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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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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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Small energy implies a lifting $\rho e^{i\theta}$
Set $T^N$ the $N$-dimensional torus and $u\in H^1(T^N,\mathbb{C})$. Can I say that if the energy$$\int_{T^N}|\nabla u|^2 +\frac12\int_{T^N}[1-|u|^2]^2$$ is small enough (let say lower than some $\...
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Laplace problem with Robin boundary condition on a wedge
I'm trying to understand what the essential differences between Dirichlet/Neumann and Robin boundary conditions are. Therefore, let $\omega \in \left(0, 2\pi\right)$ and let
\begin{equation*}
\Omega = ...
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Prove that a solution of a semilinear elliptic equation is Hölder continuous
For all $x$ in the ball $B_R(0) \subset \mathbb{R}^2$, I have the equation $$\Delta u=f(u)$$ with the boundary condition $u(|x|=R)=1$. Suppose $0\leq u \leq 1$ and $u \in W^{1,2}$. If $f$ is "nice ...
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The Cauchy problem associated with $u_t^\epsilon + H(x,t,u^\epsilon,\nabla u^\epsilon) = \epsilon\Delta u^\epsilon$
Consider the initial value problem $$\begin{cases} u_t^\epsilon + H(x,t,u^\epsilon,\nabla_x u^\epsilon) = \epsilon\Delta_x u^\epsilon & \text{ in } \mathbb{R}^n \times (0,\infty)\\ u^\epsilon = g &...
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are these norms equivalent?
If it is known that $\sum_{i,j=1}^{n}a_{ij}\xi_i\xi_j\geq \alpha^2|\xi|^2$, where $\xi=(\xi_1,\xi_2,...,\xi_n)\in\mathbb{R}^n$ then can it be said that $\sum_{i,j=1}^{n}a_{ij}\frac{\partial u}{\...
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The minimum value of a energy integral
Let $D \subset {\mathbb{R}^3}$ a simple connected open domain with volume $\int_{\bar D} {dV = 1} $. $\varphi :{\mathbb{R}^3} \to \mathbb{R}$ is ${C^1}$, $\varphi (\infty ) = 0
$ and
$${\nabla ^2}\...
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Dirichlet-to-Neumann Map is selfadjoint
Let $\Omega$ be a compact, riemannian manifold with non-empty smooth boundary $\partial \Omega = \Gamma$.
For a smooth function $u \in C^\infty(\Gamma)$ we define the harmonic extension $\hat{u}$ as ...
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Completion of $C_{0,rad}^{\infty}(\Omega)$ with respect to the norm $\|u\|= \Bigg(\int_{\Omega} |\Delta u |^2 \, \mathrm{d}x \Bigg)^{\frac{1}{2}}. $
I have a question that it seems simple but I can not solve it.
Let $\Omega$ be the unit ball centered at zero in $\mathbb{R}^N$, $N>4$. Assume that $C_{0,rad}^{\infty}(\Omega)$ is the space of all ...
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Concentration compactness on a compact setting
Consider a compact Riemannian manifold $M$ of dimension $n$ and a sequence of positive functions $\{\varphi_k\}_k \in C^\infty(M)$ such that $\{\varphi_k\}_k$ satisfy the basic concentration ...
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One parameter family of elliptic equations
Consider the following 2nd order nonlinear elliptic equation on $\mathbb{R}^n$: $$-\Delta \varphi_\varepsilon + \sum_i a_i(x, \varepsilon)\partial_i \varphi_\varepsilon + \varphi_\varepsilon = N(\...
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Asymptotics of "heat" semigroup
Consider a bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ with smooth boundary. Consider a second order elliptic operator $L$ on $L^2(\Omega)$, defined by either the Dirichlet or Neumann boundary ...
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Sobolev space for manifold with boundary
For an compact manifold $M$ without boundary, we consider the eigenfunctions $(f_1,f_2,\ldots)$ of some elliptic operator (e.g $\Delta$) with eigenvalue $\lambda_{1},\lambda_{2},\ldots$. To define ...
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Minimizing some $H^{-1}$ functional over (a subset of) probability densities in $R^d$
Let me consider the following subset of probability measures in $R^d$
$$
\mathcal{K}_M=\left\{0\leq u(x)\in L^1(R^d):\quad \int u(x)dx =1,\,\int|x|^2u(x)dx\leq M,\,\int u(x)|\log u(x)|dx\leq M\right\}
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slightly subcritical elliptic pde; the linearized equations
Let $ p_m \nearrow \frac{N+2}{N-2}$ and consider the family of elliptic problems
$$-\Delta u_m(x)=u_m(x)^{p_m} \quad B \qquad \quad u_m =0 \quad \partial B,$$ where $B$ is the unit ball ...
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A parametrix for the $\bar\partial$ operator adapted to a holomorphic foliation
Let $X$ be a compact complex manifold with (regular) holomorphic foliation given by a holomorphic subbundle $\mathcal F$ of the tangent bundle. The foliation induces a filtration on differential forms....
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Core of divergence form operator with unbounded coefficient
Consider the unbounded operator $L$ on $L^2(\mathbb{R^d})$ to be the self-adjoint extension of
$$Lf := \nabla \cdot \left(a(x) \nabla f(x) \right)$$ on $C^2_c(\mathbb{R^d})$.
I also assume that $a(x)...
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Schauder estimate for $f \in L^\infty$
I was reading an article where at some point the author uses the following estimate:
Let $u$ be a solution of
$$\Delta u = f \quad \text{in } B_1$$
for $f \in L^\infty$. Then $u \in C^{1,1 - \...
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$T$ trace, then $Tg(u)=g(T(u))$ for all $u$ on $W^{1,p}$
The trace operator $T$ is defined for bounded domain $U$ with $C^1$ boundaries as the linear, continuous operator
$T: W^{1,p}(U) \rightarrow L^p(\partial U)$
such that
$$
Tu=u\;\text{ on }\partial U
$$...
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Brezis-Kato theorem
Let $n\geq 3$, and $u$ satisfies
$$
-\Delta u=K(x)u^{\frac{n+2}{n-2}}
\quad x\in B_1\setminus \{0\},
$$ where
$|K(x)|\leq A$ in $B_1\setminus \{0\}$, and
$u\geq 0$ in $B_1\setminus \{0\}$.
Can we ...
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Question about higher order mean field equation $\left(-\Delta_{g}\right)^{m} u+\lambda=\lambda \frac{e^{2 m u}}{\int_{M} e^{2 m u} d \mu_{g}}$
I'm reading Dr.Luca Martinazzi's paper
Existence of solutions to a higher dimensional
mean-field equation on manifolds
which proves that for $m \geq 1$, there is an existence result for the equation
$$...
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Poisson Kernel and solution formula for fractional elliptic problem
$$
k (-\Delta)^s u + u = 0, \qquad x \in U, \\
u(x) = f(x), \qquad x \in \mathbb R^n \setminus U,
$$
with $f \in L^\infty(\mathbb R^n)$, $k>0$, and $(-\Delta)^s$ is the singular integral ...
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Reference request: normal trace and the conormal derivative associated to the operator $Div (A \nabla)$ for a symmetric positive definite $A$
Let $A$ be a $3\times 3$ symmetric positive definite matrix. I am looking for a reference where I could find in which sense the normal trace $\gamma$ and conormal derivative $\gamma_n$ associated to ...
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Existence of $C^{2, \alpha}$ solution to $a^{ij}(x,u,Du)D_{ij}u+b(x,u,Du)=0$ using the Leray–Schauder theorem in "Elliptic PDE" of Q. Han & F. Lin
In this part of the book "Elliptic PDE" of Qing Han & Fanghua Lin, the Leray–Schauder existence theorem is applied to prove the existence of $C^{2, \alpha}(\bar{\Omega})$ solution.
For $\...
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Results on the eigenspace of weighted elliptic eigenvalue problems
I am considering the following eigenvalue problem in $\Omega=\mathbb{R}^n_+$
$$-\operatorname{div}(a(x)\nabla \varphi) = \lambda a(x)w(x)\varphi$$
where the weights $a>0$ and $w\in L^{\infty}$ (and ...
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Is there a generalization of the Agmon-Douglis-Nirenberg regularity theorem for elliptic equations to domains with corners?
The Agmon-Douglis-Nirenberg theorem(s) state(s) that whenever $f\in W^{m,p}(\Omega)$ where $\Omega$ is a bounded open set of class $C^{m+2}$, then there is a unique solution $u\in W^{m+2,p}(\Omega)$ ...
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Regularity results for non uniform elliptic equation
I have seen some regularity result for ellptic PDE but all of them consist of uniform elliptic one. For instance,
$$\nabla \cdot (\gamma(x) \nabla u)=F \text{ in } \Omega\qquad u=\phi \text{ on }\...
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Derivative and Green function of Fractional Laplacian in a bounded domain: $(-\Delta)^s\nabla_x G(\bar x,z) = 0 \text{ in } \Omega $?
Let $G$ be the Green function of the Fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta)^s$ in a domain $\Omega$ (which is known explicitly for the special case of the ball: link). Let $\bar x \in \Omega$ be fixed. Does ...
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Liouville theorem for elliptic equation with advection term
How can one prove that any $L^2$ solution of
$$ - \Delta \phi(x) + a(x) \cdot \nabla \phi(x)=0 \qquad \mbox{in } \mathbb R^N $$
is zero if $a(x)$ is a divergence-free vector field such that
$\int |\...
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Fractional Sobolev embedding theorem
Let $\psi \in C^\infty_c(\mathbb R^N)$ be a test function with support iN $B(0,R)$. Is it true that the following inequality holds
$$\int_{B(0,R)} \psi^2 u^{\frac{4}{1+\beta}} dx \le R^{1+\beta} \int_{...
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Series and solution of $-\Delta u + \lambda u = f(x)$
Consider a bounded smooth set $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^n$ (for example, we can take a ball). Can we write down the solution of
\begin{align*}
-\Delta u(x) + \lambda u(x) &= f(x), & x \in \...
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Reference request: PDE of the form $(\Delta - |u|^2)f = F(u)$
I am interested in equations of the form
$$(\Delta -|u|^2)f = F(u)$$
where $F$ depends on $u$ and preferably on its derivative, too. $u$ is supposed to be given and $f$ the unknown. More precisely I ...
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Fredholmness of elliptic operator on Hölder spaces
Let $(M,g)$ be a smooth oriented closed Riemannian manifold, $E\to M$ a smooth vector bundle, and $C^{k,\alpha}(E)$ the Banach space of sections of $E$ that are $k$-times differentiable (with respect ...
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Spectrum of Laplacian-like operator
Let $\kappa_1, \kappa_2>0$ be fixed.
Consider the unbounded operator $A: D(A) \rightarrow L^2(-1,1)\times\mathbb{R}$ defined by
$$
A\begin{bmatrix} y \\ h \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} \...
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Solution to Heat Equation By Projection
Let $X\subseteq C(\mathbb{R}\times [0,\infty))$ be the collection of all solutions to the IV heat equation
$$
\partial_t u(t,x) = \partial^2 u(t,x) \qquad u(0,x)=p(0,x),
$$
for some fixed $p\in C^2(\...
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A consequence of De Giorgi oscillation lemma
The following lemma is true (see DeGiorgi oscillation lemma)
Let $u$ be a subsolution of $$\mathrm{div}(A(x)\nabla u) = 0,$$
where $A$ is bounded, measurable and uniformly elliptic ($C^{-1}\...
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Asymptotically periodic potentials
Who came up with the idea of solving elliptic equations with periodic potentials and from there solving elliptic equations with asymptotically periodic potentials?
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Why does this PDE have a solution?
Let $\Sigma$ be a compact surface and denote by $\nu$ the unit conormal for $\partial \Sigma$. Let
$$E = \left\{ \phi \in C^{2,\alpha}(\Sigma) : \int_{\Sigma} \phi \, \mathrm{d}A = 0 \right\} $$
and
$$...
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Unclear inequality of L2 norms (Poisson equation for modeling flow)
I encountered a problem working through a paper about modeling flow with the use of the Poisson equation (source given below). There appears an inequality of L2 norms I don't understand so far. Your ...
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Coercivity of $\int (\Delta u + u)^2$ on a subspace of $H^2$?
Let $\Omega = [0,L] \times [0,2\pi]$ and split its boundary into $\Gamma_d = \{0,L\} \times [0,2\pi]$, $\Gamma^1_p = [0,L] \times \{0\}$, $\Gamma^2_p = [0,L] \times\{2\pi\}$. Consider the following ...
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Existence of solutions to $\lambda u-\frac{1}{(1+(u')^2)^2} \, \Delta u = f$
I'm looking for existence results for the equation
$$\lambda u-\frac{1}{(1+(u')^2)^2} \, \Delta u = f \quad \text{on the domain $[a,b]$}$$
for $u:[a,b] \to \mathbb{R}$, with either zero Dirichlet or ...
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An estimate for the solution of an elliptic PDE depending on a parameter
Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^n$ be a bounded domain with a sufficiently smooth boundary $\partial\Omega$.
We assume $\lambda_1\in\mathbb R$ is the principle eigenvalue of the operator
$$
-\Delta:\ H^...
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Implicit function theorem for operators
Let $P: (-a,a) \rightarrow \Psi_h^0(\mathbb{R}),$ be a pseudodifferential operator in Weyl quantization with $(-a,a) \ni z \mapsto P(z)$ depending smoothly on this parameter $z$. Note that this ...
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The eigenfunction of modified $1$-laplace equation?
Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^2$ be open bounded with smooth boundary. It is well known that the laplace equation
$$
-\Delta u=0
$$
has a set of eigenvalues $0<\lambda_1<\lambda_2\leq\lambda_3<...
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Domain of operator
Let be $\lambda\in C^{*}$. Consider the following operator:
$ T_{\lambda}=-\Delta_{R^{2}}++\frac{\lambda^{2} }{4} (x^{2}+y^{2})+i\lambda N$,
where
$N=(x \frac{d }{dy} -y \frac{d }{dx})$ ,
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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
$$-\Delta u + \lambda u = 0 \quad\text{in $\Omega$}$$
$$\partial_\nu u = \alpha \quad \text{on $\...
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A Question about compactness of an embedding into $L^p$ spaces
Assume $ \Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$ is a smooth bounded domain. There is well known Hardy inequality that says
For any $ u \in W_0^{1,2}(\Omega) $, $N\geq3$ we have
$$ \Lambda \int_{\Omega} \frac{u^...
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How to define Biharmonic operator for second order sobolev spaces
I am studying an article Link of Article. There author assumes that $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$, $ N>4 $ . Some where in the paper we have
$$ \Delta^2 (\cdot) - \frac{\lambda}{|x|^4} (\cdot) : W^...
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