Questions tagged [elliptic-pde]
Questions about partial differential equations of elliptic type. Often used in combination with the top-level tag ap.analysis-of-pdes.
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Is the evaluation map from harmonic forms on the torus surjective on flat neighbourhoods?
In a nutshell:
Given a metric on the torus $\mathbb{T}^n$, can we extend any element $\sigma \in \bigwedge^k T_p^*\mathbb{T}^n$ to a global harmonic form?
Let $\mathbb{T}^n$ be the $n$-Torus. Fix ...
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Does a suitable famlly of eigenvectors of non self-adjoint operators, sufficiently close to an adjoint one, form a basis?
It is very well known that if $A\in L^\infty(B_1;\mathbb R ^{d\times d})$ is a positive definite symmetric matrix, the eigenvalue of the self adjoint operator $H^2(B_1)\cap H^1_0(B_1)\to L^2(B_1)$
$$T:...
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Stable region of minimal hypersurfaces with finite Morse index
In this Inventiones Mathematicae paper, Fischer-Colbrie proved the following result (Proposition 1):
Proposition: Let $ M$ be a complete two-sided minimal surface in a three manifold $N$. Then if $M$...
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$W^{k,1}$ regularity for elliptic equations
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded region in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and assume $u$ is a solutions of $\nabla \cdot (a \nabla u)=f$ with $a>c>0$ in $\Omega$, where $a\in C^k(\bar{\Omega})$. Is the following ...
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$L^p$-estimates for elliptic pseudodifferential operators
Assume we have an pseudodifferential operator
$P:\mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R}^n) \rightarrow \mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R}^n), Pf(x) = (2\pi)^{-n/2}\int\mathrm{d}\xi\; p(x,\xi)\,\hat{f}(\xi)e^{i\xi x}$
acting on ...
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Gradient estimate for elliptic equation
Given:
1)a bounded domain $\Omega$ in $\mathbb R^n$ of class $\mathcal{C}^{\infty}$
2) the function $f\in L^{\infty}(\Omega)$ with $\int_{\Omega} f=0$
3)$g=(g_i,\ldots,g_n)\in \mathcal{C}^\alpha(\...
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Analytical solution of diffusion PDE with Robin boundary condition
I need to find the analytical solution of the time-independent diffusion equation with constant coefficients on the unit disk $\Omega$ with subject to Robin boundary conditions. The formulation is as ...
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significance of the Fučík spectrum
The Fučík spectrum seems to gain momentum among people working on spectral theory, with almost 300 articles published on this topic over the last 5 years, according to Google scholar. There exist ...
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Please recommend some literature on the systematical theory of the elliptic systems!
Now I'm interested in the theory of elliptic systems, for example, both the linear and nonlinear case, the exsitence and regularity results, and is there a Fredholm alternative result for the linear ...
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$L^2$ regularity theory for elliptic equations: Is there another method other that the difference quotient method? Reference request
So i'm interested in the following classical theorem or similar variants.
Consider the following elliptic PDE
$$
-D_\alpha(a^{ij}D_\beta u) = f.
$$
If we assume that the coefficients $a^{ij}$ are ...
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Explicit constants for elliptic a priori estimates
Let $V$, $W$ be vector bundles over a compact Riemannian manifold $M$ and let $F$ be a smooth elliptic operator of order $k$ from $V$ to $W$.
"Standard elliptic theory" then gives us the ...
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A scaled fractional ''Sobolev inequality''
Does a fractional interpolation inequality similar to $$
\int_{B_R(0)} |u| dx \le C R^{2} \sqrt{\log(2R)} \Big( \int_{\mathbb R^2}\int_{\mathbb R^2} \frac{|u(x)-u(y)|^2}{|x-y|^{2+2s}} dxdy + \int_{B_1(...
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Strong maximum principle for a PDE with coefficient in $L^1$
Let $U$ be a bounded open subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$ with smooth boundary, $n \geq 3$. Set $N = \frac{2n}{n-2}$. I am interested in the following equation:
$$
-\Delta \phi + R \phi + \phi^{N-1} = 0
$$
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Is this a pseudodifferential operator?
Let $M$ be a non-compact manifold and $D$ a first-order self-adjoint elliptic differential operator on $M$. Then is the bounded operator
$$A:=\sqrt{(D^2+1)^{-1}}:L^2(M)\rightarrow H^1(M)$$
a ...
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Regularity up to the boundary for the Poisson problem
It seems that the following assertion is widely accepted:
For $k\in\mathbb N$, $p\geq 2$, $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^n$ bounded with $\partial\Omega\in C^{k+2}$ and $f\in W^{k,p}(\Omega)$, the weak ...
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Modified mean value property
Let $L=\Delta + c$ in 3 dimensions, where $c$ is a positive constant.
I met this modified mean value property of a solution $u$ of $Lu=0$ as
$$u(\xi)=\frac{\sqrt{c}\rho}{sin(\sqrt{c}\rho)}\frac{1}{4\...
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What can we say about the boundary of the level set of a Sobolev function?
I'm a beginner of the area of free boundary problem. Let me first give some background:
$\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ is an open connected set, and locally $\partial \Omega$ is a Lipschitz graph.
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Structure of sign changes under the heat flow
Let $f$ be a smooth function on $R^2$, and define $N_f$ to be the set of points $p$ such that the nodal set of $f$ ($\{x\in R^2: f(x)=0\}$) divided every neighborhood of $p$ into four regions. Indeed, ...
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Gradient elliptic estimate
Consider the half space $\Omega=\{x=(x_1,...,x_N)\in\mathbb{R}^N:x_N>0\}$. Let $u\in C^2(\Omega)\cap C(\overline{\Omega})$ a positive bounded solution of
$$
\begin{eqnarray*}
\Delta u+f(x_N,u)=0, &...
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Green's function for *GJMS* operator
Consider a Riemannian manifold $(M^n, g)$ of dimension $n$ with a metric $g$. We assume $M$ to be closed (compact without boundary). Let's not assume any hypothesis on the Yamabe invariant of the ...
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Sobolev embedding on sphere
Let $S$ be a two-dimensional sphere, $\Delta$ be the Laplace-Beltrami operator on $S$ and $L^p(S)$, $p\geq 1$, be the usual $L^p$ space of real-valued functions on $S$. We also set $\|f\|_{H^\alpha(S)}...
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Spectrum of an elliptic operator in divergence form with a reflecting boundary condition
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded open domain and $v:\Omega\to\mathbb{R}^n$. Consider the following elliptic operator in divergence form, defined on smooth functions $u: \Omega \to \mathbb{R}$
\begin{align}
L ...
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Can harmonic maps with immersive boundary conditions have singular points?
Let $\mathbb D^2$ be the closed unit disk in $\mathbb R^2$. Let $f:\mathbb D^2 \to \mathbb{R}^2$ be a real-analytic orientation preserving immersion, and let $\omega:\mathbb D^2 \to \mathbb{R}^2$ be ...
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Gaussian bounds for the heat kernel of regular domains in Riemannian manifolds
In "Heat Kernels and Spectral Theory" Davies constructs upper and lower bounds for the kernels associated to Dirichlet elliptic operators on regular domains of $\mathbb R^n$. Has anybody done the same ...
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Interior elliptic regularity in W^{k,1} spaces
In the context of a second-order linear elliptic PDE with smooth coefficients for a function $u: \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}$, the interior $W^{k,p}$ regularity theorems I have seen in the literature ...
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regularity of solutions of fractional laplacian
Hello, I am looking for boundary regularity of solutions of $(-\Delta)^s u= f(x)$ in $\Omega$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions and where $f $ is nice enough say $f\in C^{1,\alpha}(\overline\Omega)$. ...
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A moving boundary in rock mechanics
I'm concern a moving boundary problem in rock mechanics.
We consider a problem of unsaturated flow of an in-compressible fluid in a
porous medium(rock) like D. Moreover suppose that support of a ...
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Elliptic regularity and Sobolev spaces
Consider a linear partial differential operator $D:C^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^{d})\to C^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^{d})$, i.e.
$$D=\sum_{\alpha\in\mathbb{N}^{d}}a^{\alpha}(x)\partial^{\alpha}_{x}$$
where $a$ are ...
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Non-uniqueness of solutions to a simple nonlinear elliptic PDE in $\mathbb R^n$
My question is about non-uniqueness of solutions of an elliptic PDE in $\mathbb R^n$ with source term in a scaling-subcritical space (regular, but with too slow decay at infinity), and with some nice ...
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Standard 2-instantons on the 4-sphere under conformal transformation
It is well-known that there is a standard SU(2) 1-instanton on the 4-sphere and any 1-instanton can be obtained from the standard one by conformal transformation. Is there any explicit (family of) &...
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When are nodal lines on a sphere geodesics?
Let $(S^2, g)$ be a Riemannian sphere and let $L := \Delta_{S^2} + q$ be a Schrödinger operator on $S^2$. Suppose that $L$ has index equal to one and that $u \in C^{\infty}(S^2)$ ($u \neq 0$) lies in ...
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Where to locate $0\in \Omega$ to get $u_{\varepsilon}(0)\neq 0$ where $\Delta u_{\varepsilon} + (\lambda-\varepsilon) u_{\varepsilon} = \frac{1}{|x|}$
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^3$ a smooth bounded domain with $0\in \Omega$ and $u_\varepsilon(x)$ the solution to
$$
\Delta u_\varepsilon + (\lambda-\varepsilon) u_\varepsilon = \frac{1}{|x|}\quad \...
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Differential equation on a Riemannian manifold
Let $(M,\mu)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold of dimension $n$ and $\theta$ a differential 1-form. Write $\theta=dg+\delta\phi+h$, the decomposition of $\theta$ according to the Hodge decomposition. ...
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Dirichlet-to-Neumann map's estimate for mixed boundary value problems
The study on DtN or NtD maps for Dirichlet or Neumann boundary value problems (or PML for Helmholtz exterior problems) is pretty mature and there are tons of papers on this topic, yet I couldn't find ...
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Can we perturb the Dirichlet boundary conditions to make harmonic maps locally invertible?
While analyzing a variational problem, I came to the following question:
Let $\mathbb D^n \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$ be the closed $n$-dimensional unit ball, and let $f: \mathbb D^n \to \mathbb{R}^n$ ...
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On boundary-value problems for differential forms on a manifold
Let $M$ be a simply-connected $d$-dimensional Riemannian manifold with boundary (for simplicity assume a ball). Consider the boundary value problem for $\omega\in\Omega^k(M)$,
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d\omega = \alpha
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A differential operator analogy of certain fact in real analysis of smooth functions
Let $E\to M$ be a smooth vector bundle over a smooth manifold $M$.
Let $D$ be a differential operator defined on the space $\Gamma(E)$ of smooth sections of $E$. We fix a section $s\in \Gamma(E)$.
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Gradient estimate for Poisson equation on manifold
In Gilbarg-Trudinger's book 'Elliptic Partial Differential Equations of Second order', the maximum principle is used to derive the following gradient estimates for Poisson equations on Euclidean ...
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Extension of elliptic complex to an exact sequence
This questions concerns elliptic complexes and is closely related to Green's operator of elliptic differential operator.
Let $T_f:\Gamma(E)\rightarrow\Gamma(F)$ be an elliptic partial ...
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global estimate for biharmonic function
My question is inspired by the work of Lamm and Rivière : Conservation Laws for Fourth Order Systems in Four Dimensions
Here is the setting of the problem. Let $u\in W^{2,2}(B(0,1),S^n)$, where $B(0,...
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Minimisers and critical points of variational integrals
In the following we consider $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n\ (n\geq2)$ to be open, bounded and with Lipschitz boundary. Consider the following regular variational integral:
\begin{equation*}
I[u]=\int_{\...
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introduction books for Dynamic systems of discrete Schrodinger operator for beginner
In this semester, I study in a class of dynamic system. recently the French professor turn to the dynamic system of discrete operator. I find it is difficult to find a book in English. (I have found ...
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reference on existence result for nonlinear elliptic PDE
During my work, I came to the question of existence of weak solutions to the following elliptic equation
$$\triangle u + \partial_{1} u + \partial_2(f(x_1,x_2,u)) = 0 \hbox{ in } \Omega$$
with ...
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Trace space and Neumann boundary condition
In which sense is it possible to solve $\Delta u=0$, $\partial_\nu u=\phi$, for $\int\phi=0$ on a closed domain, say a ball $B^3\subset\mathbb R^3$?
For example would a $\phi\in L^p(\partial B^3)$, $...
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Nontrivial invariant transformations for heat equations
It is well known that if $u$ is a harmonic function on $\mathbb R^2$ then its Kelvin transform defined by
$$ v(r,\theta) = u(\frac{1}{r},\theta)$$
is also harmonic for $r>0$. Note that the Kelvin ...
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Laplace spectrum of the $2$-Sphere [closed]
The $2$-sphere $S^2$ endowed with usual round metric, we have a Laplacian operator $\Delta_{\mathrm{d}} = \mathrm{d}^*\mathrm{d} + \mathrm{d}\mathrm{d}^*$ acting on functions. The eigenvalues of this ...
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Quaternion holomorphic maps via certain elliptic operator instead of immediate generalization of complex differentiability
We identify $\mathbb{R}^4$ with the quaternions $\mathbb{H}=\{t=x+yi+zj+wk\mid x,y,z,w\in \mathbb{R}\}$. We define the differential operator $D$ on $C^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^4)$, the space of smooth ...
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Caffarelli-Kohn-Nirenberg-type inequality with nonradial weight
The Caffarelli-Kohn-Nirenberg inequalities are a set of inequalities generalizing the Gagliardo-Nirenberg inequalities and are of the form
$$\||x|^\gamma u\|_{L^p} \leq C\||x|^\alpha \nabla u\|_{L^q}^...
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T. Carleman's method on eigenvalues asymptotics
What is the best available less or more modern introduction to the subject?
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A property of weakly harmonic functions
Let $u$ be a distribution in $\mathbb{R}^{n}$ and $\Delta u$=0 in the distributional sense. In addition $u\in L^{p}(\mathbb{R}^{n})$, $p>1$, then can we conclude that $u$ is zero almost everywhere ...
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