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Periodicity and Burger's equation
Consider the 1-dimensional Burger's equation on a finite interval $I=(0,1)$,
$$u_t+uu_x=u_{xx}$$
with initial condition
$$u(x,0)=f(x)$$
and boundary conditions
$$u(0,t)=A(t) \qquad u(1,t)=B(t).$$
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Simplicity of the first Laplace-Beltrami eigenvalue on Riemannian manifolds
On a compact Riemannian manifold $M$ (we assume Dirichlet boundary condition if $\partial M \neq \emptyset$), the Laplace-Beltrami operator $-\Delta$ has a discrete spectrum $0 < \lambda_1 \leq \...
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Proving the inequality $|\nabla |\nabla^r \psi|| \le |\nabla^{r+1} \psi|$
Following Aubin's book "Some nonlinear problems in Riemannian geometry", we use the notation
$$
|\nabla^r \psi|^2 = \nabla_{\alpha_1}\cdots \nabla_{\alpha_r}\psi \nabla^{\alpha_1}\cdots \nabla^{\...
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Meaningful generalization of viscosity solutions to higher order equations
Is there a meaningful generalization of the notion of viscosity solutions to third and fourth order equations?
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A nice function space closed with the operation $x \cdot \nabla $
I am studying a certain model kinetic equation. To study that system, I have to find a function space, which is a subspace of $L^1 (\mathbb{R}^d)$ and the operator $f \rightarrow x \cdot \nabla_x f$, ...
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Strongly continuous semigroups and symbols of pseudo differential operators
I am considering the Cauchy IVP for the evolution equation
$$u_t + \Psi u =0$$
where $\Psi$ is a linear pseudo differential operator with symbol $\widehat{\Psi}\left(\underline{\xi}\right)$.
The ...
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Dirichlet energy of a harmonic function bounded above by the energy of the boundary function?
$\Omega$ is a domain in $R^2$ with sufficient smooth boundary. Given an absolutely continuous function f difined on $S^1$($[0,2\pi]$). Then there exists an unique harmonic function u defined on $\...
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Schroedinger operator in 2 dimensions with singular potential
Consider the Schroedinger operator
$$H = -\Delta + \frac{c}{\vert x \vert^2}$$
in two dimensions with $c >0$
This operator has a self-adjoint realization, since it is a positive symmetric operator ...
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Embeddings of the maximal domain for the Laplacian
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be a bounded smooth domain and $n \geq 2$. Consider the subspace of $L^2$-functions whose distributional Laplacian is also an $L^2$-function:
$$D = \left\{ f \in L^2(\...
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Power series in functions other than monomials
I would like to understand how approximations by monomials and approximations by other kinds of functions are related which I illustrate with an example.
Consider the interval $[-\pi,\pi]$ let's say.
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Is $L^1(\Omega)$ continuous embedded in the dual of $H^m(\Omega)$ $(m>\frac{d}{2})$?
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded domain of $R^d$ with Lipschitz boundary. If $m>\frac{d}{2}$, such that $H^m(\Omega)$ is continuously embedded in $L^\infty(\Omega)$. Is $L^1(\Omega)$ continuously embedded ...
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Crandall & Rabinowitz Theorem, bifurcation curves
Crandall & Rabinowitz Theorem states what follows. We have got a Banach Space $(X,||\cdot||)$ and an equation of the following type:
$$
F(\lambda,u) = \lambda u - G(u) = 0,
$$
where $G \in C^1(X,X)...
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Commutator representation of certain smoothing operators
I have a question regarding the classical trace $\text{Tr} \colon \Psi^{-\infty}(S^1)\to \mathbb C$ on pseudodifferential operators of infinite negative order (i.e. smoothing operators), defined over ...
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Compact radial Sobolev embedding $H^1_{rad}\hookrightarrow L^p$
I want to show:
Let $N\geq 2$ and $2< q <2^\ast$. Then the embedding \begin{align}
H^1_{\text{rad}}(\mathbb{R}^N)\hookrightarrow L^q(\mathbb{R}^N)
\end{align}
is compact.
I was able to show ...
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PDE-Based Triangle Inequality for Optimal Transportation
Suppose $\Omega$ is a suitably regular domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and $\rho_0,\rho_1\in\textrm{Prob}(\Omega)$. Benamou and Brenier showed that the $L_2$ transportation distance between $\rho_0$ and $\...
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The space of diffeomorphisms on a manifold
It is well known that given a compact connected smooth manifold without boundary $M$, the set of diffeomorphisms $Diff^{r}(M)$ of $M$ for $r≥1$, is open in $C^{r}(M)$, the set of continuous functions (...
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K-Theory of Algebra of Zeroth Order Pseudo differential operators
Any one knows a reference for computing K_0 of Algebra of zeroth order Pseudo's on a closed manifold in terms of explicit generators?
Thanx!
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Nash inequality on a compact domain?
I have come across a few papers that make use of the Nash inequality for functions on a compact domain. Unfortunately, nobody cites a reference for the proof of this result. Is going from the ...
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Where to learn about parabolic Hölder spaces and when to use them
Is there a good resource from where I can learn about parabolic Hölder spaces? I see quite a few different definitions of this space in different papers. I am clueless about why, for example, one may ...
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Does there exists a necessary condition for Lp multiplier?
Let $1 \leq p \leq 2$. A measurable function $m(\xi)$ is called a $L^p(R^n)$ ($L^p$ for convenience) multiplier, if $$\|m(D)\varphi\|/\|\varphi\|_{L^p} \leq C , \varphi \in L^p
$$ for some constant $C$...
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Asymptotics of integral representation of distribution
I initially posted this question at MSE (here), but I have gotten no response, so I figured I would ask it to this community.
Background: I am studying the PDE $$\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,i\partial_t \...
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Sharp Dirichlet heat kernel estimates in exterior domains?
I am right now working on some linear parabolic problems studying the behaviour of its solutions for large initial data. To do this, I have needed to use some estimates of the Dirichlet and Neumann ...
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Taylor coefficients of Hadamard product
I imagine this to be a very classical question in complex analysis:
Consider the Hadamard product
$$g(\mu) = \prod_{n=1}^{\infty}E_1(\mu z_n),$$
where $E_1(z):=(1-z)e^z$ is the first elementary ...
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Spectrum Cauchy-Euler operator
A Cauchy-Euler operator is an operator that leaves homogeneous polynomial of a certain degree invariant, named after the Cauchy-Euler differential equations
We consider the operator
$$(Lf)(x) = \...
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Decay of Fourier coefficients of real analytic functions
I would like to have any suggestion/reference to the following question. I have a differential operator $\mathcal{L}$ with discrete spectrum defined on a a suitable Sobolev space on a domain $\Omega$, ...
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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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Compute $ \partial_t\int_{\{u(t,\cdot) >0\} } 1\, dx$ in the sense of distributions where $u$ solves a PDE
Let $u:\Omega\subset \mathbb R^N \to \mathbb R$ be bounded function that solves an evolution PDE $\partial_t u(t,x)= L(u(t,\cdot))(x)$, where $L$ is some elliptic operator.
How can I compute the ...
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Removable set for Sobolev space
It is well known that if $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{N}$ open, $F\subset\Omega$ closed, such that $\mathcal{H}^{N−1}(F)=0$,where $\mathcal{H}^{N−1}$ denotes (N-1) dimensional Hausdorff measure, then $W^{...
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How to show that this limit converges in the distributional sense to a dirac delta function
Let
$$\begin{eqnarray}\nonumber
f(y, t) &=& \frac{C}{\sigma ^2 t} \left[\frac{(1-\alpha) (b-y)}{\alpha t^{\alpha}} \, _1F_1\left[\frac{\alpha+1}{2 \alpha};\frac{3}{2};-\frac{ (b-y)^2}{2 \...
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Fundamental gap for Schrödinger operator
Consider $ \Omega$ a smooth bounded domain in $ \mathbb R^N$.
I am interested in the gap between the first and second eigenvalues of the operator $ -\Delta + V(x)$. Let $ \phi_1>0$ and $ \phi_2$ ...
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Explicitly computing the absolutely minimising Lipschitz extension
Is there an analytical or even numerical way to find the Absolutely Minimizing Lipschitz extension of a given function?
I know that the extension exist and it is unique (by Aronsson et al).
I found ...
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$H^1$-continuity of Laplace's equation with respect to boundary data
Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^d$ be open and bounded with $C^\infty$ boundary $\partial\Omega$, $\phi\colon \partial\Omega \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ continuous and $u^\phi$ the solution to Laplace's ...
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Density argument with Schwartz functions?
I was wondering whether the Schwartz functions are also dense in
$$\{f \in L^2(\mathbb{R}^n); \int_{\mathbb{R}^n} |x|^2 |f(x)|^2 dx + \int_{\mathbb{R}^n}|\xi|^2 |\hat{f}(\xi)|^2 d \xi < \infty\}$$
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Under what hypothesis on the domain is the X-ray transform/John transform operator bounded?
I asked this question on math stackexchange, without any reply yet.
Link:https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1401580/under-what-hypothesis-is-the-x-ray-transform-john-transform-operator-bounded
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Bounding $\lVert{u}\rVert_{C^0([0,T];V)} \leq C\left(\lVert{u}\rVert_{L^2(0,T;V)} + \lVert{u'}\rVert_{L^2(0,T;H)}\right)$?
Define $W(X,Y) = \{ u \in L^2(0,T;X) \mid u' \in L^2(0,T;Y)\}$
where $u'$ is the usual weak derivative.
Let $V \subset H \subset V^*$ be a Hilbert triple. If $u \in W(V,V)$ (so $$u \in L^2(0,T;V) \...
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Fundamental solutions for degenerate elliptic equations
I am looking for a paper or a book that says about the existence and some estimates (like these in the non-degenerate case) of the fundamental solutions for degenerate elliptic equations $L = -divA\...
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Embeddings for spaces of maximal regularity
Let $T\in(0,\infty)$ and $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^n$ be a smooth domain. In terms of maximal regularity it can be very beneficial to know for which $s_i,p,n$ the following holds true
$W^{s_1,p}(0,T;L^...
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Reference for Neumann-Laplacian
Let $\Omega\subset R^d$ be a bounded, smooth domain. Consider $A=-\Delta$ subject to homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions in $L^p$-spaces. Does anybody know a good reference book on basic results ...
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Conditions for the existence of a solution to a semilinear second-order PDE with a-priori bounds
Consider the general semilinear elliptic second-order PDE
$$
u_t-\mathcal L u=f\left(t,x,u,\nabla u\right)
$$
where $\mathcal L$ is an elliptic linear operator (like minus the Laplace operator), $t \...
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Mapping properties of backward and forward heat equation
In a previous question on mathoverflow, I asked about the following:
Let $\Delta$ be the Laplacian on some compact interval $I$ of the real line with let's say Dirichlet boundary conditions.
The ...
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Estimate on the $C^{1,\alpha}(\bar \Omega)$ norm of solution of linear elliptic Neumann problem
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded smooth domain with
$$-\Delta u + ku = f$$
$$\partial_\nu u|_{\partial\Omega} = 0$$
where $k > 0$ is a constant and $f \in L^\infty(\Omega)$. It follows that $u \in H^2(\...
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Meaning of Alberti rank-one theorem
Heuristically what does Alberti's rank-one theorem imply about the structure of a $\mathrm{BV}$ vector field $\boldsymbol{b}$?
Is it rigorously fair to say that the level lines of $\boldsymbol{b}$ ...
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Compactness modulo symmetries of critical NLS solution
I was referred to the paper C. Kenig and F. Merle, "Global well-posedness, scattering, and blow-up for the energy critical, focusing non-linear Schrodinger equation in the radial case", in which one ...
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Scattering of relativistic particle by long-range potential
Let
$\mathcal{H}=L^2(\mathbb{R}^3)$,
$H_0=\sqrt{-\Delta+M^2}$, ($M$ is a positive constant, $\Delta$ is the laplacian)
and
$H=H_0+V(\vec{x})$
(where $V(\vec{x})$ is the operator of ...
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Eigenfunction basis of Laplacian on a manifold
It is a well known result that for $\Omega$ bounded open set in $\mathbb{R}^n$, there exists a basis of $C^\infty$ eigenfunctions of the Laplacian for $L^2(\Omega)$. It is also known that there exists ...
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Reference for a Heat Process in a Wedge
I would like to ask about an explicit suggestion/reference for the following type of heat processes:
Roughly, assume we have a "wedge" $W$ of the following form - a domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$ with a ...
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Elliptic regularity for two dimensional domains
Suppose $ \Omega$ is a smooth bounded domain in $ R^2$. I am interested in the regularity of solutions to
$$-\Delta u(x) = f(x) \mbox{ in } \Omega$$ with $ u=0$ on $ \partial \Omega$.
If $ f \in ...
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Loss of derivative of subelliptic operator
Consider the differential operator $P$ on $\mathbb{R}^2$, given by $P = \frac{\partial^2}{\partial x^2} + x^2\frac{\partial^2}{\partial y^2}$. Clearly it is elliptic everywhere except on the $y$-axis. ...
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Recognizing Schwartz regular distributions
Are there characterizations of Schwartz regular distributions other than being locally integrable (which does not lend itself to easy manipulations)?
To be more detailed: if I want to show that some ...
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Need a regularity result for parabolic PDE, want $u' \in L^\infty((0,T)\times \Omega)$
Let us assume $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ is as nice as required.
Let $f \in L^\infty((0,T)\times \Omega)$ and let $g \in L^\infty((0,T)\times \Omega)$ satisfy
$$0 < a \leq g(x,t) \leq b < \...
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