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Sobolev's PDE Scottish Book Problem (Problem 188)

In 1940 Sobolev recorded the following problem in the Scottish Book, and offered a bottle of wine for a solution. In 2015, when the second edition of the Scottish Book with updates and commentary on ...
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Hölder stability of the PDE $\partial_t u (t, x) = \operatorname{div} \{ a (t, x) \nabla u(t, x) \}$

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Does sets of positive capacity rule out constant functions?

Let $U\subset \Bbb R^d$ be bounded with Lipschitz boundary $K\subset \bar{U}$ be compact. The capacity of $K$ in $U$ is defined by \begin{align*} \text{Cap}_{p}(K, U) := \inf \left\{ \int_U |\...
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Reference for PDEs from system of SDEs

I'm working with a system of SDEs \begin{align*} dX_t &= b(X_t, t) + \sigma dB_t\\ dY_t &= c(X_t, Y_t, t) + \sigma dB_t. \end{align*} Here, the Brownian motion is the same. I know that ...
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Laplacian is surjective from $\mathcal{C}^{\infty}(B)$ to $\mathcal{C}^{\infty}(B)$

Let $B$ denote the open unit ball in $\mathbb{R}^n$. Let $\mathcal{C}^{\infty}(B)$ represent the space of smooth functions on $B$. Is the Laplacian operator $\Delta$ surjective as a map from $\mathcal{...
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N-soliton, The Lax operator and the transmission coefficient

I'm interested in the soliton stability result given in HERBERT KOCH and DANIEL TATARU's paper "MULTISOLITONS FOR THE CUBIC NLS IN 1-D AND THEIR STABILITY", published in IHES. However, I ...
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Caccioppoli-Leray Inequality for De Giorgi's theorem proof

I am studying De Giorgi's proof of Holder continuity of solutions of elliptic equations with bounded measurable coefficients. This is the translation of the original paper De Giorgi paper At page ...
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Recommendation for books on boundary-value problems that include perturbed boundaries and many solved problems

I am looking for a book or resource that contains applied math analytical methods and a lot of solved problems in Boundary-Value Problems for second-order PDEs, and if it could be related to wave-...
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$H^2$-elliptic regularity (up to the boundary) for operators with lower order terms for Lipschitz/convex domains

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded domain which is Lipschitz or convex. Given an elliptic operator of the form $$\langle Au, v \rangle = a_{ij}u_{x_i}v_{x_j} + b_i u_{x_i}v + cuv$$ are there any elliptic ...
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Reference Request for global Hölder continuity of solutions to elliptic PDEs

This is question that was also posted on MathStackExchange Link, where it was suggested I post this question on MathOverflow. Please note that the answer given in Link does not help as I do not have ...
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Proof of Littman-Stampacchia-Weinberger theorem on the fundamental solution for elliptic PDEs

Where can I find a (readable and self-contained) proof of the following result? Let $\Omega$ be a Lipschitz domain of $\mathbb{R}^n$, with $B(0,1) \subset \Omega$. Let $u$ be the solution of $$-\...
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High order parabolic PDEs on manifolds: Reference request

I recently became interested in parabolic PDEs of order 4 on surfaces. However, I have a very little background in parabolic PDEs. I discovered Lunardi's book (Analytic semigroups and optimal ...
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About eigen-functions of the Gaussian kernel

If I look at the Guassian kernel function $e^{- \frac {\vert x - y\vert_2^2 }{2 w^2 } }$ for $x, y \in \mathbb{R}$. Then w.r.t the Gaussian measure $N(\mu,\sigma)$ I believe it is true that this has a ...
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optimal regularity for the Neumann heat equation on Lipschitz domains

$\newcommand{\R}{\mathbb R}$Let $\Omega\subset\R^d$ be a bounded Lipschitz domain, possibly non-convex (but not too nasty either, whatever that means). I am looking for well-posedness and optimal ...
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How many non-trivial solutions can a semilinear elliptic equation have on a smooth star-shaped bounded domain with 0-Dirichlet boundary conditions?

I am not an expert in elliptic partial differential equations, but while studying the attractor structure of evolutionary PDEs, I frequently encounter problems related to elliptic equations. ...
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Curvature of the boundary vs. normal derivative of the first eigenfunction

Disclaimer. I posted this question in Math.SE, but it haven't received enough attention. Let $\varphi_1$ be the first eigenfunction of the zero Dirichlet Laplacian in a planar bounded domain $\Omega$....
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Calderón–Zygmund/$L^p$ estimates for the linear heat equation

Let $C_r$ denote the open cylinder $$ C_r = \{(x,t) \in \mathbb R^{n+1} : |x| < r, -r^2 < t < 0\} $$ and consider a classical $C^{2,1}_{x,t}(C_1)$-solution to the linear heat equation $$ \...
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Euler-Lagrange equations for minimizer of energy with indicator function

I'm looking for a modern explanation/proof of the derivation of Euler-Lagrange (or first-order or the "first variation") conditions for $$\min_{u \in H^1_0(\Omega), u \geq 0} \int_\Omega |\...
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Unique continuation from the boundary for inhomogeneous elliptic pde

Let $Lu = f$ be satisfied on a bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ with smooth boundary $\partial \Omega$, where $L$ is a strongly elliptic second order differential operator with real ...
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Reference request: Parabolic Equations

I am a PhD student working mainly on Elliptic Equations. With the other PhDs of my department, we organised a reading group, meaning that we agreed on a book we were all interested in, we meet weekly ...
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Uniqueness for a nonlinear kinetic PDE-system with heat transfer coupling in one dimension

I am currently trying to understand the following article "Thermalization of a rarefied gas with total energy conservation: existence, hypocoercivity, macroscopic limit" (2021) by Favre, ...
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Well-posedness result for a linear parabolic equation on the torus

Consider the following linear parabolic equation in one spatial dimension for $u=u(x,t)$ on the one-dimensional torus $\mathbb{T}^1,$ meaning $x \in \mathbb{T}^1$ and $t \in (0, T]:$ $$ \partial_t u- ...
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Convexity and subdifferential monotonicity

Do you know any reference where I can find some results in this sense: Consider $W:K\to [0,\infty)$ is a functional defined on a convex cone $K\subset X$, where $X$ is a Banach space. Then the ...
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Eigenvalue and eigenfunction convergence

Consider a bounded Euclidean domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ (for simplicity, let's say, $\Omega$ has smooth boundary and is simply connected). Let $p \in \Omega$ be a point, and call $\Omega_n = ...
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References for the generalized Dirichlet problem for plurisubharmonic functions on the bidisc

In the paper "On a Generalized Dirichlet Problem for Plurisubharmonic Functions and Pseudo-Convex Domains. Characterization of Silov Boundaries" Theorem 5.3, the following result is obtained ...
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Sobolev spaces are smooth? Their dual is strictly convex?

Do you know any reference which says something about the: Smoothness of the Sobolev space $W^{1,p}(\Omega)$ i.e. if the duality mapping $J\colon W^{1,p}(\Omega)\to W^{1,p}(\Omega)^*$ is a singleton. ...
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Rigorous treatment of Ostrogradsky's instability theorem?

The Ostrogradsky instability theorem says that if a Lagrangian depends on more than the position and velocity, the corresponding Hamiltonian is unbounded below. This has been suggested as a reason why ...
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Reference request: Software for producing sounds of drums of specified shapes

Is there software that, when the input is the shape of a drum, will produce the corresponding audible sound?
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Spatially localised solution to the Schrödinger equation with potential is a combination of eigenfunctions

In this Terry Tao's blog post, he claims that if one has a solution to the Schrödinger equation $$i\,\partial_t u +\Delta u=Vu $$ with a "reasonably smooth and localised $V$", $u$ has ...
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Clarification about solvability of Dirichlet problem at infinity on a pinched negative curvature space

Let $M$ be a complete Riemannian manifold of pinched negative curvature $(-a^2 \leq K \leq -b^2 < 0)$. Let $M_\infty$ denote the ideal boundary and $\varphi \in C^0(M_\infty)$ be a prescribed "...
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Uniqueness results for linear first order systems of PDEs

Context: I have the following system of PDEs, for an unknown function $u:\mathbb{R}^{n+1}\to \mathbb{C}^m$ (it is a system in the components of $u$): $$u_{x_0}=\sum_{i=1}^n A_iu_{x_i} + B(x)u\qquad u(...
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What is the fundamental solution for the backward heat equation?

According to the theorem of Malgrange and Ehrenpreis a fundamental solution exists for any PDE with constant coefficients. But I didn't manage to find in the literature an explicit formula for the ...
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Viscosity solutions of eikonal equation on Riemannian manifolds

It is well known that given a bounded open region $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$, the Dirichlet problem $$\lVert \nabla u \rVert = 1, \quad u|_{\partial \Omega} = 0$$ admits the unique viscosity ...
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Application of Lie group analysis of PDE (beyond calculation of exact solutions)

I am learning the Lie symmetry group method for PDEs. In my reading, all of the applications of this method are to calculate the exact solutions of PDEs. Are there any good references which provide ...
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Lebesgue measure of the boundary of the positivity set of a function is zero?

Let $w$ be a function $\mathbb R^n\to \mathbb R$ with the following properties: $w$ is globally $\alpha$-Hölder continuous, $\alpha \in (0,1)$; $w$ is biharmonic on $C=\{w>0\}$; $w$ is subharmonic ...
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References for well-posedness of weak solutions to Stefan problem

Can anyone recommend me any papers/texts that deal with the existence off weak solutions of the one-phase (or other) Stefan problem, or in general any sort of free boundary problem (for a beginner)? ...
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Stability on manifold with boundary

Let $(X,\partial X)$ a smooth Kahler manifold with boundary, i.e. the interior of $X$ is Kahler, Donaldson proved that: Given a smooth vector bundle $E$ over $X$ such that $E$ is holomorphic over the ...
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Looking for definition of function spaces appearing in article of DiPerna & Lions

I am looking for the definition of various function spaces appearing in the following article, preferably with references to other sources where such spaces are discussed in greater detail: Article: ...
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Complex sum of squares of vector fields (hypoelliptic operators)

Consider a compact $M$ of dimension $n$. Consider real smooth vector fields $X_0, X_1, X_2,..., X_n$ on $M$ and consider the differential operator $\mathcal{L}_1 = \sum_{i = 1}^n X_i^2 + X_0.$ Now, by ...
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Two-sided estimates of fundamental solutions of second-order parabolic equations

I am reading the paper Two-sided estimates of fundamental solutions of second-order parabolic equations, and some applications by F.O. Porper and S.D. Eidel'man. Below, the cited paper is [2] :S.D. ...
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Perturbation methods for stochastic/partial differential equations

I'm asking for a good reference on perturbation methods for stochastic and/or partial differential equations. Something like this: Perturbation of a stochastic differential equation I'm familiar with ...
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A fourth-order linear PDE

I am interested in the following type of $4$-th order linear PDE with $2$ variables (i.e., $x$ and $t$): $$x^3 f_{xxxt}+ f =0$$ Does anyone know if this type of PDE already appeared in the literature? ...
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Generalized Fuchsian-type PDE

Consider $$ \big(1+ t\partial_t\big) \left(\partial^3_x+ {6\over x}\partial^2_x + {6\over x^2}\partial_x\right)A(x,t)+ {t\over (1-x)^3} A(x,t)=0 $$ with the initial condition $A(x,0)=1$. In a small $t$...
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Well-posedness of PDE with $\partial_{tt}\Delta u$ - like term

I am looking for direct hints or references for the establishment of existence of suitable weak solutions admitted by a class of problems of the following type: We search $u$ satisfying $$ \begin{...
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Existence of an extension operator $E: W_0^{s,p}(\Omega)\rightarrow W^{s,p}(\mathbb{R}^d)$?

If $\Omega$ is an open Lipschitz domain with bounded boundary then their exists a continuous operator $E: W^{s,p}(\Omega) \rightarrow W^{s,p}(\mathbb{R}^d)$ where $s\in (0,1)$ such that $Eu=u$ on $\...
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Is $L^2([a,b]; L^2(S^2))$ the same as $L^2([a,b] \times S^2)$?

The space $L^2([a,b];L^2(S^2))$ is a Banach space with respect to the norm $$\left\Vert f \right\Vert_1^2 = \int_{a}^b \left\Vert f(r) \right\Vert_{L^2(S^2)}^2 dr$$ The space $L^2([a,b]\times S^2)$ ...
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Techniques to estimate PDE which are elliptic in some directions and degenerate in others

I am interested in a family of PDE which have defeated my (admittedly rather naive) attempts to prove any regularity or stability estimates. These are systems of PDE which are elliptic in some ...
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Weak convergence + convergence of the norm implies strong convergence in Orlicz spaces

It is known [1, proposition 3.32] and a classical trick in PDEs that, in any uniformly convex Banach space $X$, weak convergence $x_n\rightharpoonup x$ together with convergence of the norm $\|x_n\|_X\...
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Specific type of PDE

While deriving the SHJB equation for a specific case I stumbled upon this (using Einstein's convention for repeated indices): $$\rho J = (x_i \tilde u_i-K_i) + (\alpha_i + \beta_{ij}x_j - R_{ijk} \...
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$L^\infty$ estimate for elliptic PDE with mixed boundary conditions

Take $\Omega$ to be a bounded smooth domain with boundary $\partial\Omega = \Gamma_1 \cup \Gamma_2$, where $\Gamma_1$ and $\Gamma_2$ are disjoint. Consider the problem $$\Delta u = f \quad\text{in $\...

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