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A deceptively simple regularity problem for functions on the plane

By various meanderings and toying with simpler problems, my current research has lead me to the following quite straightforward question, which I am wholly unable to answer: Consider a twice ...
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Holomorphic functions of certain blow up at origin

Suppose that $D=\{z\in \mathbb C\,:\, |z|\leq 1\}$ and let $f$ be holomorphic on $D\setminus\{0\}$ such that $|f(z)|\leq e^{\frac{1}{|z|}}$ for all $0<|z|\leq 1$ and assume additionally that $\lim\...
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General version of Weyl's lemma

The classical Weyl's lemma say, suppose $u \in L^1_{loc}(\Omega­)$ satisfies $$\int_{\Omega}u \Delta \phi dx=0\ \ \forall \phi\in C_c^{\infty}(\Omega),$$ then $u$ is harmonic in $\Omega.$ What I want ...
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On distributions and kernels

Let $U\subset\mathbb{R}^{d}$ be an open set and consider $X=\mathbb{R}\times U$. Now, lets consider a smooth (regular) kernel $k_{A}\in C^{\infty}(X\times X)$ and corresponding continuous operator $A:...
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Compactness and Leray-Schauder degree

What's the relationship between compactness of solutions in partial differential equations (PDEs) and the Leray-Schauder degree?
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Distributions and time-kernels

Let $U\subset\mathbb{R}^{d}$ be an open subset and set $M:=I\times U$, where $I=(a,b)\subset\mathbb{R}$ is some open subset. Lets consider a linear operator $B:C^{\infty}_{c}(M)\to C^{\infty}(M)$ that ...
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Smoothing property of the heat kernel on the one-dimensional torus

Let $G=G(x,t)$ be the heat kernel on the one-dimensional torus $\mathbb{T}^1,$ with $x \in \mathbb{T}^1$ and $t \in (0,T].$ $G$ is given by \begin{equation} G(x,t) = (4 \pi t)^{-1/2} \sum_{k \in \...
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Lavrentiev Phenomenon

Does there exist a (onedimensional) integral functional of calculus of variations $$ F(y)=\int_a^b f(t,y(t),y'(t))\,dt
 $$ such that not only $$ \inf_{y\in\operatorname{Lip}([a,b])}F(y)>\inf_{y\in ...
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Inverse function theorem for $W^{2,n}\cap W^{1,\infty}$ functions

Let $n\ge 2$, $f:B_1\subset \mathbb R^n\rightarrow \mathbb R^n$, $f\in W^{2,n}\cap W^{1,\infty}(B_1)$, $\text{det}(Df)>c>0$, where $B_1$ is the unit ball. Can we show that $f$ is a homeomorphism ...
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Is this property preserved under weak$^*$ convergence?

Let $1 \le p < n$ and let $p^*$ be the Sobolev conjugate of $p$, i.e. $p^* = np/(n - p)$. Let $(\Omega_m)$ be an increasing sequence of bounded, convex and open sets such that $$ \lim_{m \to \infty}...
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Derivate involving Bessel function of second type

Let. $$f := (x, y) \mapsto \text{BesselK}(1, c \cdot (a - b \cdot (x + y))) \cdot \exp(c \cdot b \cdot (y - x))$$ Is there a close formula for this $$\frac{\partial^{m+n}}{\partial y^m \partial x^n} f(...
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Question about Lebesgue Bochner spaces

Let $T>0$ and $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N$ be a bounded domain. Also $p\in (1,\infty)$ is any number. I know that $u\in L^{p}((0,T);L^p(\Omega))$ and $\nabla u\in L^{p}((0,T);L^p(\Omega))^N$. How ...
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Special density on $L^2$

Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N$ be a bounded domain, and $u\in L^2(\Omega)$ with $0\leq u(x)\leq 1$ a.e. on $\Omega$. It is well known that $C^{\infty}_c(\Omega)$ is dense in $L^2(\Omega)$. Because $C^...
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Bounding the $L^{p*}$ norm from below for functions satisfying a $p$-capacity estimate

If $1 \le p < n$, the $p$-capacity of a compact set $A \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ with respect to an open set $U$ containing it is defined as $$\text{Cap}_p(A, U) := \inf \left\{\int_U |\nabla u|^p \, ...
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Sufficient initial conditions for "non-local" PDE

I am studying a problem of the form $$i\, \partial_t \psi(t) = L \psi(t) + \int_0^t U(t-r) \psi(r) \, dr, \qquad \psi(0) = \psi_0,$$ where the evolution occurs in some Hilbert space, $L$ is a self-...
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Hölder continuity in time of heat semigroup for regular initial distribution

$ \newcommand{\bR}{\mathbb{R}} \newcommand{\diff}{\mathop{}\!\mathrm{d}} $ Let $(p_t)_{t>0}$ be the standard Gaussian heat kernel on $\bR^d$, i.e., $$ p_t (x) := \frac{1}{(4 \pi t)^{\frac{d}{2}}} \...
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Hölder continuity in time of heat semigroup

$ \newcommand{\bR}{\mathbb{R}} \newcommand{\diff}{\mathop{}\!\mathrm{d}} $ We fix $\alpha \in (0, 1)$ and $c>0$. Let $\ell : \bR^d \to \bR_+$ be a probability density function such that $$ \|\ell\|...
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Upper bound $\int_{\mathbb{R}^d \times \mathbb{R}^d} |fx)-f(y)| (1+|y|) \ell (x) p_t (x-y) \, \mathrm d x \, \mathrm d y$ in $t$

$ \newcommand{\bR}{\mathbb{R}} \newcommand{\diff}{\mathop{}\!\mathrm{d}} $ We fix $\alpha \in (0, 1)$ and $c>0$. Let $f : \bR^d \to \bR$ and $\ell : \bR^d \to \bR_+$ be measurable such that $\ell$ ...
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Unique continuation property of the equation $ -\Delta u=|u|^{p-1}u $ with $ p>2 $

Assume that $ \{u_i\}_{i=1}^{2} $ satisfies $ -\Delta u_i=|u_i|^{p-1}u_i $ in $ B_1 $ with $ p>2 $ and $ u_1=u_2 $ in an open set $ A\subset B_1 $. I want to ask that if $ u_1=u_2 $ in $ B_1 $. ...
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Question on ODE involving mollifiers from Taylor's book on PDEs

In Taylor's third book on PDEs chapter 16, the author discusses quasilinear symmetric hyperbolic systems of the form $$\partial_{t}u=A^{k}(t,x,u)\partial_{k}u+g(t,x,u)$$ with some initial condition $u(...
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Sufficient condition for interpolation

If we have a couple of two compatible banach spaces (in this sense) $(X,Y)$ and a sequence of Banach spaces $\{Z\}_{\theta\in[0,1]}$ which are intermediate between $X$ and $Y$ satisfying: $Z_0=X$, $...
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Regularity of solutions to an elliptic boundary value problem

Let $M = [1,\infty)\times S^2$. For an integer $k \geq 2$ and number $\tau<0$, define the space $L^2_{\tau}([1,\infty);H^k(S^2))$ to be all $H^k(S^2)$-valued functions $u$ on $[1,\infty)$ with $\...
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Method of characteristics for higher order PDEs in more than two variables

I am trying to understand the mathod of characteristics for solving partial differential equations. However, all the examples I found over the internet are for first order PDEs or for second order ...
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Is $L^2([a,b]; L^2(S^2))$ the same as $L^2([a,b] \times S^2)$?

The space $L^2([a,b];L^2(S^2))$ is a Banach space with respect to the norm $$\left\Vert f \right\Vert_1^2 = \int_{a}^b \left\Vert f(r) \right\Vert_{L^2(S^2)}^2 dr$$ The space $L^2([a,b]\times S^2)$ ...
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An asymmetric quadrilinear estimate

Fix $1<p<2$ and let $a_{i}=1-\frac{\theta_{i}}{p^{\prime}}$ where $\theta_{i}\in (0,1/2)$, $i=1,2,3,4$, and $p^{\prime}$ is the conjugate exponent of $p$. Note here that $0<a_{i}=1-\theta_{i}+...
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How to understand the unique continuation result

Let $E$ be the closure of $C_c^{\infty}\left(\mathbb{R}^N\right)$ ($N \geqq 3)$ under the norm $$ \|u\|_E=\left(\int_{\mathbb{R}^N}|\nabla u|^2\right)^{1 / 2}. $$ Suppose $K(x) \in C^1\left(\mathbf{R}^...
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If a weighted Laplacian's eigenfunction is zero in an open set, when is it identically zero?

Let $m, s \in ([0, 1]^d \rightarrow \mathbb{R}_{\geq 0}$). Define a weighted Laplacian $\Delta_{m, s}f$ evaluated at $x \in [0, 1]^d$ to be: $m(x) \cdot \text{div} ( s(x) \nabla f(x))$. What ...
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Does the Poincaré inequality hold on annular domains?

Does the following Poincaré inequality hold $$\int_{B_{r_2}\setminus B_{r_1}} |f-\bar{f}|^2 dx \leq C(r_2-r_1)^2 \int_{B_{r_2}\setminus B_{r_1}} |\nabla f|^2 dx,$$ where $B_r$ denotes a ball of radius ...
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A simple bilinear estimate

Let $2\leq p,q <\infty$ and fix $0<\alpha<1$ such that $\frac{1}{p}+\frac{1}{q}\leq 2-\alpha$. Suppose that $f\in L^{p}([0,1])$ and $g\in L^{q}([0,1])$. What is the optimal value of $t=t(\...
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On the existence of a complicated fractal-like set of finite perimeter

Let $f\in BV(\Bbb R^n)$ be an integer-valued function that maps into $\{0, 1\}$ and is identically $0$ outside some bounded set in $\Bbb R^n$. In particular, $f$ determines a bounded Caccioppoli set $...
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Metric entropy of mixed norm spaces with exponent-free bounds

Suppose $\mathcal{F}\subset L^p([0,1]^d)$ is a subset with the following property: The $L^q$-covering number of $\mathcal{F}$ is independent of $q$, for all $1\le q\le\infty$. An example of $\mathcal{...
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About the naturality of Krasnoselskii genus on Variational Methods

I have recently watched a seminar about Variational Methods from Mónica Clapp and she gave a very interesting motivation of why the Lusternik–Schnirelmann category (click on the link for the ...
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Schroedinger operator in 2 dimensions with singular potential

Consider the Schroedinger operator $$H = -\Delta + \frac{c}{\vert x \vert^2}$$ in two dimensions with $c >0$ This operator has a self-adjoint realization, since it is a positive symmetric operator ...
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Singular integral bounded by Dirichlet form?

We define for some fixed $L$ $$\Omega:=\{(x_1,x_2) \in ([-L,L]^2 \times [-L,L]^2) \setminus \{x_1=x_2\}\},$$ in particular $x_1,x_2 \in \mathbb R^2.$ Let $f \in C_c^{\infty}(\Omega)$, then I am ...
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Energy of harmonic maps from $\mathbb R^2$ to $S^2$ is quantized

Assume that $U:\mathbb R^2\to S^2=\{y\in\mathbb R^3:|y|=1\}$ is a smooth solution of the equation $\Delta U+|\nabla U|^2U=0$ in $\mathbb R^2$ with $\int_{\mathbb R^2}|\nabla U|^2\,dx<+\infty$. ...
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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., $$ g_t (x) := (4\pi t)^{-\frac{d}{2}} e^{-\frac{|x|^2}{4t}}, \quad t>0, x \in \mathbb R^d. $$ Let $f : \mathbb R^d \to \...
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Can we approximate a Hölder pdf by higher-order Hölder pdf's?

$\newcommand{\RR}{\mathbb R}\newcommand{\NN}{\mathbb N}$ Let $\alpha \in (0, 1)$ and $j \in \NN$. We denote by $H^{j + \alpha} := H^{j + \alpha} ({\RR}^d)$ the space of real-valued functions $f$ on $\...
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Embedding theorems for Dini continuous functions

Are there embedding theorems for the space of Dini continuous functions on a Euclidean domain, or even just on an interval? Ideally, I am looking for something like the classical Morrey inequalities ...
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A fractional weighted Poincaré inequality

Does there exists a constant $C>0$ such that $$ \int_{-1}^1 \lvert x\rvert\lvert\partial_x u\rvert^2 \,dx \geq C\, \lVert u\rVert^2_{H^{1/2}((-1,1))},$$ for all $u\in C^{\infty}_0((-1,1))$?
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Possible research directions in analysis? [closed]

I am an undergraduate student who loves basic mathematics in the analysis branch, but I have learned that some directions, for example, harmonic analysis, are already well developed and difficult to ...
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PDEs and algebraic varieties

Let $P$ be an order $d$ differential operator with constant coefficients and consider a PDE of the form $Pf = \delta$. Taking the Fourier transform of $P$ we get a degree $d$ polynomial whose zero ...
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Elliptic regularity and Sobolev spaces

Consider a linear partial differential operator $D:C^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^{d})\to C^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^{d})$, i.e. $$D=\sum_{\alpha\in\mathbb{N}^{d}}a^{\alpha}(x)\partial^{\alpha}_{x}$$ where $a$ are ...
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Closure of Laplacian

Let $(M,g)$ be a complete Riemannian manifold and $\Delta$ the (positive) Laplace-Beltrami operator. Now, consider this operator as an operator $$\Delta:\mathcal{D}(\Delta)\to L^{2}(M)$$ There are two ...
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Approximating $L^p$ functions by eigenfunctions of Laplacian

I'm reading a paper https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022039608004932. In this paper, the authors assume that $\mathcal{O}$ is a bounded domain of $\mathbb{R}^N$ with $C^m$ boundary ...
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Computing a limit for the Weierstrass function

Let $a\in (0,1)$ and let $b$ be an odd positive integer such that $ab>1+\frac{3}{2}\pi$. Let $\alpha \in (0,1)$ be defined by $\alpha= -\frac{ln(a)}{ln(b)}$ and consider the well known Weierstrass ...
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Fractional Laplacian of $(a-x)_+^\alpha$ in $(0,1)$

How can I compute the spectral fractional Laplacian of $(a-x)_+^\alpha$ on $\Omega = (0,1)$? Here the operator is defined as $$(-\Delta)^s u = c_{N,s} \int_0^\infty (e^{t\Delta_N}u(x) - u(x)) t^{-1 - ...
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On an integral equation

Let $B: C^{\infty}([0,1]^3)$ satisfy $$B(t,t,x)=0 \quad \text{for all $t,x \in [0,1]$.}$$ Let $f \in C^{\infty}([0,1]^2)$ satisfy the following integral equation: $$ \int_0^1 f(t,x)\,dx + \int_0^t\...
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Finite dimensionality of a subspace

Let $c>0$ and let $Y$ be the space of all distributions of compact support in $(-1,1)$ with singular support at $\{0\}$. Let $X$ be subspace of $Y$ such that for any $\phi \in X$ there holds: $$ \...
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Singular support: equivalent definition

Let $U\subset\mathbb{R}^{d}$ be an open set. The singular support of a distribution $u\in\mathcal{D}^{\prime}(U)$ is defined to be the compliment of the set of points, which have a neighbourhood in ...
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Looking for references to study $U^p$ and $V^p$ spaces

I am studying some papers in the analysis of nonlinear PDEs and I am encountering the $U^p$ and $V^p$ spaces for the first time. Where can I find references more detailed than papers? Edited The ...

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