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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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Bounds on dimension of a subspace

Let $I=(0,1)$ and let $C>1$ be a constant. Let $L^2(I)$ and $H^1(I)$ be the standard Sobolev spaces on $I$. Suppose that $U$ is a subspace of $H^1(I)$ with the additional property that: $$ \| u\|_{...
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Is the closure of the ball of $1$-Lipschitz functions still equi-Lipschitz?

$\DeclareMathOperator\Lip{Lip}$Let $\Lip_0(\mathbb R^d)$ be the space of Lipschitz functions $f:\mathbb R^d\to\mathbb R$ vanishing at zero, i.e., $f(0)=0$, and equipped with the norm $\|f\|:=\|\nabla ...
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Most general reverse Hölder inequality for polynomials

Theorem. Let $m$ be an integer and $P_m$ the vector space of degree $m$ polynomials in one real variable. There is a constant $C$ such that, for all $a<b$ and $p \in P_m$, $$\|p\|_{L^\infty(a,b)} \...
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Is $C^\infty(\Omega) \cap W^{s_1,p_1}(\Omega)$ dense in $W^{s_2,p_2}(\Omega)$ if $W^{s_1,p_1}(\Omega) \subset W^{s_2,p_2}(\Omega)$?

Background: The proof of Theorem 6.4 in http://mate.dm.uba.ar/~jrossi/Fractional-1-lapla-07_02_2015.pdf, I want to use the density that $C^\infty(\Omega) \cap W^{r_0,q_0}(\Omega) \cap L^2(\Omega)$ is ...
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On the domain of functionals in measure with singular kernels

this post is concerned with functionals defined in measures. Consider the following functional $$\mathcal{W}[\mu]=-\int_{\mathbb{R}^2}{\log\vert x-y\vert\ d\mu(x)d\mu(y)},$$ were we define $-\log\...
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Verifying the proof of a bilinear estimate in $L^2$

$\newcommand{\R}{\mathbb{R}} \newcommand{\Z}{\mathbb{Z}} \newcommand{\ds}{\displaystyle} \newcommand{\Lpn}[2]{\left\lVert#1\right\rVert_{L^{#2}}}$ $\newcommand{\Lptxy}[3]{\left\lVert#1\right\rVert_{L^{...
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Derivative of the absolute value

Let $f \in W^{1,p}(U)$, then how to prove that $|f| \in W^{1,p}(U)$, where $W$ means the sobolev space over some open subset $U \in \mathbb{R}^n$. In Lieb's Analysis he prove that Let $f$ be in $W^{1,...
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Why is $\frac{1}{|x|^{n-2}}u(\frac{x}{|x|^2})$ harmonic if $u$ is harmonic?

I found myself trying to prove the following, but I had to compute everything explicitly. It is well known that if $u:\mathbb{R}^n\to\mathbb{R}$ is an harmonic function on $\mathbb{R}^n$, then the so-...
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Green function of a 2D exterior domain

Consider solutions of the laplace equation \begin{equation} \begin{split} -\Delta u=f, \ \ u|_{\partial D}=0, \end{split} \end{equation} where the domain $D\subset \mathbb{R}^2$. If $D$ is bounded ...
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Ekeland's standardness-property inheritable?

Ekeland's inverse function theorem gives weak conditions under which a function $f:E\rightarrow F$ between two graded Fréchet-spaces is locally surjective. The theorem requires the codomain $F$ to be ...
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Semilinear elliptic equations in complex plane

Let $D$ denote the closed unit disk centered at the origin in the complex plane. Let $F: D \times \mathbb C \to \mathbb C$ be a smooth function. Is there any theory for well-posedness (in the sense of ...
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Identification of a limit point of a sequence of solution of ODE

Let $v^0$ and $v^1$ be the following vector fields over $\big(\mathbb{R}_+^*\big)^3$: for $x\in\big(\mathbb{R}_+^*\big)^3$ and $1\leq i\leq 3$, \begin{align*} & v^0_i(x)=x_i(x_{i-1}-x_{i+1}) \\ &...
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Regularity of boundary of a level set of a $C^{1,\alpha}$ function

Let $f:\mathbb{R}^2\to\mathbb{R}$ be a $C^{1,\alpha}$ function. Denote $S_C=\{x\in\mathbb{R}^2\mid f(x)=C \}$ the level set of $f$ with value $C$. What i want to ask is, if $S_C$ is nonempty for some $...
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Bounding integral expression with total variation of integrand

Consider the following integral expression: $$\mathcal I :=\iint_{\epsilon \leq|x-y| \leq 1/2} f(x) f(y) \frac{(g(x)-g(y))(x-y)}{|x-y|^{3}} d x d y $$ for $\epsilon>0$, $f \in L^\infty(\mathbb R)$,...
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Bounding integral expression with BV norm of integrand

Consider the following integral expression: $$\mathcal I :=\iint_{\epsilon \leq|x-y| \leq 1/2} f(x) f(y) \frac{\langle g(x)-g(y), x-y\rangle}{|x-y|^{n+2}} d x d y $$ for $\epsilon>0$, $f \in L^\...
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Bounding integral expression with Sobolev norm of integrand

Consider the following integral expression: $$\mathcal I :=\iint_{\epsilon \leq|x-y| \leq 1/2} f(x) f(y) \frac{\langle g(x)-g(y), x-y\rangle}{|x-y|^{n+2}} d x d y $$ for $\epsilon>0$, $f \in L^\...
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A constant ratio of integrals? Part II

This question is a follow up on my latest MO post which was addressed kindly by Iosif Pinelis. What is new here is that I need to correct the assumption by including a missing hypothesis. The context ...
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A constant ratio of integrals? Part I

Let $u(x)$ be a harmonic polynomial in the unit ball $B_1(0)\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ with $u(0)=0$. For $0<r\leq1$, consider the average of its Dirichlet integral $$A(r):=\frac1{\vert B_r(0)\vert}\int_{...
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Estimate for an oscillatory integral of the first kind

I am confused in finding the right bound for the following oscillatory integral $$I = \int_\mathbb{R} (\psi(2^{-k} \xi))^2 e^{i (y \xi - 3 \eta \xi^2 t)} d\xi.$$ Where $\psi(2^{-k} \xi)$ is a smooth ...
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Partial derivative of the Bessel's operator

Let $J^s = (I- \Delta)^{\frac{s}{2}}$ where $\Delta$ is the Laplacian, and $w(x,y) \in L^2(\mathbb{T}^2)$. During my study to the paper, https://arxiv.org/pdf/1809.02027.pdf, the author stated that $$\...
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Existence of saddle points under a $C^0$-perturbation of a continuous function

Let $f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ be a continuous function and has a strict maximum point $a$ and strict minimum point $b$. Define $g(x,y)=f(x)+f(y)$ and $h_\varepsilon(x,y)$ be a family of continuous ...
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What is $T T^*$ argument?

During my studying of many papers, some authors used what so-called $T T^*$ argument. I have no clue about this concept (or mathematical tool). Could you please enlighten me with some explanations or/...
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The continuous dependence of the Green's function on a domain

Let $\Omega\in\mathbb{R}^2$ be a smooth bounded domain and $G(x,y)$ be the Green's function of $-\Delta$ in $\Omega$ with zero Dirichlet condition. Clearly $G(x,y)=-\frac{1}{2\pi}\ln|x-y|-h(x,y)$, ...
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A weighted $W^{2,p}$ estimates

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded smooth domain and $u\in W^{2,p}(\Omega)\cap H^1_0(\Omega)$. By the classical $L^p$ theory of second order elliptic equation, we have $$ \|\nabla^2u\|_{L^p(\Omega)}\leq C\|\...
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Decomposition of a positive definite matrix

Let $K(x)_{n\times n}$ be a positive definite matrix defined on $x\in D$ and $K_{i,j}(x)\in C^2(D)$ (or generally $C^k$) for any $1\le i,j\le n$. Of course for any $x$, there exists a invertable ...
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$x f'$ bounded by $x^2f $ and $f''$?

Consider the Hilbert space of functions $f \in L^2(\mathbb R)$ such that $x^2f \in L^2(\mathbb R) $ and $ f'' \in L^2(\mathbb R).$ I am wondering whether it is true that $xf'\in L^2(\mathbb R)$ as ...
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Support of functions in Fourier domain

Let $\mathcal F$ be the Fourier transform. I would like to understand whether being in a Sobolev space implies that the Fourier transform of a function is necessarily supported on a compact ball up to ...
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Green's function for elliptic PDE with potential

$\newcommand{\div}{\operatorname{div}}$Suppose I have an elliptic operator $\mathcal{L} u = -\div (A \nabla u) $ on some open set $\Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}^d$ where here $A$ is uniformly elliptic ...
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Density of restrictions of harmonic functions inside a ball

Let $B$ be the closed unit ball in $\mathbb R^3$ centered at the origin and let $U= \{x\in \mathbb R^3\,:\, \frac{1}{2}\leq |x| \leq 1\}.$ Let $$ S_U= \{u \in C^{\infty}(U)\,:\, \Delta u =0 \quad\text{...
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Positive part of Cauchy sequence of Sobolev functions is again Cauchy

Let $p\geq 1$ and consider the space $W^{1,p}(B)$ where $B\subset \mathbb{R}^{n}$ is the standard unit ball. Moreover, let $f_{k} \in C^{\infty}(B)$ be a Cauchy sequence in $W^{1,p}(B)$ of smooth ...
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Lavrentiev phenomenon between $C^1$ and Lipschitz

Does there exist a (onedimensional) integral functional of calculus of variations (with $f$ finite everywhere) $$ F(y)=\int_a^b f(t,y(t),y'(t))\,dt
 $$ such that $$ \inf_{y\in Lip([a,b])}F(y)<\inf_{...
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Lavrentiev phenomenon between $C^1$ and $C^2$

Does there exist a (onedimensional) functional that exhibits the Lavrentiev phenomenon between $C^1$ and $C^2$ that is $$ F(y)=\int_a^b f(t,y(t),y'(t))\,dt \quad\text{or possibly}\quad F(y)=\int_a^b f(...
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First derivative of cut off function

I am working on proving the following: Let $\rho(x)= \frac{2}{2+x^2}$, $\theta >1$ (assumed integer here) and $B \subset H^1_{ul}$,(uniformly local Sobolev space), be any subset which is bounded in ...
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Orthonormal basis in $W^{1,2}([0,1])$

Consider the Hilbertspace $W^{1,2}([0,1])$ (i.e. Sobolev space) with the standard inner product which is defined by: $(f,g) = (f,g)_{L^{2}([0,1])} + (f',g')_{L^{2}([0,1])}$. Here $[0,1]$ is not ...
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Taylor coefficients of Hadamard product

I imagine this to be a very classical question in complex analysis: Consider the Hadamard product $$g(\mu) = \prod_{n=1}^{\infty}E_1(\mu z_n),$$ where $E_1(z):=(1-z)e^z$ is the first elementary ...
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Spectrum Cauchy-Euler operator

A Cauchy-Euler operator is an operator that leaves homogeneous polynomial of a certain degree invariant, named after the Cauchy-Euler differential equations We consider the operator $$(Lf)(x) = \...
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Averaging and fractional Laplacian

Let $u,\phi:\mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ be smooth functions and $\Omega_\epsilon$ be a bounded domain in $\mathbb R$ with diameter $\epsilon>0$ (consider for exaple the ball $B_{\epsilon/2}(0)$). Is ...
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Density of traces of solutions to an elliptic equation

Let $D_1$ be a domain with smooth boundary and assume that $D_1$ is a proper subset of $D_2$ which is itself a bounded domain in $\mathbb R^n$ with a smooth boundary. Assume also that $D_2\setminus ...
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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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Existence of a smooth compactly supported function

Let $U$ be a bounded domain in $\mathbb R^n$. Does there exist a smooth function $f$ with compact support in $U$ such that: $$ \| f\|_{W^{k,\infty}(U)} \leq (k!)^{2-\epsilon},$$ for some $\epsilon>...
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Limit of $u^\epsilon_t + u^\epsilon_x - \epsilon u^\epsilon_{xx} + \epsilon u^\epsilon_{xxx} = 0$ as $\epsilon \to 0$

Consider the initial-value problem associated to the PDE $u^\epsilon_t + u^\epsilon_x - \epsilon u^\epsilon_{xx} + \epsilon u^\epsilon_{xxx} = 0$. To prove that, as $\epsilon \to 0$, the weak solution ...
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Determine the sign (positive or negative) of an integral with the fractional Laplacian

Let $u,v:\mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ and $\phi: \mathbb R \to \mathbb R_+$ be smooth bounded functions. Assume also $\phi' \ge 0$. Assume that $u(0) - v(0) = 0$ and that $0$ is a strict global minimum of ...
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How to prove the reverse Hölder inequality for Laplace equations?

Let $ u\in H^1(2B) $ be a weak solution of $ \Delta u=0 $ in $ 2B $, where $ B=B(0,1) $ is a ball with center $ 0 $ and radius $ 1 $. Then there exists some $ p>2 $ such that \begin{eqnarray} \left(...
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Application of Green function for non linear PDE [closed]

In the case of linear PDE, say $$Lu=0$$ if we have its green function say $G(x,y)$ then using that one can give solution of non homogenous PDE i.e. $Lu_f=f$ where $u_f=G*f$. Is the same thing hold for ...
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A sequence of functions solving $-\Delta u_n + V u_n = u_{n-1}|_{\partial M}$

Let $M = \mathbb R^3 \setminus B_1$ where $B_1$ is the unit ball. Let $ h \in C^{\infty}(\partial M)$ and let $u_0$ be the unique function that vanishes at infinity and solves $$\begin{cases} -\Delta ...
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Convergence of a level set when $f^n\to f$ in $C^1$ sense

Let $f^n$ be a family of $C^1$ functions and $f(x)=-|x|^2+1$ such that $$f^n\to f$$ in $C^1$ sense as $\varepsilon\to 0$. I want to ask that does the level set $\{f^n=0\}$ converges to $\{f=0\}$ in ...
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Linear transport equation with Lipschitz conditions

Given the equation here, I would like to ask the following relaxed question: Consider the PDE $$\partial_t f(x,t) = \langle q(x), \nabla \rangle f(t,x) + p(x),$$ with Schwartz initial data $f(0,x) = ...
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Linear transport equation with unbounded coefficients

Consider the PDE $$\partial_t f(x,t) = \langle q(x), \nabla \rangle f(t,x) + p(x),$$ with Schwartz initial data $f(0,x) = f_0(x) \in \mathscr S(\mathbb R^n).$ I am wondering then if $q$ and all its ...
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Connecting PDE notions for functions $[0,T] \to (\Omega \to \mathbb{R})$ to related notions for functions $[0,T] \times \Omega \to \mathbb{R}$

Fix $\Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}^N$ a bounded domain (of whatever smoothness you end up needing, let's say $C^1$ domain for definiteness) and fix some $0 <T < \infty$. In considering evolution ...