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.
4,466 questions
3
votes
0
answers
280
views
ricci flow on surfaces
In Hamiltons paper "Ricci flow on surfaces" there is an estimate on $|\nabla R|^2$ which shows that $|\nabla R|^2 \leq C_1 \exp{\frac{rt}{2}}$ for some constant $C_1$.
Actually for any solution of the ...
2
votes
3
answers
494
views
Nonharmonic solutions of Laplace's equation
Let $f \colon U \to \mathbb{R}$ be a twice differentiable function, where $U$ is an open subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$. Here twice differentiable means that all the second partial derivatives $\frac{\...
- 523
3
votes
0
answers
108
views
Decay of frequencies of solution of the heat equation with a potential
Let $I_k = \{f \in L^2(R^n); supp(\hat{f}) \subset B(0,k) \}$.
Let $\Pi_k$ the orthogonal projection on $I_k$.
Let $a(t,x)$ a regular bounded potential.
Let $f$ the solution in $L^2$ to the Cauchy ...
- 51
4
votes
1
answer
180
views
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 ...
- 1,385
4
votes
0
answers
434
views
Scattering for rapidly decaying solutions of NLS
Cazenave and Weissler proved in their paper "Rapidly Decaying Solutions
of the Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation" the following property.
Given the problem
\begin{equation}
\left\{
\begin{array}{rl}
...
- 403
1
vote
2
answers
215
views
vector valued BVP for ODE's
I am dealing with a vector valued second order homogeneous BVP:
$\ddot u(t) = A(t)\dot u(t) + B(t)u(t)$ with $u(0)=u(1)=0.$
where $A$ and $B$ are $n \times n$ matrices with smooth coefficients and $...
- 1,211
2
votes
1
answer
401
views
Sobolev Inequality
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded region in $R^n$ and define
$W:=\{ u \in H^{1}(\Omega): u(x_0)=0 \},$
where $x_0 \in \partial \Omega$ is a fixed point. Is there a constant $C$ such that
$||u||_{L^2(\Omega)...
- 23
1
vote
1
answer
83
views
Davey-Stewartson Lagrangian formulation
The system is
$i u_t + c_0 u_{xx} + u_{yy} = c_1 |u|^2 u + c_2 u \phi_x,\,$
$\phi_{xx} + c_3 \phi_{yy} = ( |u|^2 )_x.\,$
This is like the NLS but with the extra y-dimension. The NLS has the ...
- 395
0
votes
2
answers
218
views
Friedrichs/Poincare inequality on $S_n \times (0,\infty)$?
Should I expect the following Friedrichs/Poincare inequality to hold for $u \in C^\infty(S_n \times (0,\infty))$ with $u(x,0) = 0$:
$$\int_{S_n \times (0,\infty)}|u|^2 \leq C\int_{S_n \times (0,\infty)...
- 17
5
votes
2
answers
808
views
Blow-up for the quasilinear heat equation $u_t= u \ u_{x x}$ or the related $w_t= \left(w_x e^w\right)_x$
What kind of approaches can be used to study the following quasilinear parabolic pde
for a scalar function $u=u(x,t)$ ?
$$
u_t= u \ u_{x x}
$$
The physical problem where this pde comes from dictates ...
- 141
1
vote
1
answer
201
views
Linear Schrödinger equation on $\mathbb{H}^{d}$
Consider the linear Schrödinger equation $i\partial_t u = -\Delta u$, where $\Delta$ is the Laplacian on the hyperbolic space $\mathbb{H}^d$. What are the admissible pairs $(p, q)$ such that we have ...
- 11
1
vote
0
answers
74
views
Is the vanishing on boundary condition for the eigenvalue problem of the $p$-Laplacian important?
Consider the eigenvalue problem of the $p$-Laplacian, $$-\Delta _p u=\lambda |u|^{p-2}u,\ u\in W_0^{1,p}(\Omega)$$
In most of the literature I saw, an extra condition is mentioned that $u$ vanish on ...
- 698
1
vote
1
answer
164
views
Different Besov-Norm Definitions
first some notation: $\langle x\rangle=\sqrt{1+x^2}$, $P_{j}$ is the Littlewood Paley Projector and $P_{\leq0}$ corresponds to the small frequencies.
I have a the following definition of the Besov ...
- 77
2
votes
0
answers
166
views
Getting an a priori energy estimate from PDE weak formulation
On a bounded domain $\Omega$, I have two functions $u$ and $v$ in $L^2(0,T;H^1(\Omega))\cap H^1(0,T;(H^1(\Omega))^*)$ satisfying
$$\frac{d}{dt}\int u^2 + c_1\int |\nabla u|^2 + n\int u^2 \leq n\int uv$...
-1
votes
1
answer
518
views
Equivalence of two definitions of Sobolev spaces
Good morning,
I am looking for a reference about the following fact that seems to be folklore. Define the Sobolev (Beppo Levi?) space
$$
D^{1,p}(\mathbb{R}^N) = \left\{ u \in L^{p^*}(\mathbb{R}^N) \...
- 9
1
vote
1
answer
294
views
Weak solution of a heat equation is zero?
I work on a bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$. Let $u \in H^1(0,T;H^{-1})\cap L^2(0,T;H^1)$ be a solution of the heat equation:
$$\langle u', v \rangle + \int \nabla u \nabla v = 0$$
for each test ...
- 13
1
vote
1
answer
306
views
Condition Number and CFL Condition in Finite difference Methods [closed]
when applying a Finite Difference scheme for an IVP, two factors come to mind when considering stability:
One factor would be the condition number of the approximation operator. The other factor ...
- 3,574
2
votes
1
answer
1k
views
Constant in Poincaré Inequality
Let $I$-identity operator, $\Pi_N$ is the orthogonal projection in $L_2$ onto subspace by the first $N$ eigenfunctions of the Stokes operator in $\Omega$, $\alpha_j$ denotes the increasing sequence of ...
- 123
2
votes
2
answers
222
views
References for non-zero boundary value problem
I studied linear elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic PDEs (boundary/initial value problem) in terms of existence, uniqueness and regularity.
I studied always, following Evans book "PDE", the case with ...
- 21
2
votes
2
answers
342
views
compact inclusion of domains of unbounded operators
Let $L$ be a positive self-adjoint operator defined densely on $L^2(M)$ where $M$ is a compact manifold.
Also, let $\mathcal{D}(L) \subset H^1(M)$. It is known that $\mathcal{D}(L) \subset \mathcal{D}(...
- 21
2
votes
1
answer
551
views
Blow up of solutions to parabolic PDEs
I am looking for a text or answer detailing the blowup of solutions to parabolic PDE (eg. heat equation) in Sobolev space setting. I heard blowup is related to size of domain but I can't find any nice ...
- 131
0
votes
1
answer
246
views
Matrix equation
Let $A$ be $k\times n$ matrix i.e., $A=(a_{1},\ldots, a_{n})$ where $a_{j} \in \mathbb{R}^{k}$, $rank(A)=k$ and $1\leq k \leq n$. Let $q=(q_{1},\ldots, q_{n})\in\mathbb{R}^{n}$ be such that $0<q_{j}...
- 3,946
1
vote
1
answer
105
views
If $u \in L^2(0,T;X_0)$ with $u_t \in L^2(0,T;X_2)$, then is $u \in L^\infty(0,T;X_1)$?
Let $X_0 \subset X_1 \subset X_2$ be continuous embeddings, with $X_0 \subset X_1$ compact.
Suppose $u \in L^2(0,T;X_0)$ with $u_t \in L^2(0,T;X_2)$.
Is then $u \in L^\infty(0,T;X_1)$?
To apply ...
- 11
1
vote
2
answers
1k
views
Existence of solution of a Non-linear PDE via Fixed point theorem
Hi all
I've the following non-linear PDE
$-\Delta Y + Y^3 =U$ on $\Omega \subset R^n $, open, bounded, Lipschitz boundary domain
$Y=0 , $ on $\partial\Omega$
1.Let $Y\in H_0^1 $ and as $H_0^1 \...
- 17
3
votes
1
answer
571
views
Extending a harmonic function in a ball to subharmonic in a larger ball
Consider the Laplace equation in a ball $B(r) \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ of radius $r$:
$$
\begin{cases}
-\Delta u &= 0, \quad \text {in} \quad B(r), \\
\ \ \ \ \ \, u&= g, \quad \text {in}\quad \...
- 632
0
votes
0
answers
472
views
Derivatives of Mollified functions
I'm reading Controlled Diffusion Process by N.V. Krylov. On page 87-88, in the proof of theorem II.6.1, it says the following:
Let $\sigma(t,x)$ be a matrix of dimension $d\times d$, and let $b(t,x)$ ...
- 131
4
votes
3
answers
2k
views
Connected components of space of maps between two manifolds
Question: What are the connected components of the familiar spaces of functions between two (let's say compact and smooth, for simplicity) manifolds $M$ and $N$?
Specifically, I'm thinking of the ...
- 3,212
1
vote
0
answers
78
views
For what potentials is the heat operator with a potential term hypoelliptic?
If $(M,g)$ is a Riemannian manifold and $\Delta$ is the Laplace-Beltrami (negatively defined) operator, is it possible to describe the class of smooth potentials $V :M \to \Bbb R$ that make the heat ...
- 5,407
4
votes
1
answer
137
views
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
...
- 1,467
8
votes
2
answers
2k
views
Estimates on the Green function of an elliptic second order differential operator.
Let $D$ be a linear differential elliptic operator of second order
with infinitely smooth coefficients acting on real valued functions
on a compact manifold $M$. Let us assume that $D$ has no free ...
- 21.8k
4
votes
0
answers
110
views
Regularity of the solution to a differential system with variable coefficients
Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^n$ be a convex subset. All the objects below will be defined on this set.
Let us assume $P(x,D)$ to be a differentiable operator order $m$ and of square size, that is ...
user17697
0
votes
0
answers
77
views
Reference request: what is the definition of $H^1(\Omega)$ with $\Omega=(0,1)\times\mathbb{T}$?
Denote the 1-D torus as $\mathbb{T}:=\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$. Using Fourier series, one can define the Sobolev space $H^k(\mathbb{T})$ (see for instance this note from Wikipedia). On the other hand, ...
user14319
5
votes
0
answers
279
views
The Spectrum of certain differential operators
We fix a Hilbert space isomorphism $\phi:H^{1}\to H^{2}$. Here by $H^{s},\;s=1,2,\;$ we mean the sobolev space on $\mathbb{R}^{2}$ or $S^{2}$.
We consider the following polynomial vector field on ...
- 366
2
votes
1
answer
191
views
Space of p-harmonic functions
Let $\Omega \subset\mathbb{R}^d$, $d \geq 2$, be a sufficiently nice set to make the following question meaningful.
I am interested in the space of p-harmonic functions on $\Omega$; that is, the ...
- 648
4
votes
0
answers
75
views
The sum of linear partial differential operators of equal strength
If $P$ and $P'$ are linear partial differential operators with constant complex coefficients on $U = \mathring U \subseteq \Bbb R^m$, we say that $P \sim P'$ if and only if $\dfrac {\tilde P} {\tilde {...
- 5,407
1
vote
0
answers
70
views
Smoothing in linear hyperbolic equations
This is a bit fuzzy, but I've somewhere read or heard something like:
"For linear hyperbolic equations smoothing in time leads to smoothing in space"
Is this in any sense true?
References, ...
- 43
4
votes
2
answers
3k
views
Solutions to the diffusion equation
When it comes to solving the heat diffusion equation u_t=u_xx the two most important solutions are
a) a combination (sum) of sin-terms to resemble the function of the initial condition (that is ...
- 5,935
1
vote
0
answers
99
views
Existence of a viscosity solution
Setup
I'm trying to find sufficient conditions for the existence of a viscosity solution to the following PDE,
$$
f(t,s,z) + \partial_sf(t,s,z) \\
+ \sum_{i=1}^{\infty} \left[
\partial_{z_i} f(t,s,z)...
- 5,405
0
votes
0
answers
489
views
Solving a parabolic PDE with boundary conditions given over ranges
How can one solve a Parabolic PDE (like the wave or diffusion equations) if the boundary conditions were given over ranges?
Here is an example: How to solve the equation $u_{xx}+u_{yy}-\alpha^{2}u_{t}...
- 183
7
votes
0
answers
290
views
Harmonic map heat flow in positive curvature
Suppose I wish to relax/smooth a map $\phi:M\rightarrow N$ between two surfaces $M,N$ embedded in $\mathbb{R}^3$. I could try flowing the map using harmonic heat flow, which (as I understand it) is ...
- 705
3
votes
1
answer
785
views
on an inequality of Brezis-Lieb
In their 1983 JFA paper Brezis and Lieb have shown, among many other things, a Poincaré-type inequality: in the case of a harmonic function $f$ on a bounded domain $\Omega$, their inequality ((3.14) ...
- 3,388
3
votes
1
answer
212
views
A question on the Frechet derivative
Suppose the derivative of a functional is given by
\begin{equation*}
\int_{\Omega}(\vec{v}.\nabla u)|\nabla u|^{p-2} \phi=\int_{\Omega}\nabla.(u\vec{v})|\nabla u|^{p-2} \phi,~\phi\in W_0^{1,p}(\...
- 157
2
votes
0
answers
223
views
A construction of the fundamental solution for Schroedinger equations
Does someone know some book or lecture notes useful for the reading of the paper
"A construction of the fundamental solution for the Schrödinger equation", Fujiwara, Daisuke, J. Analyse Math. 35 (...
- 21
1
vote
0
answers
177
views
How does the $L^\infty$ norm of the solution of $-\Delta u + \lambda u =0$, $\partial_\nu u=\alpha$ depend upon $\alpha$ and $\lambda$?
Let $\lambda > 0$ be a constant and let $u$ be the weak solution on a bounded domain $\Omega$ of
$$-\Delta u + \lambda u = 0 \quad\text{in $\Omega$}$$
$$\partial_\nu u = \alpha \quad \text{on $\...
- 11
1
vote
0
answers
63
views
Supnorm problem involving kernel of Cauchy problem
Let $M$ be the $2$-dimensional hyperbolic manifold. Let $K(t,x,y)$ be the kernel appearing in the fundamental solution of the Cauchy problem
$$(\partial^2_t-\Delta_M)u=0,\text{ on }\mathbb{R}^+\times ...
- 1,692
2
votes
0
answers
282
views
Reference request: functional analysis results used in Taubes paper (1980)
I am studying Taubes paper 'Arbitrary N-vortex solutions to the first order Ginzburg-Landau equations'. I am looking for a reference of three following theorems:
Let $f(x)$ be a convex funtional ...
- 31
1
vote
0
answers
192
views
The decay rate of the spectrum of the Gaussian kernel on compact manifolds
It seems that the $k^{th}$ largest eigenvalue of the intergral operator induced on $S^n$ by the Gaussian kernel, $e^{-\frac{\vert \vec{x} - \vec{y} \vert _2^2}{2\sigma^2}}$ decays as $k^{-k}$. This is ...
- 617
1
vote
1
answer
252
views
Sobolev multiplication $\otimes$ of $H^1=W^{1,2}$ in vector bundles
Let $E\to X$ be a vector bundle with an inner product and fix a reference connection $A_0$ on $E$. Then for $1\leq p < \infty$ and $k\geq 0$ we can define the Sobolev space $W^{k,p}(E)$ as the ...
- 729
4
votes
0
answers
172
views
Donnelly-Fefferman growth of eigenfunctions
Let $(M, g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold, and let $\lambda^2$, $\varphi_\lambda$ represent eigenvalues and eigenfunctions respectively of the Laplacian $\Delta$, that is, $-\Delta \varphi_\lambda ...
- 41
3
votes
1
answer
390
views
semi-classical Green's function
I am reading Gutzwiller's papers on the relation between Hamiltonian flows and solution to Schrodinger equations.
In the two papers, he gave a semi-classical approximation of the Green's function to ...
- 587