Questions tagged [ap.analysis-of-pdes]
Partial differential equations (PDEs): Existence and uniqueness, regularity, boundary conditions, linear and non-linear operators, stability, soliton theory, integrable PDEs, conservation laws, qualitative dynamics.
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Reference for weighted Sobolev spaces
I'm looking for a comprehensive reference illustrating, from the ground up, the basics of weighted Sobolev Spaces on Lipschitz domains (this case should be included, but I don't need less than it). ...
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Duality argument
$\newcommand\norm[1]{\lVert#1\rVert}\newcommand\abs[1]{\lvert#1\rvert}$Throughout my studying for some papers, in particular, the proof of localized Strichartz estimates, I encountered a use of the ...
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Fokker-Planck: equivalence between linear spectral gap and nonlinear displacement convexity?
In a smooth, bounded and convex domain $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^d$ consider the usual linear Fokker-Planck equation with Neumann (some would say Robin) boundary conditions
\begin{equation}
\label{FP}
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Are there any researches on Liouville's equation $\Delta u=K e^{ u}$ when $K<0$?
Are there any researches on Liouville's equation $\Delta u=K e^{ u}$ when $K<0$?
I have seen many papers on Liouville's equation $\Delta u=K e^{ u}$ when $K>0$, such as enter link description ...
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Is the range of the exterior covariant derivative closed in $L^{2}$?
Let $(M,g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold. Given a tensor bundle $\mathbb{E}$, let $\nabla:\Gamma(\mathbb{E}) \rightarrow \Gamma(T^{*}M\otimes \mathbb{E})$ be the canonical connection induced by ...
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Why don't we study hyperbolic equations as elliptic and parabolic equations?
In the research of elliptic and parabolic equations, the Schauder estimate is one of the most important issues for them. In this topic, we always bound the norm of higher regularity in the small ...
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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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Perturbation of first eigenvalue
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded domain in $R^N$ and suppose $\gamma$ is some smooth bounded function in $\Omega$. Let $ -\Delta \phi_0 = \lambda_0 \phi_0 $ in $ \Omega$ with $ \phi_0=0$ on $ \partial \...
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Problems arising from the Trudinger's paper in 1968 "Remarks concerning the conformal deformation of riemannian structures on compact manifolds"
I'm reading the paper Remarks concerning the conformal deformation of riemannian
structures on compact manifolds by NEIL S. TRUDINGER.
I'm stuck with the Theorem 3, which says that let $u$ be a $W_{2}^...
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A pde inequality
Say $M$ be a closed manifold of dimension $6$, we have
\begin{align*}
\Delta f\leq g f-f^2
\end{align*}
where $g$ is a smooth function on $M$ and $f\geq 0$ (in my case $f=|\phi|^2$ for $\phi$ a ...
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Applications and motivations of resolvent for elliptic operator
Let $ A(x)=(a_{ij}(x)):\mathbb{R}^d\to\mathbb{R}^{d\times d} $ be a matrix satisfying ellipticity condition, that is
\begin{align}
\mu^{-1}|\xi|^2\geq \sum_{i,j=1}^da_{ij}(x)\xi_i\xi_j\geq\mu|\xi|^2
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A general question about spectral methods vs finite element methods
According to this Wikipedia article:
Spectral methods can be computationally less expensive and easier to implement than finite element methods; they shine best when high accuracy is sought in simple ...
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Explanation of a step in a preprinted work
I have been studying this preprinted paper and the references therein. I believe that there are some typos; However, since I am not an expert yet, I would like to make sure I am correct.
I do not ...
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Leray projector in $L^{\infty}$ and negative order Besov spaces for the Navier-Stokes equations
I was reading the paper "Norm inflation for the generalized Navier-Stokes equations" which can be found here: https://arxiv.org/abs/1212.3801.
In Lemma 2.1, the authors said for any $\phi \in L^{\...
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Relationship between Green's function and geodesic distance?
I am interested in showing that a certain Green's function can be used to approximate the distance function on a Riemannian manifold in the following sense. Let $(M,g)$ be a Riemannian manifold and ...
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Smoothness of critical elliptic problem
I am convinced I have seen results along the lines of: if $ u \ge 0$ is an $H_0^1(\Omega)$ solution of
$$-\Delta u = u^{q-1}$$ in $\Omega$ with $ u=0$ on $ \partial \Omega$ (here $\Omega$ is a smooth ...
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Explanation of a step in a work by C. E. Kenig and A.D. Ionescu
I am studying the work
Ionescu, A. D.; Kenig, C. E., Local and global wellposedness of periodic KP-I equations, Bourgain, Jean (ed.) et al., Mathematical aspects of nonlinear dispersive equations. ...
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Potential scattering for non-decaying potential
I am reading this note on potential scattering by Siu-Hung Tang and Maciej Zworski.
Just wondering if there is a scattering theory for the Schrödinger with a non-decaying potential $- \Delta + V$ on ...
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$C^1$-regularity of solution of a Dirichlet problem
I've been stuck trying to hunt down a proof/reference for a certain regularity result which I need for my thesis (all the authors I've consulted refer to it as "well-known"). Consider the ...
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Helmholtz decomposition of compactly supported fields
Let $\mathbf F$ be a smooth vector field in $\mathbb R^3$, which is null outside a finite compact domain $V$. By the Helmholtz decomposition theorem, there exist a scalar field $\Phi$ and a vector ...
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Does the first Laplacian eigenfunction on a homogeneous space have a unique maximum?
For convex domains $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions, it's known that any first Laplacian eigenfunction is log-concave. In particular, it has a unique maximum.
These are ...
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Spectral theory of infinite volume hyperbolic manifolds
I have a question about the discrete spectrum of the Laplace operator on hyperbolic manifolds with infinite volume. I understand the case of infinite area surfaces: see Chapter 7 (Sections 1 and 2) of ...
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de Rham theorem for tempered distributions
I am wondering if the following statement holds.
If $u\in \mathscr{S}'$ satisfies $\left< u,\Phi\right>=0$ for all $\Phi \in \mathscr{S}$ with $\mathrm{div}\, \Phi=0$, then there exists $p\in \...
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Motivation for and history of pseudo-differential operators
Suppose you start from partial differential equations and functional analysis (on $\mathbb R^n$ and on real manifolds). Which prominent example problems lead you to work with pseudo-differential ...
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Looking for an interesting result on the Navier-Stokes equations
I am in my second year of master in Mathematics and one of my courses consists of a reading of Navier-Stokes Equations by Roger Temam. We have proven the existence for the weak Stokes and Navier-...
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Does Newton-Leibnitz apply to Sobolev space
For a function $u\in W^{1,p}$, we always use a sequence of $C^1$ function to approach it and derive the consequences. However, can we just claim for a.e. x, y:
$$u(x)-u(y)= \int_0^1 Du(y+t(x-y))\cdot (...
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Representation of heat kernel in general domains
I'm looking for results on the representation of the heat kernel in general domains. If $e^{-\Delta_{\Omega} t}$ denotes the heat semigroup in $\Omega$, we have to
$$ (e^{-\Delta_{\Omega} t}f)(x) = \...
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Wave equation in $ \Omega\times(0,T) $
Let $ \Omega $ be a smooth bounded domain in $ \mathbb{R}^d $ and $ T>0 $ be a positive number. Consider the wave equation in the domain $ \Omega\times(0,T) $
\begin{align}
\left\{\begin{matrix}
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Weak convergence in $H_0^1$ and strong convergence in $L^2$
I'm reading a hand-waving argument in a proof of Chapter 7 of Navier–Stokes Equations by Constantin and Foias. I would like to know if I understand it correctly.
Let $\Omega\subset{\mathbb{R}^n}$ be ...
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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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About the continuity of the integral on the boundary of a ball
I’m considering a $H^1$ function u on a open domain D. Is the integral:
$$ \int_{\partial B_r(x)} u \hspace{2pt}dH^{n-1}$$
continuous with respect to x?
I tried to prove that it’s differential by ...
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Estimate for an oscillatory integral of the first kind
I am confused in finding the right bound for the following oscillatory integral
$$I = \int_\mathbb{R} (\psi(2^{-k} \xi))^2 e^{i (y \xi - 3 \eta \xi^2 t)} d\xi.$$
Where $\psi(2^{-k} \xi)$ is a smooth ...
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A problem arising from reading a lecture on the Yamabe problem of how the Hölder inequality is used
I'm reading Tawfik - The Yamabe problem: the PDE is
$$
\Delta \varphi+h(x) \varphi=\lambda f(x) \varphi^{q-1}. \label{1}\tag{1}
$$
Theorem (Yamabe). For $2<q<N=N=2 n /(n-2)$, there exists a $C^{\...
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On a nonlinear wave equation
I am considering the following wave equation (for $\phi=\phi(x,t)$)
$$
\phi_{tt} - \Delta \phi = a |\nabla \phi|^2, \quad (x,t) \in \mathbb{R}^3 \times \mathbb{R}
$$
where $\nabla$ is just spatial ...
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Would you help me to find this expression?
I'm studying a paper, which I'll include a small piece here. And I'm struggling to calculate
$$C_n\|u_{m,n}\|^{\left(\frac{2*}{2}\right)^k\frac{2*-q}{(r_k)^k}}_{L^{2*}(\Omega)}$$
Where $\Omega$ is an ...
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Change of variable and boundary data for Laplace equation
Let us consider a smooth bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^n$ and the problem
$$
\begin{cases}
-\Delta u = 0 & x \in \Omega \\
u = 1 & x \in \partial \Omega
\end{cases}
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Does it make ...
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Property about the fractional Laplacian
Let $s \in \mathbb{R}$ such that $0<s<1$. Consider the fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta)^s$ in the real line defined via Fourier series as follows: if $f:[-\pi,\pi] \subset \mathbb{R} \...
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Poisson Kernel and solution formula for fractional elliptic problem
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k (-\Delta)^s u + u = 0, \qquad x \in U, \\
u(x) = f(x), \qquad x \in \mathbb R^n \setminus U,
$$
with $f \in L^\infty(\mathbb R^n)$, $k>0$, and $(-\Delta)^s$ is the singular integral ...
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Solution existence in a pde system
If I have a smooth positive scalar function $f$ defined on a 2-dimensional manifold $M$, then $f:M\rightarrow (0, \infty)$, where the metric of $M$ is $g=\frac{dx^2+dy^2}{y^2}$, i.e., $M$ is Poincare' ...
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Using Darboux's to solve 2D system of first order linear PDEs with variable coefficients
I've spent some time over the last few days looking at the references suggested in this question and this question and I think the information therein is my best shot at solving this system that arose ...
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A log cut off function
Let $\Omega$ denote a bounded smooth domain in $R^N$ and consider $\Gamma$ a smooth subset (assume its some $k$ dimensional manifold where $k \le N-1$). Let $ \delta(x)=dist(x, \Gamma)$. On ...
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Quotient of solutions of a semilinear Dirichlet problem is $L^\infty$
I posted this on MathStackExchange, but it hasn't even got 10 views, so probably it is better to post here. I hope it is not inappropriate.
I am reading a paper of Brezis and Oswald about existence ...
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Generalized functional for solution of PDEs
Asked this on Math Stack Exchange awhile ago but it got ignored then deleted.
To solve a differential equation of one variable, you need constraints equal to the number of derivatives.
For a partial ...
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Finite propagation speed for non-smooth solutions to nonlinear wave equation
Consider the semilinear wave equation in $[0,t_0] \times \mathbb R^d$ :
$$\square u = \pm |u|^{p-1}u$$
With subcritical/critical power $1 < p \leq \frac{d+2}{d-2}$.
It is easy to show by energy ...
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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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Partial derivative of the Bessel's operator
Let $J^s = (I- \Delta)^{\frac{s}{2}}$ where $\Delta$ is the Laplacian, and $w(x,y) \in L^2(\mathbb{T}^2)$. During my study to the paper, https://arxiv.org/pdf/1809.02027.pdf, the author stated that
$$\...
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Existence of saddle points under a $C^0$-perturbation of a continuous function
Let $f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ be a continuous function and has a strict maximum point $a$ and strict minimum point $b$. Define $g(x,y)=f(x)+f(y)$ and $h_\varepsilon(x,y)$ be a family of continuous ...
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Liouville theorem for linear equation
Let $\Omega$ denote a an exterior domain in $R^N$ with smooth boundary.
I am interested in Liouville Theorems related to smooth solutions of
$$\Delta \phi(x) + \gamma \sum_{i,j=1}^N \frac{x_i x_j}{|x|^...
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Solution or existence for a second-order semilinear PDE
Consider the following PDE:$$0=u_t+u_{yy}+u_{xx}+(x-y)u_y+y^{-\frac{3}{2}}u^2+1,$$ with $t \in [0,T], $ and a terminal condition $u_T=-1$ for all $x$ and $y.$ The domain for $x$ and $y$ can be bounded ...
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Does the theorem in Sobolev spaces hold on the subset?
Here are some notations:
$W^{1,2}(\mathbb{R}^N)=H^1(\mathbb{R}^N)=\{ u\in L^2(\mathbb{R}^N) \,|\,\nabla u\in L^2(\mathbb{R}^N) \}$
$D^{1,2}(\mathbb{R}^N)=\{ u\in L^6(\mathbb{R}^N) \,|\, \nabla u\in L^...
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