ξ(Du) \right)$, where $H$ is a suitable norm of $\mathbb R^{N}$. Moreover, $f$ belongs to an appropriate Marcinkiewicz sp…
In this paper we study optimal lower and upper bounds for functionals involving the first Dirichlet eigenvalue $λ_{F}(p,Ω)$ of the anisotropic $p$-Laplacian, $1<p<+\infty$. Our aim is to enhance how, by means of the $\mathcal P$-function method, it is possible to get several sharp estimates for $λ_{F}(p,Ω)$ in terms of several geometric quantities associated to the domain. The $\mathcal P$-function method is based on a maximum principle for a suitable function involving the eigenfunction and its gradient.
This paper is devoted to the study of semi-stable radial solutions $u\in H^1(B_1)$ of $-Δu=g(u) {in} B_1\setminus \{0\}$, where $g\in C^1(R)$ is a general nonlinearity and $B_1$ is the unit ball of $R^N$. We establish sharp pointwise estimates for such solutions. As an application of these results, we obtain optimal pointwise estimates for the extremal solution and its derivatives (up to order three) of the semilinear elliptic equation $-Δu=λf(u)$, posed in $B_1$, with Dirichlet data $u|_{\partial B_1}=0$, and a continuous, positive, nondecreasing and convex function $f$ on $[0,\infty)$ such t…
We consider the equation $-Δu= |x|^α|u|^{p-1}u$ for any $α\geq 0$, either in $\mathbb R^2$ or in the unit ball $B$ of $\mathbb R^2$ centered at the origin with Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions. We give a sharp description of the asymptotic behavior as $p\rightarrow +\infty$ of all the radial solutions to these problems. In particular, we show that there is no uniform a priori bound (in $p$) for nodal solutions under Neumann or Dirichlet boundary conditions. This contrasts with the recently shown fact that positive solutions have uniform a priori bounds for $α=0$ and Dirichlet boundary …
We study the quantitative unique continuation property of some higher order elliptic operators. In the case of $P=(-Δ)^m$, where $m$ is a positive integer, we derive lower bounds of decay at infinity for any nontrivial solutions under some general assumptions. Furthermore, in dimension 2, we can obtain essentially sharp lower bounds for some forth order elliptic operators, the sharpness is shown by constructing a Meshkov type example.
Sharp gradient bounds for uniformly elliptic PDE, eigenvalue asymptotics, and the Landis conjecture
PUC-Rio, Departamento de Matematica(天主教巴西里约热内卢大学数学系);Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, CNRS UMR 7539, Laboratoire Analyse, Géométrie et Applications(索邦巴黎北大学、法国国家科学研究中心7539联合研究单位分析几何与应用实验室)
In this paper, we study quasilinear elliptic equations with the nonlinearity modelled after the $p(x)$-Laplacian on nonsmooth domains and obtain sharp Calderón-Zygmund type estimates in the variable exponent setting. In a recent work of \cite{BO}, the estimates obtained were strictly above the natural exponent and hence there was a gap between the natural energy estimates and estimates above $p(x)$, see \eqref{energy_introduction} and \eqref{byun_ok_estimate}. Here, we bridge this gap to obtain the end point case of the estimates obtained in \cite{BO}, see \eqref{our_estimate}. In order to do …
In this survey we formulate our results on different forms of maximum principles for linear elliptic equations and systems. We start with necessary and sufficient conditions for validity of the classical maximum modulus principle for solutions of second order strongly elliptic systems. This principle holds under rather heavy restrictions on the coefficients of the systems, for instance, it fails for the Stokes and Lamé systems. Next, we turn to sharp constants in more general maximum principles due to S. Agmon and C. Miranda. We consider higher order elliptic equations, Stokes and Lamé systems…
In this article we establish sharp $C^{1,α}$ estimates for weak solutions of singular and degenerate quasilinear elliptic equation $$-\,div\, a(x, \nabla u) = f,$$ which includes the standard $p$-laplacean equation with varying coefficients as a special case. The sharp exponent $α$ is asymptotically optimal and is determined by the Hölder regularity of the coefficients, the exponent $p$ and the $q$-integrability of the source term $f$.
We establish sharp $W^{2,p}$ regularity estimates for viscosity solutions of fully nonlinear elliptic equations under minimal, asymptotic assumptions on the governing operator $F$. By means of geometric tangential methods, we show that if the {\it recession} of the operator $F$ -- formally given by $F^*(M):=\infty^{-1} F(\infty M)$ -- is convex, then any viscosity solution to the original equation $F(D^2u) = f(x)$ is locally of class $W^{2,p}$, provided $f\in L^p$, $p>d$, with appropriate universal estimates. Our result extends to operators with variable coefficients and in this setting they a…
In this manuscript we study geometric regularity estimates for problems driven by fully nonlinear elliptic operators under strong absorption conditions. We establish improved geometric regularity along the free boundary, for a sharp value depending only on structural parameters. Non degeneracy among others measure theoretical properties are also obtained. A sharp Liouville result for entire solutions with controlled growth at infinity is proved. We also present a number of applications consequential of our findings.
We introduce a new condition on elliptic operators $L= {1/2}\triangle + b \cdot \nabla $ which ensures the validity of the Liouville property for bounded solutions to $Lu=0$ on $\R^d$. Such condition is sharp when $d=1$. We extend our Liouville theorem to more general second order operators in non-divergence form assuming a Cordes type condition.
The purpose of this note is to prove sharp Strichartz estimates with derivative losses for the non elliptic Schrodinger equation posed on the 2 dimensional torus.
We prove sharp stability estimates for the variation of the eigenvalues of non-negative self-adjoint elliptic operators of arbitrary even order upon variation of the open sets on which they are defined. These estimates are expressed in terms of the Lebesgue measure of the symmetric difference of the open sets. Both Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions are considered.
Given $B_1(0)$ the unit ball of $\mathbb{R}^n$ ($n\geq 3$), we study smooth positive singular solutions $u\in C^2(B_1(0)\setminus \{0\})$ to $-Δu=\frac{u^{2^\star(s)-1}}{|x|^s}-μu^q$. Here $0< s<2$, $2^\star(s):=2(n-s)/(n-2)$ is critical for Sobolev embeddings, $q>1$ and $μ> 0$. When $μ=0$ and $s=0$, the profile at the singularity $0$ was fully described by Caffarelli-Gidas-Spruck. We prove that when $μ>0$ and $s>0$, besides this profile, two new profiles might occur. We provide a full description of all the singular profiles. Special attention is accorded to solutions such that $\liminf_{x\to…
We study the solvability in the whole Euclidean space of coercive quasi-linear and fully nonlinear elliptic equations modeled on $Δu\pm g(|\nabla u|)= f(u)$, $u\ge0$, where $f$ and $g$ are increasing continuous functions. We give conditions on $f$ and $g$ which guarantee the availability or the absence of positive solutions of such equations in $\R^N$. Our results considerably improve the existing ones and are sharp or close to sharp in the model cases. In particular, we completely characterize the solvability of such equations when $f$ and $g$ have power growth at infinity. We also derive a s…
We establish sharp global regularity results for solutions to nonhomogeneous, nonunifomrly elliptic systems with zero boundary conditions. In particular, we obtain everywhere Lipschitz continuity under borderline Lorentz assumptions on the forcing term, thus positively settling the optimality issue raised in \cite{bdms}.
We investigate the homogeneous Dirichlet problem in uniformly convex domains for a large class of degenerate elliptic equations with singular zero order term. In particular we establish sharp existence and uniqueness results of positive viscosity solutions.
We consider elliptic equations in planar domains with mixed boundary conditions of Dirichlet-Neumann type. Sharp asymptotic expansions of the solutions and unique continuation properties from the Dirichlet-Neumann junction are proved.
In this paper we prove the validity of Gibbons' conjecture for a coupled competing Gross-Pitaevskii system. We also provide sharp a priori bounds, regularity results and additional Liouville-type theorems.
We study radial symmetry of large solutions of the semi-linear elliptic problem Δu + \nabla h.\nabla u = f(|x|,u), and we provide sharp conditions under which the problem has a radial solution. The result is independent of the rate of growth of the solution at infinity.
We use "generalized" version of total variation, coarea formulas, isoperimetric inequalities to obtain sharp estimates for solutions (and for their gradients) to anisotropic elliptic equations with a lower order term, comparing them with the solutions to the convex symmetrized ones.
This article concerns optimal estimates for non-homogeneous degenerate elliptic equation with source functions in borderline spaces of integrability. We deliver sharp Hölder continuity estimates for solutions to $p$-degenerate elliptic equations in rough media with sources in the weak Lebesgue space $L_\text{weak}^{\frac{n}{p} + ε}$. For the borderline case, $f \in L_\text{weak}^{\frac{n}{p}}$, solutions may not be bounded; nevertheless we show that solutions have bounded mean oscillation, in particular John-Nirenberg's exponential integrability estimates can be employed. All the results prese…