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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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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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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 $t \in (0, T]:$
$$ \partial_t u- ...
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Uniqueness results for linear first order systems of PDEs
Context: I have the following system of PDEs, for an unknown function $u:\mathbb{R}^{n+1}\to \mathbb{C}^m$ (it is a system in the components of $u$):
$$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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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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$L^2$ 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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Estimates for linear elliptic PDE in the whole of $\mathbb{R}^n$
I am struggling to track down any literature on the topic of elliptic regularity when the domain in question is the whole space $\mathbb{R}^n$. Consider the Sobolev spaces $\dot W^{1,p}(\mathbb{R}^n)$,...
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Method of characteristics with 2 dependent variables in 3 dimensions
I'm interested in solving a first-order linear PDE with 2 dependent variables in 3 dimensions by the method of characteristics. Something of this general form:
$$
A \frac{\partial u}{\partial x} + B \...
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Explicit solutions for linear system of PDEs with constant coefficients
I've been recently trying to to solve the following system of linear 1st order PDE's:
$f:\Omega^d\xrightarrow{}\mathbb{R},\quad A^{(k)}\in\mathbb{R}^{N\times N},\quad B^{(k)}\in\mathbb{R}^N$
$\dfrac{\...
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Parabolic theory for singular coefficients on bounded domains (Reference Request)
In Evans, the theory for linear PDE of parabolic type with bounded coefficients is developed. There are nice results such as long-existence of weak solutions and the parabolic regularity theorems.
Is ...
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Reference for global theory of Schrödinger operators
Question. What is a good reference to learn about the spectral properties of Schrödinger operators in $\mathbf{R}^n$? I am specifically interested in references that discuss examples where the ...
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Has this form of the heat equation been solved for the radiation boundary condition
Below is a solution to a special form of the heat equation. I have found the postings on the heat equation and they are far above my head. I tried to find a tag on Transport Theory for both heat and ...
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Reference request: Is if possible to estimate the local behaviour of the solution of $\nabla \cdot a(x) \nabla f=g$ via constant coefficients?
Consider the divergence form uniformly elliptic operator $\nabla \cdot a(x) \nabla$
where the coefficient $a$ are smooth and bounded and $D$ is a bounded
and smooth domain of $\mathbb R^d$
$$
\begin{...
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Divergence-free constraint for a boundary integral equation
Consider the system
$$
\begin{cases}
\operatorname{curl} \operatorname{curl} \mathbf{u} = 0 \qquad B \cup (\mathbb{R}^3 \setminus \overline{B}) \\
c_1 (\operatorname{curl} \mathbf{u} \times \mathbf{n})...
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Solutions of $\Delta \phi + \phi =0$ on $\mathbb{R}^2$
I know a few solutions of the equation $\Delta \phi + \phi =0$ on $\mathbb{R}^2$. They can be described as the Fourier transform of any finite measure $\mu$ on $S^1$. In particular take $\mu$ a finite,...
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Uniqueness of solution of linear PDE of first order
Let $\vec u\colon \mathbb{R}^n\times \mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}^k$
be at least $C^1$- smooth vector valued function. Assume they satisfy a first order linear equation
$$\partial_t \vec u(x,t)=\sum_{j=1}^...
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Regularity of Poisson problem with rough coefficients and mixed boundary conditions
Let $d \in \mathbb N$ and $\Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}^d$ be open, bounded and connected. Let the boundary $\partial \Omega$ be piecewise Lipschitz and partitioned into a Neumann part $\partial \...
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Continuous right inverse to the Laplacian operator on $C^\infty$
For each $f\in C^\infty(\mathbb R^n)$, there exists $u\in C^\infty(\mathbb R^n)$ such that $\Delta u=f$. This, I guess, has been known well before the more general Malgrange-Ehrenpreis theorem that ...
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Constant in a trace Sobolev theorem for concave domains
I wonder is the following inequality is true/known:
Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be a (locally) Lipschitz domain which is the complement of a convex set, then
$$
\int_{\partial\Omega} |u|^2 ds
\...
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Regularity up to the boundary for the Poisson problem
It seems that the following assertion is widely accepted:
For $k\in\mathbb N$, $p\geq 2$, $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^n$ bounded with $\partial\Omega\in C^{k+2}$ and $f\in W^{k,p}(\Omega)$, the weak ...
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Reference request: Optimal $L^p$-decay for nonhomogenous heat equation in $\mathbb R^d$
Let $u$ be a classical solution for the nonhomogeneous heat equation in $\mathbb R_+ \times\mathbb R^d$:
$$
\begin{cases}
\partial_tu(t,x)-\Delta u(t,x) = f(t,x), \\
u(0,x)=u_0(x).
\end{cases}
$$
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Reference request: Boundary behavior and quantitative lower bound for the principal eigenfunction of an elliptic PDE in a ball $B(r)$
Consider the elliptic eigenvalue problem
$$
\begin{cases}
\int_{B(r)} A(x) \nabla u \cdot \nabla \phi \, dx &= \ \ \frac{\lambda_1}{r^2}\int_{B(r)} u \phi \, dx \\
\qquad \qquad \qquad \quad u&...
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Regularity of the Maxwell equations
As is well-known, the Maxwell equations can be phrased vectorially as,
\begin{align}
\nabla \cdot \mathbf E &= \frac{\rho_f}{\varepsilon}, &\text{Gauss's law,}\\\
\nabla \cdot \mathbf ...
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Short time existence on nonlinear parabolic PDE
I saw several papers that without proof accept the fact "Short time existence on nonlinear parabolic PDE" is there any affirmative proof of this fact?
in which book we have this fact, the number of ...
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Regularity of solutions to a linear degenerate parabolic pde
I've encountered the following problem which is causing me some trouble :
Let $(M^2,g)$ be a smooth compact Riemannian surface (with constant curvature for instance) and consider a smooth function $u:...
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Boundary regularity of the solution to the Beltrami equation
Hello, this question might sound a little vague, but I still dare to state , and I am basically requesting for some reference:
Let us consider the orientation-preserving homeomorphic solutions $f: D \...
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Textbooks for PDE between Strauss and Folland
Walter A. Strauss's Partial Differential Equations: An Introduction is a classic PDE textbook for the undergraduate students. While Folland's Introduction to Partial Differential Equations, is a nice ...