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Weighted Sobolev norm in terms of Spherical harmonics coefficients
Let $M = [1,\infty) \times S^2$.
Consider the weighted Sobolev space $H^k_{\delta}(M)$ with the Sobolev norm:
$$\lVert u \rVert_{k,\delta}^2 := \sum_{n=0}^k \int_M |D^nu \,r^{n-\delta}|^2 r^{-3} dV $$
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Regularity of solution to first order time dependent variational problem
Consider the following first order evolution problem over some regular bounded domain $\Omega\subset\Bbb R^d$
$$\frac{\partial\phi}{\partial t}(\mathbf{x},t) +\vec V(\mathbf{x},t)\cdot \nabla\phi(\...
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From some priori estimates can we estimate higher Sobolev norm?
Suppose $u$ is a smooth function on bounded set $\Omega$ with smooth boundary such that
$$\|u\|_{W^{1,p}(\Omega)}\le C\|\phi\|_{W^{1-1/p,p}(\partial\Omega)}$$
where $u|_{\partial\Omega}=\phi$.
Can we ...
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Dimension of critical set of p-harmonic function
Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be a smooth domain and $u\in W^{1,p}(\Omega)$ a non-constant $p$-harmonic function, for some $1<p<n$.
Question: What is the Hausdorff dimension of the critical ...
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Regularity up to boundary of a solution $u\in W^{1,p}\cap W^{2,2}(\Omega;\Bbb R^m)$ to $\Delta^2 u = -\text{div}\, F$
Let $\Omega\subset \Bbb R^n$ be a $C^{2}$ domain (open and bounded) and let $p\in(1,\infty)$. Suppose $u\in W^{1,p}\cap W^{2,2}(\Omega;\Bbb R^m)$ is a weak solution to the fourth-order elliptic system
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Determining a space of differentiability
I have a questions and maybe you are able to assist with this? Let us consider the space $X:=\mathrm{L}^2[0,\pi]$. On $X$ we consider the family of operators $(P(t,s))_{t\geq s}$ defined by
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P(t,s)f:...
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$\int_{\mathbb{R}^{N}\setminus\Omega}\vert x-z\vert^{-N-\alpha} dz = c \ \forall x\in\partial U$ implies $dist(x,\partial\Omega)=c, x \in \partial U$?
Let $\alpha \in \mathbb R_+$, $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^N$ and $U \subset \Omega$. Is it true that if
$$\int_{\mathbb R^N \setminus \Omega} |x - z|^{-N-\alpha} dz = \text{constant} \quad \text{for all ...
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Convergence of operator in norm resolvent sense and their eigenvectors
Let $\{T_n\}_{n=1}^\infty$ and $T$ be (unbounded) self-adjoint operators and $T_n\to T$ in norm resolvent sense, that is, for some $z\in \mathbb{C} \setminus \mathbb{R}$, $\|(zI- T_n)^{-1}- (zI- T)^{-...
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Strict Riesz's rearrangement inequality when function is not nonnegative
The strict Riesz rearrangement inequality (Lieb- and Loss's book Analysis, Section 3, Theorem 3.9 ,page 93) says that if the functions $f,g,h,$ are all nonnegative and $g$ is strictly symmetric ...
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Explicit computation of a norm in context of operator-semigroups and differential equations
I am interested in the explicit calculation of the following norm $\vert \cdot \vert$.
Let $X$ a Banach space with norm $\Vert \cdot \Vert$ and $(T(t))_{t \geq 0}$ a strongly continuous one-parameter ...
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Boundary terms in integration by parts for the fractional Laplacian
Let $u,v \in C^\infty(\Omega)$ and assume that $v$ is compactly supported inside a domain $\Omega$.
Is it true that
$$
\int_\Omega v (-\Delta)^su \, d x = \int_\Omega (-\Delta)^{s/2}v(-\Delta)^{s/2}u \...
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Bochner's formula for fractional Laplacian
Is there an analogue of the classical Bochner formula
$\frac{1}{2} \Delta |\nabla u|^2 = |\nabla^2 u|^2$ for harmonic functions that holds for $s$-harmonic functions?
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How to use Fredholm alternative to check that there are only finite eigenvalues of $H$ on the imaginary axis?
On $\mathbb{R}^3$, we consider the operator
\begin{equation}
\mathcal{H}= \left( \begin{matrix}
-\Delta +1 -2 \phi^2 & -\phi^2 \\
\phi^2 & \Delta -1 +2 \phi^2
\end{matrix} \right) , D(...
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Strongly continuous semigroups on weighted $\ell^1$ space
Let $x=(x_i)$ be a sequence in $\ell^1$ such that all $x_i>0.$
Let $T(t):\ell^1 \rightarrow \ell^1$ be a strongly continuous semigroup of, i.e. $t \mapsto T(t)y$ is continuous for every $y \in \ell^...
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Reference Request: Dirichlet operators with singular coefficients
Let $d\geq 2$, $\delta \in (0,1)$ and let $\mathcal{L}_{d,\delta}$ be the second order differential operator defined by
\begin{align*}
\mathcal{L}_{d,\delta}(f)(x) = \Delta(f)(x)-\delta \|x\|^{\delta-...
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How to compute the functional derivative of the following functional encountered in electrical impedance tomography?
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I have raised this question in Mathematical stack exchange but it received no attention. That is why I proceed to here to ask this question. Please tell me if this is not appropriate, thank you....
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wave equation with L^2 boundary data via spectral decomposition
It is classical that if $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^n$ is a bounded domain with smooth boundary, then the equation
\begin{equation}\label{pf2}
\begin{aligned}
\begin{cases}
\partial^2_{t}u- \Delta u=0\,\...
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Hilbert transform on weighted Sobolev spaces
Let $\mathscr H\,f$ denote the Hilbert transform of a function $f \in L^2(\mathbb R)$. We know that $\mathscr H$ is an isometry on $L^2(\mathbb R)$, but I want to know to what is the mapping ...
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What are (the different aspects of) harmonic analysis good for?
Let $G$ be a locally compact group. To the best of my understanding, harmonic analysis has three legs that all work perfectly in the case that $G$ is in addition compact and abelian, but have ...
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Poincaré inequality holds on Riemannian manifolds (min max principle)
In YuChang Xia's book "Eigenvalues on Riemannian Manifolds" Page 4 equation (1.16)Poincaré inequality:
I want to know which manifold(s)/function(s) can make the inequality hold. What if we ...
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$W^{1,p}-$regularity on the boundary for solution of Laplace equation with Robin boundary condition
I came across with the attached paper and here is the part that I try to understand.
If the non-tangential maximal function of $\nabla u$, i.e $(\nabla u)^*$, belongs in $L^p(\partial \Omega)$, then ...
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Showing that for measurable $\Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$, $L^1(\Omega; C_0(\mathbb{R}^n))$ is separable
Here we're integrating "Banach-valued" functions $u: \Omega \rightarrow C_0(\mathbb{R}^n))$ , and by $u \in L^1(\Omega; C_0(\mathbb{R}^n))$ I mean that
$$\int_{x \in \Omega} \| u(x) \|_{\...
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Mixed partial derivatives of planar functions converging to delta distribution
Given a sequence $(f_k)_{k\in\mathbb{N}}\subset C^2(\mathbb{R}^2)$ of strictly positive functions $f_k\equiv f_k(x,y)$ with $\|f_k(x,\cdot)\|_{L^1}=1$ for all $x\in\mathbb{R}$ and such that for each $...
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Estimate in vanishing viscosity for the difference $\Vert u^\epsilon - u^\eta \Vert_{L^2(\mathbb R^N)} $
Consider the following advection-diffusion equation
$$
\begin{cases}
u^\epsilon_t + f(u^\epsilon)_x = \epsilon \Delta u^\epsilon\\
u^\epsilon(0,\cdot) = u_0,
\end{cases}
$$
How can one prove an ...
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Analysis of coefficients for quickly vanishing analytic vector field
Let $u = (u_1, u_2, u_3): \mathbb{R}^n \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^n$ be a divergence-free analytic vector field for $n =3$ or $n =4$, i.e., $u_i : \mathbb{R}^n \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ are analytic ...
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Example of BV vector field $c$ without bounded divergence such that $u$ is bounded where $u_t + div(cu) = 0$
What is an example of vector field $c: \mathbb R_+ \times \mathbb R^N \to \mathbb R^N$ with $c \in L^1(\mathbb{R}_+, BV(\mathbb R^N))$ without bounded divergence $div_x c$ but such that there exists a ...
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Uniqueness of solution to Cauchy problem with quadratic nonlinearity
Consider the non-linear differential operator
$$\mathfrak{L}: \ C^2((0,T)\times\mathbb{R}^2)\ni\varphi\equiv\varphi(t,x,y) \, \mapsto \, \partial_x^2\varphi + (\partial_x\varphi)^2.$$
For $U\subset\...
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Can Schauder's fixed point theorem apply to a metric space?
I am currently reading the existence proof of Mean Field Game equation, which is a coupled system of Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation and Fokker-Planck equation, see page 42 of the paper here. The ...
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Wave equation for smooth Schwartz kernels
Let $(M,g)$ be a closed Riemannian manifold, $D$ an essentially self-adjoint differential operator on $L^2(M)$. Then the operator group $\{e^{itD}\}_{t\in\mathbb{R}}$ formed via functional calculus ...
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Integral estimate for the solution of the heat equation
Let $u$ be a solution of $\partial_t u - \Delta u =f$ with initial data $u(0,x) = 0$ on $\mathbb R^N$. How do one prove the following inequality?
$$
\int_0^T \int_{\mathbb R^N} \phi(f)(- \Delta) u(...
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A basic question about the Spectral Theorem
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded open region in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and $\phi_i $ be the eigenfunctions of $-\Delta$ with Dirichlet boundary condition, i.e.
$$-\Delta \phi_i=\lambda_i \phi_i, \ \ \phi_i|_{\...
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Weak Hessian for solutions to certain quasilinear elliptic PDEs
In Chapter 4 of their famous treatise Linear and quasilinear elliptic equations, Ladyzhenskaya and Uraltseva deal with equations of the form
$$\sum_{i=1}^n\frac{d}{dx_i}a_i(x,u,\nabla u)+a(x,u,\nabla ...
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Principal symbol of a non-local operator and Atiyah–Singer index formula
I am trying to understand the Atiyah–Singer index formula for pseudo-differential operators. As far as I understood, the Fredholm index of the operator $A$ on a manifold can be computed just from the ...
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Some questions about convergence
I'm getting lost in the first couple of sentences of a paper by Cafarelli & Alt. The sections are organized as follows, 1.1 Data, 1.2 The problem, 1.3 the statement and relevant part of proof.
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Existence and uniqueness for semilinear problem
Consider the following problem:
$$-\Delta u + [(u)^+]^\alpha = 0,$$
where $(\cdot)^+$ is the positive part function and $\alpha >0$. How does the theory of monotone operators provide existence ...
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Lax Milgram for non coercive problem?
I obtained the variational form of my problem. and the bilinear form is below.
Bilinear Form Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}$ be an open set. For $u,v\in H^1_0(\Omega)$. I have
$$a(u,v)=\int_\Omega u(t)...
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Exp-decay estimate of Schrodinger equation
Consider the equation $Hu=0$ with $u\in L^2(\Omega)$, where $H=-\Delta+V$ for some bounded continuous function $V$ and $\Omega$ is an un-bounded domain(e.g. $\mathbb R^n$). If $0$ is in discrete ...
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Discrete Sobolev embedding
It is true in one dimension that $H^1$ is continuously embedded in $L^{\infty}.$
Now, consider a compact interval $[0,1]$ with a partition $I_n:=([m/n,(m+1)/n])_{m \in \left\{0,...,n-1 \right\}}$ and ...
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How we can do the derivative for this equation w.r.t.to time t>0
Let $x\in[0,L]$ and consider the following equation,
$$\varepsilon \left( t \right)=\frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{L}{({{\rho }_{1}}{{\left| {{\varphi }_{t}} \right|}^{2}}+{{\rho }_{2}}{{\left| {{\varphi }_{t}} ...
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Second derivative of a functional defined by an integral
I was reading the following example from the book Methods in Nonlinear Analysis (Zhang, Springer) on page 10: First, everything was fine:
Example 2. Let $X = C^1(\overline \Omega, \mathbb R^N)$, $Y =...
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Approximation of functions in $L^p(R^d;L^\infty)$
Assume that the function $f(x,y)\in L^p(R^d;L^\infty(B_R))$ with $1<p<\infty$, where $B_R:=\{y\in R^d: |y|\le R\}$. Can we find a class of functions $f_n\in C_b^2(R^d;L^\infty(B_R))$ such that
$$...
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Off-diagonal estimates for Poisson kernels on manifolds
Let $(M,g)$ be a complete Riemannian manifold, $\Delta$ its Laplace-Beltrami operator and $T_t = (e^{t \Delta})_{t \geq 0}$ the associated heat semigroup. We can define the subordinated Poisson ...
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example in $L^p_{s}-$Sobolev spaces
We define $L^p-$
Sobolev spaces as follows:
$$L^p_s(\mathbb R^d)=\{f\in \mathcal{S}'(\mathbb R^d): \mathcal{F}^{-1} [\langle \cdot \rangle^s \mathcal{F}(f)] \in L^p(\mathbb R^d) \}$$
where $\langle \...
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Differences among various index theories in critical point theory
Index theories help characterize critical points of functionals having certain symmetries. What are the differences (regarding problems they can be applied to) between for example these ones?
the ...
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On the infimium of a functional
Let $(M^n,g)$ be a closed Riemannian manifold. Define
$$\lambda(g)=\inf\{\mathcal{F}(g,f),\;0<f\in C^{\infty}(M),\; \int_Mf^2\;d\nu=1\},$$
where $$\mathcal{F}(g,f)=\int_M\left(|\nabla f|^2+ af^2\...
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Sobolev embeddings for vector-valued functions
I would like to know if there is a simple extension of the standard Sobolev embeddings for functions taking values in another Euclidean space.
In particular, let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be a ...
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Support of a microlocal defect measure
I'm trying to complete the proof of the Theorem 6.1 in the notes https://www.math.u-psud.fr/~nb/articles/coursX.pdf, which ensures, under certain conditions, that the support of the microlocal defect ...
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For what functions does Nash inequality becomes equality?
For what functions does Nash inequality becomes an equality? Also any comment on the regularity of these functions (weak solutions to equality)?
Also same question about Poincare inequality.
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Absence of fixed points
Let $f$ be an arbitrary function in $L^2(0,\infty)$ and consider the function
$$(g_f)(y) = \frac{1}{y-x_0} \int_{0}^{\infty} f(x) \frac{xy}{(x^2+y^2+1)} \ dx$$
where $x_0$ is an arbitrary but fixed ...
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Eigenvalues and kernel of the the fractional laplacian in the $d$-dimensional torus
Let $\mathbb{T}^d$ be the $d$-dimensional torus. Consider the operator
$$
\Delta^{(\alpha/2)}u(x):= \int_{\mathbb{T}^d} \frac{u(x+y)+u(x-y)-2u(x)}{(d_{\mathbb{T}^d}(x,y))^{d+\alpha}}
dy$$
Where $u$ ...