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Functions that vanish weakly to $\infty$ and a uniqueness problem

I am reading the article "User’s guide to the fractional Laplacian and the method of semigroups" by P.R. Stinga, there is a link. At page 17, in theorem 7, the author state that, for a given ...
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Solving an equation with fractional laplacian [closed]

Let $s\in (0,1)$, how i can solve the equation: $$ (-\Delta)^su=1,\quad\text{in}\quad(-1,1)?$$ I have no idea, any help would be appreciated.
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Elliptic equations in semi-infinite strips

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded domain in $\mathbb R^n$ with smooth boundary. Let $g=(g_{jk})_{j,k=0}^n$ be a Riemannian metric on $\mathbb R^+\times \Omega$ with smooth bounded components. Is there a good ...
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About an estimate of an oblique derivative problem of Laplace's equation

Suppose $n\geq 2$, set $B=B_r(0)\subset \mathbb{R}^n$, $B^+=\{x\in B|x_n>0\}$, $H=\{x\in B|x_n=0\}$, Let $u\in C^\infty(B^+)\cap C^1(B^+\cup H)$ be a solution of the following oblique derivative ...
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Poincaré-type Inequality

In Lieb's paper "On the lowest eigenvalue of the Laplacian for the intersection of two domains" one finds the following remark: Let $u\in L_{loc}^p(\mathbb{R}^N)$ with $\nabla u \in L^{p}$ and $\|\...
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Second derivative estimates

I am in big trouble since I don't see how to proceed (I don't need the exact calculation) with the following estimates. In one of his papers, Lin proves the following result: Let's consider a ...
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Second derivative estimates for a subsolution of linear elliptic equation

Definition. Let $u:\Omega \rightarrow \mathbb{R} $. A function $u$ is called semiconvex if $u=v+w$ for some $v\in C^{1,1}(\Omega)$ and a convex function $w$. Note. Saying that $u$ is semiconvex is ...
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Intuition from Hopf lemma (boundary point lemma )

Consider the classical boundary point lemma: Let $L$ be an elliptic operator. Boundary Point Lemma Suppose $\Omega$ has the interior sphere property and that $u\in C^2(\Omega)\cap C^1(\bar\Omega)$ ...
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Aleksandrov maximum principle for semi-convex function

Definition. Let $u:\Omega \rightarrow \mathbb{R} $. A function $u$ is called semiconvex if $u=v+w$ for some $v\in C^{1,1}(\Omega)$ and a convex function $w$. Note. Saying that $u$ is semiconvex is ...
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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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Uniform Hopf Inequality

There is a Uniform Hopf Inequality as follow: Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$, $n \geq 1$ denote a smoothly bounded domain. Also let $\rho(x)=\mathrm{dist}(x,\partial \Omega)$, the distance ...
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Scaled Harnack inequality $\sup_{B_r} v \le c\,(1-r)^{-p}\, \inf_{B_r} v$

Where can I find a proof of the following scaled version of Harnack inequality? Let $v$ be a non-negative solution of ${L}u = 0$ in $B_1$, with $L$ a uniformly elliptic operator. Then, for $r<1$,...
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Existence of a solution for the Laplace equation with sub-linear non-linearity

At first, I do apologize if my question is silly. I know that by variational methods it is possible to prove the existence of a solution for $$ \begin{cases} -\Delta u = u^p & \Omega \subset \...
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Bounded weak derivative

Let $f \in L^{\infty}$ be a function such that $f$ and the weak derivatives $D^{\alpha}f\in L^{\infty}$ exist for all $\vert \alpha\vert\ge 2$. Does this imply that also $D^{\alpha}f$ with $\vert \...
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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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Boundary behavior of Greens functions on smooth bounded (planar) domains

It is well known that for any smooth bounded (connected) domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^d$ with $d\ge2$, we can define a Green's function $G:\Omega\times\Omega\to\mathbb R$ in $\Omega$ which is smooth ...
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Harnack Inequality for uniformly elliptic PDE via constructing a singularity

I am trying to prove a Harnack inequality for a nonnegative subsolution $u \in H^1(B_2)$ to the PDE $\text{div}(A Du) \ge 0$, where $A = A(x)$ is uniformly elliptic. The proof outline I am following ...
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Morrey condition (integral condition) and (local) Holder condition

Let $x \in \mathbb{R}^n$ and $f:\mathbb{R^n} \to \mathbb{R}$ be a non-negative function such that $f(x)=0$. Is it true that (assuming $\alpha,\beta>0$) $$\limsup_{r \to 0} r^{-\alpha \beta}\frac{...
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Anderson Localization and Homogenization theory

I originally asked this on Mathematics Stack Exchange but realized it might be better to ask it here. The question is mostly related to homogenization theory in mathematical physics. $\textbf{...
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Reference request for weak solutions of an Elliptic PDE

Edit : I just learned that all weak solutions are $C^\infty$, so this question, by Willie, seems more appropriate than the current one. I want to find weak, non trivial, continuous, solutions of $$\...
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Dirichlet problem for capillary equation over convex domain

Let $\Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}^2$ be a bounded convex domain with piecewise smooth boundary. Let $\phi :\partial \Omega \to \mathbb R$ be a continuous function. Let $L$ be a quasilinear elliptic ...
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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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A Liouville theorem for a uniformly elliptic equation in divergence form

I would like to know if there exists a Liouville theorem for solutions $u : \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}$ of uniformly elliptic equations of the kind $$ D_i \left( a_{ij} D_j u \right) + b_i D_i u = 0. ...
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Mild solution of 2D surface quasi-geostrophic (SQG) equation

I was reading one of Kato's papers on Navier-stokes equations. A mild solution can be denoted as $u= e^{t\Delta}u_0 + \int_{0}^{t} e^{(t-s)\Delta} \mathbb P\nabla \cdot(u \otimes u)ds$, where $\mathbb ...
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Concentration compactness. Can this concept be stated in a theorem?

I recently attended a talk on NLS which is rather not my main field of interest. Yet, I got interested in a concept called concentration compactness during the talk. When I approached the speaker ...
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Is the vanishing on boundary condition for the eigenvalue problem of the $p$-Laplacian important?

Consider the eigenvalue problem of the $p$-Laplacian, $$-\Delta _p u=\lambda |u|^{p-2}u,\ u\in W_0^{1,p}(\Omega)$$ In most of the literature I saw, an extra condition is mentioned that $u$ vanish on ...
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singular integral operators

Let $(\Omega,g)$ be a compact domain with smooth boundary and suppose that $g$ is smooth. Let $g_D$ and $g_N$ denote the Dirichlet and Neumann green functions for the Laplace-Beltrami operator. My ...
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When a PDE add a Laplacian term

I went to a talk today and the speaker mentioned when you add a Laplacian term to a PDE, the Laplacian will dominate (in what sense?), which I don't quite understand. I know this question is a bit ...
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Implicit function theorem for operators

Let $P: (-a,a) \rightarrow \Psi_h^0(\mathbb{R}),$ be a pseudodifferential operator in Weyl quantization with $(-a,a) \ni z \mapsto P(z)$ depending smoothly on this parameter $z$. Note that this ...
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The eigenfunction of modified $1$-laplace equation?

Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^2$ be open bounded with smooth boundary. It is well known that the laplace equation $$ -\Delta u=0 $$ has a set of eigenvalues $0<\lambda_1<\lambda_2\leq\lambda_3<...
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Global Poincaré type estimate

For simplicity let us assume we are considering $\mathbb{R}^3$. Let us define the weighted Sobolev norm $\| u \|^2_{L^2_{\alpha}}= \int_{\mathbb{R}^3} |u|^2 \langle x\rangle^{\alpha}$ where $\langle x ...
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Differentiability of Nemytskii operator on Sobolev space

I am trying to consider hypothesis on $g$ such that the operator $$ H_0^1 (\Omega) \to L^2(\Omega), \qquad v \mapsto g(v) $$ is $\mathcal C^1$. As additional hypothesis $\Omega$ is bounded and $g(0) = ...
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Completion of $C_{0,rad}^{\infty}(\Omega)$ with respect to the norm $\|u\|= \Bigg(\int_{\Omega} |\Delta u |^2 \, \mathrm{d}x \Bigg)^{\frac{1}{2}}. $

I have a question that it seems simple but I can not solve it. Let $\Omega$ be the unit ball centered at zero in $\mathbb{R}^N$, $N>4$. Assume that $C_{0,rad}^{\infty}(\Omega)$ is the space of all ...
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A Question about compactness of an embedding into $L^p$ spaces

Assume $ \Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$ is a smooth bounded domain. There is well known Hardy inequality that says For any $ u \in W_0^{1,2}(\Omega) $, $N\geq3$ we have $$ \Lambda \int_{\Omega} \frac{u^...
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Are solutions of the Beltrami Equations necessarily smooth?

Let $ a $, $ b $ and $ c $ be real constants such that $ \Delta \stackrel{\text{df}}{=} a c - b^{2} > 0 $. The Beltrami Equations are defined as the following system of PDE’s on the domain $ \Bbb{R}...
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Square Integrable Harmonic Functions in an Infinite Strip

Suppose $S= \left\{x \in \mathbb{R}^3 : a <x_1< b \right\} $ is an infinite strip the three dimensional Euclidean Space. Is it true that the only $L^2$ harmonic function in this strip is the ...
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Regularity in PDE theory

I stumbled over this question in the context of PDE theory and thought that maybe somebody here knows whether the following is true or not? Let $U$ be connected,open and bounded in $\mathbb{R}^n$ ...
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Analysis of Sobolev spaces [closed]

I just wanted to know wthether the following is OK or not. Let $X$ be $H_0^1(\Omega)\bigcap L^{\infty}(\Omega)$, thought of as a subspace of $H^1_0(\Omega)$ and endowed solely with the usual $H^1$ ...

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