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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weak maximum principle for weighted laplacian
Consider a radial weight $w=|x|^2 \geq 0$ for all $x\in \mathbb{R}^n$ and consider the operator
$$Lu= \frac{1}{w}\operatorname{div}(w\nabla u).$$
Then if $-Lu\leq 0$ on a smooth bounded domain $\Omega$...
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All $L^pL^q$ estimates for the heat equation on $\mathbb R$ (with gain of derivatives)
I have asked this question on MSE, but this is a better place.
The heat equation and the heat kernel.
Consider the heat equation on $\mathbb R$:
$$ \left\{\begin{aligned}u_t-\Delta u&=f\\u(0,x)&...
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Equality of weak solutions for inner products inducing equivalent norms
This is a repost of a now-deleted MSE question that did not get any comments or answers.
$\textbf{Background}$: This question is mainly about two basic questions: How do we systematically obtain the ...
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Semilinear elliptic equation
Assume $u$ is a smooth solution for
$$
\Delta u + f(u)=0\qquad \hbox{in}\quad \Omega
$$
and $\Omega$ is a smooth convex domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$.
Is there a conjecture which are the weakest conditions ...
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$L^p$ estimates for linear parabolic pdes
Let $u$ solve the linear parabolic equation
$$
u_t - \Delta u = f \text{ on } \Omega \times (0,T)
$$
with initial condition $u(0)=u_0$ and homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition on $\partial \Omega ...
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Similarity in Navier-Stokes equation and convolution in finite abelian groups?
Let $G$ be a finite abelian group, $X = (x_g)_{g \in G}$ be a vector of variables.
Set for $g \in G$:
$$\tau_g(X) := \frac{1}{|G|} \sum_{\rho \text{ irred. }} \chi_{\rho}(-g) \exp(\sum_{s \in G} \chi_{...
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Are there connected closed 4-manifolds admitting a regular Almost Lagrangian distribution, and which are not Lorentzian?
In the category of real differential manifolds, connected (of $ C ^ {\infty} $ class in the sequel), closed of dimension 4, is there any manifold admitting a regular Almost Lagrangian distribution and ...
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Where to locate $0\in \Omega$ to get $u_{\varepsilon}(0)\neq 0$ where $\Delta u_{\varepsilon} + (\lambda-\varepsilon) u_{\varepsilon} = \frac{1}{|x|}$
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^3$ a smooth bounded domain with $0\in \Omega$ and $u_\varepsilon(x)$ the solution to
$$
\Delta u_\varepsilon + (\lambda-\varepsilon) u_\varepsilon = \frac{1}{|x|}\quad \...
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Nonlinear variation of constants formula
Suppose that we wish to solve $x'(t)=f(x(t))+g(x(t)), \; x(0)=x_0\in X,$ where $X$ is an infinite dimensional Banach space and $f , g : X \rightarrow X $ are two nonlinear functions. Furthermore, ...
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Concepts of Solutions to Partial Differential Equations
I already asked this question on math stackexchange (see here), but since I didn't get an answer there, I was wondering if I would be more lucky here.
I was wondering what the most used notions for ...
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Link between Fokker-Planck equation and Feynman-Kac formula
According to the Feynman-Kac formula, we know the solution of the partial differential equation:
$${\frac {\partial u}{\partial t}}(x,t)+\mu (x,t){\frac {\partial u}{\partial x}}(x,t)+{\tfrac {1}{2}}\...
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Homotopy, contraction mapping and the inverse function theorem on Banach spaces
We all know the "open mapping" part of the inverse function theorem on Euclidean spaces can be proved by either contraction mapping (iterations), or homotopy methods (degree theory / ...
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Differential equation on a Riemannian manifold
Let $(M,\mu)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold of dimension $n$ and $\theta$ a differential 1-form. Write $\theta=dg+\delta\phi+h$, the decomposition of $\theta$ according to the Hodge decomposition. ...
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Singularities of phase interfaces in closed surfaces
Let $(\Sigma,g)$ be a compact surface without boundary. Given $\epsilon > 0$, the $\epsilon$-Allen-Cahn equation is the semilinear elliptic PDE $\epsilon \Delta_g u - \epsilon^{-1} W'(u) = 0$, with ...
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Definition of homogeneous Sobolev spaces
As we know the inhomogeneous Sobolev space (we only consider $s>0$)
$${H}^{s}\left(\mathbb{R}^{n}\right)=\left\{f \in L^2(\mathbb{R}^n):\int_{\mathbb{R}^{n}}|\xi|^{2 s}|\hat{f}(\xi)|^{2} \mathrm{d} ...
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Relationship between continuous vector fields and divergence measure fields in dimension $\ge 2$
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^d$ with $d \geq 2$ (I am mostly interested in the case when $\Omega$ is the unit ball). A vector field in $L^p(\Omega,\mathbb R^d)$ is called a divergence measure field ...
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Measure of the boundary of an BV-extension domain: do we have $|\nabla Eu|(\partial \Omega)=0?$
Let $\Omega\subset \Bbb R^d$ be open. The space $BV(\Omega)$ consists in functions $u\in L^1(\Omega)$ with bounded variation, i.e. $|u|_{BV(\Omega) }<\infty$ where
\begin{align}\label{eq:bounded-...
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Sobolev extension from a discrete set of points
Let $1 > \alpha > 0$ and fix some $C > 0$. Consider $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ a bounded domain and $Y \subset \Omega$ a discrete (finite) set of points. For $f: Y \to \mathbb{R}$ define
$$...
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A bounded extension operator
Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ be a bounded domain with smooth boundary $\partial\Omega$. Consider the harmonic extension operator $E :L^2(\partial \Omega) \rightarrow H^{1/2}(\Omega)$ which assigns ...
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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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Dirichlet-to-Neumann map's estimate for mixed boundary value problems
The study on DtN or NtD maps for Dirichlet or Neumann boundary value problems (or PML for Helmholtz exterior problems) is pretty mature and there are tons of papers on this topic, yet I couldn't find ...
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reference for the weak compactness of currents
I am trying to follow the arguments in page 22 of the following paper k\"{a}hler currents and null loci
It quotes the weak compactness of currents, I wonder if there is any reference about it. My ...
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Constant in the estimate on the Green's function of the Laplacian
Given the Laplacian associated to a Riemannian manifold $(M^n, g)$, there is a Green's function $G(p,q): M \times M \to \mathbb{R}$ that satisfies an inequality of the form
$$|G(p,q)| \leq Ad(p,q)^{2-...
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A differential operator analogy of certain fact in real analysis of smooth functions
Let $E\to M$ be a smooth vector bundle over a smooth manifold $M$.
Let $D$ be a differential operator defined on the space $\Gamma(E)$ of smooth sections of $E$. We fix a section $s\in \Gamma(E)$.
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Wave equation with porous medium term
The classical porous media equation is
$$u_t - \Delta(u^m) = 0 \quad m>1.$$
Has the (degenerate) wave equation
$$u_{tt} - \Delta(u^m) = 0$$
been subject of studies? What would the physical ...
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Green's formula and traces in weighted Sobolev spaces
Let $B_1$ denote the unit ball in $\mathbb{R}^d$, let
\begin{equation}
\rho(x) = 1-|x| \quad \text{ for } x \in B_1,
\end{equation}
and let $\sigma >0$ be given. As per the comments, notice that $\...
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Gradient estimate for Poisson equation on manifold
In Gilbarg-Trudinger's book 'Elliptic Partial Differential Equations of Second order', the maximum principle is used to derive the following gradient estimates for Poisson equations on Euclidean ...
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Laplace Beltrami eigenvalues on surface of polytopes
The recently posted arxiv paper Spectrum of the Laplacian on Regular Polyhedra
by Evan Greif, Daniel Kaplan, Robert S. Strichartz, and Samuel C. Wiese, collects numerical evidence for conjectured ...
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Estimate of $\Vert \nabla u \Vert_{L^{\infty}(\Omega)}$ of Navier Stokes equations
My question is how to estimate the term $\Vert \nabla u \Vert_{L^{\infty}(\Omega)}$. Here we consider the 2D incompressible Navier Stokes equations:$$u_t -\Delta u+u\cdot \nabla u+\nabla p=f$$ and $$\...
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Spectral gap for the Brownian motion with drift on a compact manifold
Let $M$ be a compact Riemannian manifold without boundary, $X$ a smooth vector field on $M$. Consider the Brownian motion $t\mapsto B_t$ on $M$ with drift $X$, so that its generator is $L=\Delta +X$. ...
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Computing (formally or numerically) Green's function for the wave equation on a sphere
Consider Green's function for the wave equation on a sphere, namely, for $t>0$ and fixed $0<\theta<\pi$,
$$G(\theta,t) = \sum_{\ell=0}^{+\infty} (2\ell+1)\,P_\ell(\cos\theta)\,\cos\big(\sqrt{\...
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global estimate for biharmonic function
My question is inspired by the work of Lamm and Rivière : Conservation Laws for Fourth Order Systems in Four Dimensions
Here is the setting of the problem. Let $u\in W^{2,2}(B(0,1),S^n)$, where $B(0,...
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Explicit fundamental solution of a class of hypoelliptic operators
Good evening,
my question is as follows:
Suppose we are given an operator $$L=a_1x_n\partial_{x_1}+\dotso+a_{n-1}x_n^{n-1}\partial_{x_{n-1}}+\partial_{x_n}^2,$$ for some nonzero constants $a_1,\...
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Distance on Markov-chains/graphs and discrete Ricci-flow
I am trying to know if there is a notion of "distance" or pseudo-metric between markov-chains or graphs.
For the purpose of the question, the graph is weighted, and can be considered as labelled, so ...
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A conjecture on shape optimization for Dirichlet-Laplacian
For a given domain $G$, with sufficiently smooth boundary, in the plane we denote the first two eigenvalues of Dirichlet-Laplacian on $G$ of by $\lambda_1(G)$ and $\lambda_2(G)$.
$\textbf{Open(?) ...
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Has anyone studied a transport equation of this form?
Let $L\colon \mathbb{R}^2 \times \mathbb{R}^+\to \mathbb R$ satisfy
$$
\frac{\partial L}{\partial t} (x,t) = \max\left\{ \frac{\partial L}{\partial x_1}, \frac{\partial L}{\partial x_2} \right\}
$$
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Steklov averages in PDE: what to do when we have time-dependent elliptic operator
One may have an equation (with boundary conditions omitted below)
$$u_t - Au = f$$
$$u(0)=u_0$$
which has a weak solution $u \in L^2(0,T;V) \cap C([0,T];H)$ in the sense that
$$-\int_0^T \int_\Omega u(...
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Minimisers and critical points of variational integrals
In the following we consider $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n\ (n\geq2)$ to be open, bounded and with Lipschitz boundary. Consider the following regular variational integral:
\begin{equation*}
I[u]=\int_{\...
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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 ...
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Parametrices for the wave equation on manifolds with boundary
I am trying to understand parametrices for the solution operator $G_t = \sin(t\sqrt{\Delta})/\sqrt{\Delta}$ to the wave equation
$$(\partial_{tt} + \Delta)u=0, ~~~~~~~ u_0 =0, ~~~~~~\partial_tu_0 = f$$...
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Local version of the Hardy-Littlewood-Sobolev theorem for Riesz potentials: $\|I_\alpha(f)\|_{L^q} \le C \|f\|_{L^p}$?
Recently, I have been studying the properties of the Riesz potential
$$
I_\alpha(f)(x) = c_{d,\alpha} \int_{\mathbb R^d} \frac{f(y)}{|x-y|^{d-\alpha}} \, dy.
$$
The classical Hardy-Littlewood-Sobolev ...
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Nonlinear Schrödinger blow-up for non radial solutions
I am studying a paper of Frank Merle and Pierre Raphaël,
http://math.unice.fr/~praphael/Publications/blow-up-norme-critique.pdf.
The equations are
$$
i\partial_tu+\Delta u=-|u|^{p-1}u
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on $\mathbb{R}...
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Continuity of the curve-shortening flow with respect to the curve
The curve-shortening flow is an evolution equation for a smooth closed curve $\alpha$ inmersed in a Riemannian surface $M$. The version where $M$ is the Euclidean plane is illustrated for example in ...
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Reference for Hodge decomposition
Let $U$ be a bounded open subset of $\mathbb{R}^d$ with Lipschitz boundary, and $g \in L^2(U,\mathbb{R}^d)$ be a solenoidal vector field (i.e. $\nabla \cdot g = 0$). Then $g$ can be written in the ...
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Inverse Function Theorem on Zygmund Spaces, is the inverse in the same Zygmund Space?
Preliminary Definitions
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be open. We define the Zygmund spaces $C^r_{*}(\Omega)$ with $r>0$, $r \in \mathbb{R}$ in the following way: (all the functions are ...
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Carleman estimates on monotonicity formulas
I am trying to derive a monotonicity formula for a certain Dirichlet critical point (or even maybe a minimizer) of an energy of the type, say for simplicity, an energy of the from
$$\int_{B_r} (Ae(u)...
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Is there an appropriate weighted Sobolev space to include exponential map and projection map?
Observe that given a non negative function
$\omega: \mathbb{R^2} \rightarrow [0, \infty)$, we can define the weighted
$L^{p}(\mathbb{R}^2, \omega) $ spaces. They are measurable functions
$f: \...
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Critical elliptic equation; kernel of linearized operator
I am interested in the critical equation
$- \Delta w(x) = w(x)^p $ in $ R^N$ where $p=\frac{N+2}{N-2}$. After translation the solutions of this equation are all radial with maximum at the origin (...
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Asymptotic higher order derivative estimates for solutions of semi-linear parabolic PDEs
Question:
Consider a semi-linear parabolic equation on a bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^m$:
$$
\frac{\partial f_t}{\partial t} = -\Delta f_t + Q(f_t, df_t),
$$
with smooth initial data $...
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"Euler system" in Christodoulou's The Action Principle and PDEs
In The Action Principle and PDEs Christodoulou spends some time describing what he calls the Euler system associated to a system of variational PDEs (sections 2.5-7, 6.2). Briefly, given a bundle $E\...
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