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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Invariant measure theory for SPDEs with distributional solutions (Hilbert versus Polish)
SPDEs such as the stochastic heat equation for $d\geq 2$ with space-time white noise and the stochastic quantization equation have distributional solutions and we still try to make sense of their ...
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Upper bound Hölder norm of the solution to the linear PDE $\partial_t u (t, x) = \Delta_x \{ |\sigma (x)|^2 u(t, x) \}$
Previously, I asked the same question for a non-linear PDE, but I have got no answer. Below, I consider the linear counterpart it.
We fix $T>0$ and let $\mathbb T := [0, T]$. Let $\sigma : \mathbb ...
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Reference: Result of interior parabolic regularity theory for Hamilton–Jacobi equations
Does anyone know the parabolic regularity result that Ben-Artzi used in the article The local theory for viscous Hamilton–Jacobi equations in Lebesgue spaces used to prove that the solution to the ...
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Extension of eigenvalue and eigenprojection to its complex neighbourhood for constantly hyperbolic operator
I am reading a paper named The block structure condition for symmetric hyperbolic systems written by G. Metivier. There is a statement really has bothered me for a long time.
Consider the following ...
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Regularity of solutions to $-\Delta u = \operatorname{div} F$, $F\in L^1$
Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ be a bounded domain with smooth boundary.
What are the regularity results for solutions to
$$
-\Delta u= \operatorname{div} F,
\qquad
F\in L^1(\Omega,\mathbb{R}^n)?
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PDE: compactness vs blowup
There are, of course, plenty of approaches on how to solve a non-linear PDE. Two of them are the following:
Solve (easier) approximate problems, show some form of compactness for the approximate ...
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Upper bound Hölder norm of the solution to the non-linear PDE $\partial_t u (t, x) = \Delta_x \{ |\sigma (u (t, x))|^2 u(t, x) \}$
We fix $T>0$ and let $\mathbb T := [0, T]$. Let $\sigma : \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ belong to the Hölder space $C^{1, \alpha}_b (\mathbb R)$ for some $\alpha \in (0, 1)$. Let $u : \mathbb T \times \...
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Fourier integral operators and parametrix
Consider the classical wave equation in a bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$, assuming vanishing of the function and its normal derivative on the boundary.
Question: Is there an expression for the ...
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Question about the formula of Green function of Laplacian on sphere
I'm reading a paper which said that
the Green function for $\left(-\Delta_g\right)^m$ on $2m$-dimensional closed manifold is of the form
$$\tag{1}
G_y(x)=\frac{2}{\Lambda_1} \log \frac{1}{d_g(x, y)}+\...
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Poincare inequality on the hemisphere
Background:
Let $\mathbb{S}^2_+$ be the hemisphere. Then we know that for $f:\mathbb{S}^2_+\to \mathbb{R}$ satisfying (when written in coordinates) $\int_{0}^{2\pi}\int_{0}^{\pi/2}f(r,\theta)\sin(r)dr ...
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Quasimode construction on a compact Riemannian manifold
Let $M$ be a closed Riemannian manifold, $\Delta$ be the usual Laplace-Betrami operator on $M$ and $\gamma : [0, L] \to M$ be a stable elliptic periodic geodesic of length $L$. I have heard in several ...
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Interpretation of the singular integral for the definition of fractional Laplacian in classical case $s=1$
Fractional Laplacian is often defined via next principal value integral (assume dimension one for the simplicity)
$$(-\Delta)^su(x):=c_sP.V.\int_\mathbb{R} \frac{u(x)-u(y)}{|x-y|^{1+2s}}\, dy.$$
This ...
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How to interpret the vector fields $F_p(x,u,Du)$ in a Lagrangian optimization problem
Let $\Omega$ be an open bounded subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$ with $C^1$ boundary. Let
$$
\begin{matrix}
F: \mathbb{R}^n \times \mathbb{R}^N \times \mathbb{R}^{nN} \to \mathbb{R},& \\
(x,z,p) \mapsto F(...
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Existence of solution to nonlinear first order PDE with C^1 bounds
I'm looking for general existence of a PDE of the form
$$ f: U \times [0, \delta) \to \mathbb{R}$$
$$\frac{\partial f}{\partial t}(p,t) = F(f(p,t))$$
where $f(p,0)$ is prescribed and $F$ is non-linear ...
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Continuity equation $\partial_t \mu_t+\operatorname{div} (v_t \mu_t)=0$: are these two notions of weak solution equivalent?
Let $\Omega$ be an open connected convex subset of $\mathbb R^d$. Let $\mathcal P (\Omega)$ be the space of Borel probability measures on $\Omega$. Let $C_0 (\Omega)$ be the space of real-valued ...
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Some questions about the concept of stable solution of elliptic PDE
For $$
-\Delta u=f(u) \quad \text { in } \Omega,
$$
we call a solution is stable if
$$
Q_u(\varphi):=\int_{\Omega}|\nabla \varphi|^2 d x-\int_{\Omega} f^{\prime}(u) \varphi^2 d x \geq 0, \quad \forall ...
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Intuition for Agmon-Douglis-Nirenberg ellipticity
First of all, I am sorry if this is a too basic question, but I stumbled over this notion of ellipticity only very recently.
I am trying to understand the definition of ellipticity of systems due to ...
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Core of the generator of squared bessel process in $L^2(\mathbb{R}_+)$
Consider the squared bessel process with generator $$Gf(x)=xf''(x)+f'(x), \ \ x\in\mathbb{R}_+.$$ It is known that the Lebesgue measure is an invariant measure for this process and thus, can be ...
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$L^p$ estimates for critical heat equation on $\mathbb{R}^n$
Background:
Let $u:\mathbb{R}^n\times [0,T_+)\to \mathbb{R}$ be a solution to
$$\partial_t u = \Delta u + |u|^{p-1}u$$
where $p=2^{*}-1=\frac{2n}{n-2}-1=\frac{n+2}{n-2}$, $n\geq 3$ and $T_+>0$ ...
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Controlling convolutions with maximal functions
For $f\in L^1(\mathbb R^n),$ let $Mf$ be the (Edited: changed the type of maximal function) Stein spherical maximal function. Let $\varphi\in C_c^\infty.$ Then, can we have a pointwise estimate of the ...
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Mixture of Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operators
Consider a set of isotropic, multivariate Gaussian densities with different centers $\mu_i\in \mathbb{R}^d $, $i\in\{1, \ldots, K\}$, which are denoted $\phi_i(x)$. They all have the same variance ...
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Closed-form solution to hyperbolic PDE
Let $A\in C^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^2)$ be Lebesgue integrable, and $c_1,c_2\in C^{\infty}(\mathbb{R})$ also be Lebesgue integrable. Consider the hyperbolic PDE
$$
\begin{cases}
\partial_{x,y}u & = A\...
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Separable coordinate systems for the Laplace and Helmholtz equations?
According to Mathworld, in three dimensions there are 13 coordinate systems in which Laplace's equation is separable, and 11 for the Helmholtz equation. I've read the relevant chapters of the book by ...
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Question on the modelling of (viscous) fluid in a bag with holes
Consider some fluid (as nice as possible) in a plastic bag with holes illustrated by the image below (of course no holes have been drawn in this picture)
What is the corresponding PDE to model the ...
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Behaviour of higher order Laplacian in punctured domain
Bocher theorem characterize the behaviour of a positive harmonic function in punctured disc. More precisely if $\Omega$ is a domain in $\mathbb{R}^3$ and $U$ is a non negative solution of $\Delta u=0$ ...
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Conservation law for generic linear hyperbolic PDEs?
Consider the wave equation:
$$
u_{tt} = \Delta u, \text{ on }U\times [0,T], u=0\text{ on }\partial U\times[0,T].
$$
To prove the only solution for the zero initial condition is zero, we only need to ...
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Prove if the fractional Laplacian of a function is bounded
Take $s\in (0, 1)$. I am trying to understand if $(-\Delta)^s (\log(1+x^2))$ is bounded, that is if there exists $R>0$ such that $|(-\Delta)^s (\log(1+x^2))|\le R$.
Here $(-\Delta)^s$ is the ...
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criticality for nonlinear wave equations on manifolds
On $\mathbb{R}^{1+n}$, the initial value problem for the homogeneous wave equation
$$ \Box \phi = \partial_t^2 \phi - \Delta_{\mathbb{R}^n} \phi = 0, \\ (\phi, \partial_t \phi)|_{t=0} = (\phi_0, \...
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Question on Cauchy problem on manifolds
Let $(M,g)$ be a globally-hyperbolic manifold, i.e. $M=\mathbb{R}\times\Sigma$ and $g=-\beta^2 \, dt^2+h_{t}$. Furthermore, let $E$ be a vector bundle over $M$ and $\square$ a normally-hyperbolic ...
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Examples of symmetry-breaking solitons which retain a subgroup symmetry
There are many works on spontaneous symmetry breaking in the Nonlinear Schrödinger equation with asymmetric soliton solutions.
However, all symmetry breaking soliton examples I have seen go from the ...
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Pohozaev type obstruction for higher order elliptic operators
I was reading about Pohazaev type obstructions: precisely, I mean the following kind of results. Let $h\in C^1(\mathbb{R}^n)$ and consider the following Dirichlet problem
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\begin{cases}
\Delta u + ...
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What is the PDE corresponding to this weak formulation?
Consider a flow $(\mu_t)_{t\ge 0}$ such that
every $\mu_t$ is a probability on $\mathbb R_+$;
$\mu_0(dx) = \rho(x) \, dx$ with $\rho$ being a probability density (as nice as possible) on $\mathbb R_+$...
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An integrable estimate of the Hölder constant of the map $x \mapsto \int_{\mathbb R^d} f(y) \partial_1 \partial_1 g_t (x-y) \, \mathrm d y$
Let $(g_t)_{t>0}$ be the Gaussian heat kernel on $\mathbb R^d$, i.e.,
$$
g_t (x) := (4\pi t)^{-\frac{d}{2}} e^{-\frac{|x|^2}{4t}},
\quad t>0, x \in \mathbb R^d.
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Let $f : \mathbb R^d \to \...
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Elliptic PDEs in Finance
In mathematical finance, one often encounters parabolic PDEs typically through the Feynman-Kac representation theorem/formula. However, I'm curious are there interesting examples of Elliptic boundary ...
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Reference request heat equation with moving interface
Let $T,\sigma_1,\sigma_2>0$, $\lambda:[0,T]\to\mathbb{R}$ a continuous function and consider the following Cauchy problem on $[0,T]\times \mathbb{R}$:
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\begin{cases}
u_t = \sigma_1^2u_{xx} ~~~~\...
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Any solution of an evolution problem tends to a steady state in $L^2$?
I have a general question. Suppose that we have the following simple evolution problem $\begin{cases} \dfrac{\partial u}{\partial t}-\Delta u=f(u), & (t,x)\in (0,\infty)\times\Omega\\ \dfrac{\...
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$L^{p}$ estimate for $\Delta|\nabla u|$ on a manifold with bounded Ricci curvature
This is a more advanced question than Estimates of $\Delta|\nabla u|$ for harmonic function $u$ .
The Bochner formula and refined Kato inequality tells us that on a Riemannian manifold $(M^{n},g)$, if ...
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Estimates of $\Delta|\nabla u|$ for harmonic function $u$
The well-known Bochner formula and refined Kato inequality (for harmonic function) tells us that for a harmonic function $u$ in $B_{2}\subset\mathbb{R}^{n}$,
$$
\frac{1}{n}|\nabla^{2}u|^{2}\leqslant |\...
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Non-linearity of viscosity solutions
I am interested in the following problem.
Let consider the solution of the non-linear PDE on $[0,T]\times\mathbb{R}$ satifying the following Cauchy problem:
$$
\begin{cases}
u_t = F(u_{xx}),\\
u(0,x) =...
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Godunov splitting convergence research
The approximation of Godunov splitting on certain differential equations is known to be first order accurate. In 2011, a paper has also shown that it is first order accurate for nonlinear ordinary ...
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Exponential map for tangent space of space of distributions $\mathscr{P}_2(X)$
In Chapter 8 of the book Gradient Flows In Metric Spaces and in the Space of Probability Measures by Ambrosio et al., the tangent space to the space of distributions on $X$ (let's say $X=\mathbb{R}^d$)...
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On improving the regularity of solutions to nonlinear parabolic pde
There's a common reasoning i have seen in many papers/books that work with parabolic pde's (most specifically in the context of geometric flows) but I can't fully grasp it. This reasoning is that to ...
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Question about the ''crater'' in mountain-pass theorem while reading a paper of solving mean-field equation by mountain-pass theorem
Actually, I'm reading a paper which finds the saddle point of a functional, of course the unbounded below energy functional will suggest a potential saddle, but the structure of mountain pass is the ...
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Functional of fully nonlinear equations
Let $\left(\mathcal{M}, g_0\right)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold of dimension $n>2$ and denote by 'Ric' and $R$ respectively the Ricci tensor and the scalar curvature. The $k$-Yamabe problem is ...
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Eigenvalues of a Schrödinger operator
I'm interested in the existence of eigenfunctions and finding eigenvalues of the following operator
$$L(\varphi) = \varphi_{rr} - \frac{1}{r} \varphi_r - [V + \frac{m}{r^2}] \varphi$$
$$\varphi(0) = \...
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On the I-method's energy increment calculation in a paper of Dodson
I am currently reading Dodson's Global Well-posedness for the Defocusing, Quintic Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation in One Dimension for Low Regularity Data article and I am trying to understand Theorem ...
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Parabolic regularity for weak solution with $L^2$ data
I want to study the regularity of weak solutions $u\in C([0,T];L^2(\Omega))\cap H^1((0,T);L^2(\Omega))\cap L^2(0,T;H^1(\Omega))$ of the heat equation with Neumann boundary conditions:
$$\begin{cases}\...
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Prove J.L. Lions’s Lemma without using Fourier transform
When I read the book Linear and Nonlinear Functional Analysis with Applications, I came across J.L. Lions's Lemma (the book doesn't give a proof), which states
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^n$ be a ...
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$L^{\infty}$ estimate for heat equation with $L^2$ initial data
Is there a way to show in a relatively simple manner that for a Lipschitz bounded, connected, open domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N$ for any $f\in L^2(\Omega)$ the solution of the problem:
$$\begin{...
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Advection diffusion equation with position dependent advection
I am trying to solve a equation that looks like $$u_t=f(x)u_x+Du_{xx}$$
any insight to whether an solution might exist would be very much appreciated!
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