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Strict Riesz's rearrangement inequality when function is not nonnegative
The strict Riesz rearrangement inequality (Lieb- and Loss's book Analysis, Section 3, Theorem 3.9 ,page 93) says that if the functions $f,g,h,$ are all nonnegative and $g$ is strictly symmetric ...
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Existence and uniqueness for the equation $u_t + \nabla |u| = 0$
How does one prove the existence, uniqueness, and regularity for the equation
$$u_t + \nabla_x |u| = 0 $$
with initial data $u(0,x) = u_0(x)$ and where the unknown function is $u:\mathbb (0,\infty)\...
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References for Green functions of $\nabla \cdot a \nabla$ on a domain with $a \in L^\infty$
I am looking for a reference for basic properties of the Green function for a symmetric, uniformly elliptic operator $\nabla \cdot a \nabla$ where the coefficients $a_{ij}= a_{ji}$ are only assumed to ...
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Laplace equation on the disk with Robin boundary condition
Consider the following two dimensional Laplace equation on the unit disk $D$ with homogeneous Robin boundary condition:
$$\Delta u = 0, ~~\frac{\partial u}{\partial n} = b(x) u(x)~~ \forall x \in \...
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Bound for the $\ell^3$ norm for the one-dimensional propagator
Problem: In Appendix (A.6) of Main paper is written
$$\lVert K(x; t_0, t_1, t_2, \frac{1}{2\pi}q_1,
\frac{1}{2\pi}q_2)\rVert_3 \leq \prod_{\nu=1}^{d} \lVert
p_{R^{\nu}}^{(d=1)}\rVert_3 \leq C
\...
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Explicit computation of a norm in context of operator-semigroups and differential equations
I am interested in the explicit calculation of the following norm $\vert \cdot \vert$.
Let $X$ a Banach space with norm $\Vert \cdot \Vert$ and $(T(t))_{t \geq 0}$ a strongly continuous one-parameter ...
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Obtaining identity from Pokhozhaev formula
From the classical Pokhozhaev formula, how can I obtain that the following identity holds for $u,v \in C^2(\bar \Omega)$?
$$
\int_\Omega (\Delta u(x,\nabla v) + \Delta v(x,\nabla v)) dx = \int_{\...
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Fractional Laplacian and support
Let $u:\mathbb [-1,1] \to \mathbb R$ such that $\mathrm{supp}(u) \subset B_{1/2}(0)$. Under what assumptions on $u$ does it hold $$\mathrm{supp}\Big((-\Delta)^s u\Big) \subset B_{1/2}(0),$$
where $(-\...
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Equivalence of different topologies of Kernel of constant coefficient hypoelliptic operator
Let $P(D)$ be hypoelliptic operator with constant coefficients in $\mathbb{R^n}$.Let $\Omega$ be an open subset of $\mathbb{R^n}$ and $\mathscr{N_\Omega}$ denote space of distribution solutions of ...
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Fractional Laplacian for the product of two functions
Considering the following definition for the fractional Laplacian
\begin{eqnarray}
\label{pointwisedef} (-\Delta)^{s}u(x) & : = & \mathrm{ \mbox{p. v}} \quad a_{d,s} \int_{\mathbb{R}^d}\frac{...
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Boundary terms in integration by parts for the fractional Laplacian
Let $u,v \in C^\infty(\Omega)$ and assume that $v$ is compactly supported inside a domain $\Omega$.
Is it true that
$$
\int_\Omega v (-\Delta)^su \, d x = \int_\Omega (-\Delta)^{s/2}v(-\Delta)^{s/2}u \...
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Is this mixed-Sobolev interpolation inequality valid?
By $L^p_T\dot H^s$ I mean the space $L^p([0, T] \to \dot H^s)$ where as usual
$$\|u\|_{\dot H^s}^2 = \int_{\mathbb R^d} |\hat u(\xi)|^2 |\xi|^{2s} ~d\xi.$$
Of course, we can interpolate in the time ...
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Convolution mollification of $H^s$ functions uniformly in the unit ball of this sobolev space
Let $\phi$ be a nonnegative $C_c^\infty(B(0,1))$ function, where $B(0,1)\in \mathbb R^n$ is the unit ball, and $\int \phi =1$. Let $\phi_{\epsilon}(x) =\epsilon^{-n} \phi(x/\epsilon).$ For any $L^2$ ...
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Does the Leibniz (product) rule hold for the spectral fractional Laplacian?
Does the Leibniz (product) rule hold in some sense for the spectral fractional Laplacian (at least in 1 dimension)?
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Cut-off function and fractional Laplacian
Is there a smooth function $u$ such that $u = 1$ in $B_r(0)$, $u=0$ in $\mathbb R^N \setminus B_{2r}(0)$, and
$$
|\nabla u| \le Cr^{-1}, \quad |\Delta u |\le Cr^{-2}, \quad |(-\Delta)^s| u \le Cr^{-2s}...
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Heat equation damps backward heat equation?
In a previous question on mathoverflow, I was wondering about the following:
Let $\Delta$ be the Laplacian on some compact interval $I$ of the real line with let's say Dirichlet boundary conditions. ...
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How to prove that there are infinitely many eigenvalues below $1$ of the following differential operator?
The question from Remark (2) below Lemma 7 in Enno Lenzmann: uniqueness of ground states for the pseudorelativistic Hartree equations. Let $l \ge 1$, and consider the following operator
\begin{...
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Explicit computation related to the fractional Laplacian
Suppose $$c_{n,s}\int_{\mathbb R^n}\int_{\mathbb R^n} \frac{(u(x+y+z)-u(x+y)-u(x+z)-u(x))^2}{|y|^{n+2s}|z|^{n+2s}} dydz = C$$
for some constants $c_{n,s}$, $C$, and $s \in (0,1)$.
Is it true that $$u =...
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Bochner's formula for fractional Laplacian
Is there an analogue of the classical Bochner formula
$\frac{1}{2} \Delta |\nabla u|^2 = |\nabla^2 u|^2$ for harmonic functions that holds for $s$-harmonic functions?
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Linearized NLS/GP around a soliton and the spectrum of the evolution operator
I apologize if this has been asked before but so far I haven't found it anywhere.
Consider the Nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a potential (i.e. Gross- Pitaevskii) in $\mathbb{R}^{d}$
$$i\Psi_{t} =...
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Existence of a solution for this hypoelliptic-alike PDE
I know that this question may result rater vague and somehow out of context, still I am hoping you could help me.
Assume we have the following equation
\begin{align}
\boxed{\partial_t u(t,x,z)=\...
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Poisson equation in a periodic strip
Consider the periodic strip $\Omega=\mathbb{T}\times[0,1]$ where $\mathbb{T}$ is the 1D torus with period 1. We consider the mixed Dirichlet/Neumann problem
$$-\Delta u=f$$
with boundary conditions
$$...
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Existence and uniqueness for fractional parabolic equation with transport term
Let us consider the problem
\begin{equation}
\begin{cases}
u_t+(-\Delta)^{\sigma}u+\mathrm{div}(a(t,x)u) = 0 & \text{in } \mathbb{R}^n \times [0, T) \\
u(x,0)=u_0(x) & \text{in } \...
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Integrability of fractional heat kernel
In Estimates of fractional heat kernel, it was stated that $$ \partial_{x_j} p_t^{(n)}(x) = -\frac{x_j}{2 \pi} \, p_t^{(n+2)}(\tilde x) $$
where $x = (x_1, \ldots, x_n) \in \mathbb R^n$, $\tilde x = (...
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How to use Fredholm alternative to check that there are only finite eigenvalues of $H$ on the imaginary axis?
On $\mathbb{R}^3$, we consider the operator
\begin{equation}
\mathcal{H}= \left( \begin{matrix}
-\Delta +1 -2 \phi^2 & -\phi^2 \\
\phi^2 & \Delta -1 +2 \phi^2
\end{matrix} \right) , D(...
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Spectral fractional Laplacian of power-function $(-\Delta)^s x^{\alpha}$ in $(0,1) \subset \mathbb R$
How can one compute the Neumann spectral fractional Laplacian of power function, $(-\Delta)^s x^{\alpha}$, with $\alpha >0$, in an interval $(0,1)$. I'm only aware of the formula in the whole space....
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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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Reverse Hölder type inequality for the Laplacian raised to a power
I am studying integrals of the form $\int (\Delta \rho)^{\alpha} f^{\beta}$ where $0<\alpha < 1, \beta \geq 0$ and $\rho, f \in C_c^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^n).$ My goal is to obtain lower bound on ...
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Backward heat equation and forward perturbed heat equation well posed?
I consider the following scenario. Let $I$ be a compact interval in space and $f$ a nice function in the space $C^{\infty}(I)$. In the following we consider a self-adjoint realization of our operators ...
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Rigorous energy estimate for advection-diffusion equation
Let $a \in L^q([0,T];L^p(\mathbb R^N))$ with $2/q + N/p \le 1$ and
$q \in [2,\infty), p \in (N,\infty) \text{ if } N \ge 2$
$q \in [2,4], p \in [2,\infty] \text{ if } N = 1$
and consider the ...
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Liouville theorem for elliptic equation with advection term
How can one prove that any $L^2$ solution of
$$ - \Delta \phi(x) + a(x) \cdot \nabla \phi(x)=0 \qquad \mbox{in } \mathbb R^N $$
is zero if $a(x)$ is a divergence-free vector field such that
$\int |\...
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Eigenvalues of the Laplacian and min-max formula in any space dimension
In which reference book can I find a proof that the eigenvalue of the Laplace operator in a domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^d$ with $d \ge 1$ are given by
$$
\lambda_1 = \min_{u \in H^1_0(\Omega), \|...
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Strongly continuous semigroups on weighted $\ell^1$ space
Let $x=(x_i)$ be a sequence in $\ell^1$ such that all $x_i>0.$
Let $T(t):\ell^1 \rightarrow \ell^1$ be a strongly continuous semigroup of, i.e. $t \mapsto T(t)y$ is continuous for every $y \in \ell^...
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Existence and regularity for fractional elliptic problem with gradient term: $ (-\Delta)^s u + v\cdot \nabla u = 0$ with $v \in \dot H^s$
Let us consider the problem
$$ (-\Delta)^s u + v\cdot \nabla u = 0 \quad \text{ in } \mathbb R^n, $$
where $s \in (0,1)$, $(-\Delta)^s$ is the fractional Laplace operator and
$v:\mathbb R^n \to \...
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Friedrichs mollifiers and Sobolev spaces
$\renewcommand{\epsilon}{\varepsilon}$The following is from John Roe's book Elliptic operators, topology and asymptotic methods. $S$ is a vector bundle on a compact manifold $M$, but I think for my ...
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Well-posedness of hyperbolic system with constant coefficients in finite domains
I'm studying the PDE
$$
\frac{\partial u}{\partial t} + A_x\frac{\partial u}{\partial x} + A_y\frac{\partial u}{\partial y} + A_z\frac{\partial u}{\partial z} = 0
$$
with $A_x, A_y, A_z$ being ...
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Fractional Sobolev embedding theorem
Let $\psi \in C^\infty_c(\mathbb R^N)$ be a test function with support iN $B(0,R)$. Is it true that the following inequality holds
$$\int_{B(0,R)} \psi^2 u^{\frac{4}{1+\beta}} dx \le R^{1+\beta} \int_{...
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Fractional Laplacian equation on a ball and explicit solutions
Let us consider
\begin{align*}
(-\Delta)^s u &= 0 && x \in B_r(0) \\
u&=0 && x \in \mathbb R^N \setminus B_r(0),
\end{align*}
where $$
(-\Delta)^s u(x) = \int_{\mathbb{R}^N} \...
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Reference Request: Dirichlet operators with singular coefficients
Let $d\geq 2$, $\delta \in (0,1)$ and let $\mathcal{L}_{d,\delta}$ be the second order differential operator defined by
\begin{align*}
\mathcal{L}_{d,\delta}(f)(x) = \Delta(f)(x)-\delta \|x\|^{\delta-...
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Example of BV vector field $c$ without bounded divergence such that $u$ is bounded where $u_t + div(cu) = 0$
What is an example of vector field $c: \mathbb R_+ \times \mathbb R^N \to \mathbb R^N$ with $c \in L^1(\mathbb{R}_+, BV(\mathbb R^N))$ without bounded divergence $div_x c$ but such that there exists a ...
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Series and solution of $-\Delta u + \lambda u = f(x)$
Consider a bounded smooth set $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^n$ (for example, we can take a ball). Can we write down the solution of
\begin{align*}
-\Delta u(x) + \lambda u(x) &= f(x), & x \in \...
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Solution of the fractional Laplace equation on a ball
What is the expression of the (non $u \equiv 0$) solutions to
\begin{align*}
(-\Delta)^s u &= 0 && x \in B_r(0) \\
u&=0 && x \in \mathbb R^N \setminus B_r(0),
\end{align*}
...
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How to compute the functional derivative of the following functional encountered in electrical impedance tomography?
Note:
I have raised this question in Mathematical stack exchange but it received no attention. That is why I proceed to here to ask this question. Please tell me if this is not appropriate, thank you....
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Non real eigenvalues for elliptic equations
I am looking for an example of a pure second order uniformly elliptic operator
$L=\sum_{i,j=1}^da_{ij}(x)D_{ij}$ in a bounded domain $\Omega$ (with Dirichlet boundary conditions, for example) having a ...
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Domain of the fractional Laplacian operator
If $u:\mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R$ satisfies $$\int_{\mathbb R^n}\int_{\mathbb R^n}\frac{|u(x)-u(y)|^2}{|x-y|^{n+2s}} dxdy < \infty,$$
but $u$ is not in $L^2(\mathbb R^n)$, is $(-\Delta)^su$ well-...
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A scaled fractional ''Sobolev inequality''
Does a fractional interpolation inequality similar to $$
\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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Density property fractional heat kernel
Let us consider $$p_t^{(n+2)}(\tilde x) , $$
where $x = (x_1, \ldots, x_n) \in \mathbb R^n$, $\tilde x = (x_1, \ldots, x_n, 0, 0) \in \mathbb R^{n+2}$, and $p_t^{(n)}(x)$ is the heat kernel for $(-\...
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Is this PDE solvable?
Let $M = \mathbb{R}^3 \setminus B_1$ where $B_1$ is unit ball. I am trying to solve the following PDE for $f$:
$$\Delta f -\frac{ f }{r^2}+ \frac{ \left. f \right|_{\partial M}}{r^2} = 0, \qquad \text{...
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Smoothing property of a certain singular integral operator of non-convolution type
For simplicity, suppose that the dimension $d=2$, and let $g_s(x)$ be the Coulomb or Riesz potential defined by
$$g_s(x) := \begin{cases} -\frac{1}{2\pi}\ln|x|, & {s=0} \\ c_s|x|^{-s},& {0<...
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Fractional Laplacian problem on half-line
Is it possible to obtain an explicit solution for the following fractional problem on the half-line?
$$(-\Delta)^\alpha u(x) + M u'(x) + K u(x) + C = 0 \quad \text{ in } (0,\infty)$$
$$u(x) = a, \quad ...
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