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27 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Given composition rules, determining whether a continuous map between smooth functions is a pseudodifferential operator
Let $M$ be a closed manifold, and let $P:C^{\infty}(M)\rightarrow C^{\infty}(M)$ be a continuous linear map in the smooth Fréchet topologies. In what is to come, if it helps, one can assume further ...
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Injectivity of div–curl operator
$\DeclareMathOperator\div{div}\DeclareMathOperator\curl{curl}$Consider a div–curl system
\begin{align*}
Lu &= (\div(u), \curl(u)) \text{ in } \Omega \subset M, \text{ a 3-manifold}, \\
u &= 0 \...
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Spectral problems with the wrong sign on the Poincaré disk
Let $\mathbb{D}$ denote the open unit disk in $\mathbb{C}$ equipped with the Poincaré metric $g$ of negative scalar curvature $-1$. Denote by $\Delta_g = \mathrm{Tr}_g(\nabla^g d) = - d^{\ast_g} d$ ...
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Donnelly-Fefferman growth of eigenfunctions
Let $(M, g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold, and let $\lambda^2$, $\varphi_\lambda$ represent eigenvalues and eigenfunctions respectively of the Laplacian $\Delta$, that is, $-\Delta \varphi_\lambda ...
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A question on essentially self-adjoint differential operators of the type $\Delta=D^{\ast}D$
Let $(M,g)$ be a smooth (connected, complete, oriented) Riemannian manifold and let $D:C^{\infty}(M)\to C^{\infty}(M)$ be a linear partial differential operator, which I view as an operator in $L^{2}(...
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Quasimode construction on a compact Riemannian manifold
Let $M$ be a closed Riemannian manifold, $\Delta$ be the usual Laplace-Betrami operator on $M$ and $\gamma : [0, L] \to M$ be a stable elliptic periodic geodesic of length $L$. I have heard in several ...
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On the relation between ellipticity and Fredholmness as properties of linear PDE's on Fréchet spaces of smooth sections
Let $M$ be a compact manifold equipped with finite rank vector bundles $E$ and $F$ with spaces of $C^{\infty}$ sections denoted $\Gamma(E)$ and $\Gamma(F)$ respectively. It is standard that a ...
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Is the range of the exterior covariant derivative closed in $L^{2}$?
Let $(M,g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold. Given a tensor bundle $\mathbb{E}$, let $\nabla:\Gamma(\mathbb{E}) \rightarrow \Gamma(T^{*}M\otimes \mathbb{E})$ be the canonical connection induced by ...
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Green operator of elliptic differential operator and radius of convergence
Let $E \to X$ be a hermitian vector bundle over a compact Kähler manifold and let $L$ be a self-adjoint elliptic linear differential operator on $E$. Suppose that $E \to X$ and $L$ are real-analytic. ...
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Helmholtz-Hodge decomposition
I have a question regarding a decomposition of a vector field. So fix $ 1<p<\infty$ and let $ \Omega$ denote a smooth bounded domain in $ R^N$. Now let $ F $ denote a smooth vector field $F:\...
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Sharp Sobolev trace inequalities on Riemannian manifolds with boundaries
For $n \geq3$, let $(M,g)$ be smooth $n$-dimensional, compact, Riemannian manifold with a smooth boundary. Then there exists some constant $A=A(M,g)>0$ such that, for all $u \in H^1(M)$
\begin{...
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Poincare inequality on the hemisphere
Background:
Let $\mathbb{S}^2_+$ be the hemisphere. Then we know that for $f:\mathbb{S}^2_+\to \mathbb{R}$ satisfying (when written in coordinates) $\int_{0}^{2\pi}\int_{0}^{\pi/2}f(r,\theta)\sin(r)dr ...
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Differential equations: trying to connect a nonlinear equation to a linear one
The following is motivated by taking a product space $\Omega$ and splitting it into two parts via projections, whose subspaces, $T$ and $X$, are home to functions which satisfy a nonlinear PDE and a ...
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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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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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Quantitative estimate of heat dispersion - off diagonal estimates
Consider the heat equation $\partial_t u - \Delta u = 0$ on a compact manifold $M$ (if $M$ has a smooth boundary, then we assume either Dirichlet or Neumann boundary condition). Consider $u_0 (x) = u(...
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Sobolev space and trace theorems on a non-compact Riemannian manifold with boundary ($M \times (0,\infty)$)
Let $M \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be a $C^k$ ($k \geq 2$) compact hypersurface of dimension $n-1$ without boundary. Consider $X=M \times (0,\infty)$ which has boundary $\partial X = M \times \{0\}$.
I am ...
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Variational inequality on Manifold
Let $(M,g)$ be a Riemannian manifold. Consider $A : W^{1,r}(M,\mathbb{R}) \rightarrow W^{-1,r'}(M,\mathbb{R}), k \mapsto Ak$, where $Ak$ is defined by $(Ak)(\varphi) = \int_{M}g(\nabla k, \nabla \...
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Conformal laplacian on asymptotically flat manifolds with boundary
Let $g$ be an asymptotically flat metric on $M = \mathbb{R}^3 \setminus B_1$ where $B_1$ is the unit ball.
Suppose $X$ is a smooth vector field on $M$ that is decaying exponentially and satisfies
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Laplacian on the sphere and Moving Plane method
Consider the sphere $\mathbb{S}^n$ as a subset of $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$, thus $\mathbb{S}^n=\{\omega\in \mathbb{R}^{n+1},\sum_{i=1}^{n+1}\omega_i^2=1\}.$
I am interested in studying positive solutions to ...
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Derivation of the vortex filament equation from Euler equation
How can the vortex filament equation
$$\partial_t \chi = \partial_s \chi \wedge \partial_{ss} \chi,$$
where $\chi(t,s)$ is a curve in $\mathbb R^3$,
be derived from the Euler equation
$$\partial_t \...
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One question about Schrodinger Semigroups-(B. Simon)
This question comes from the paper: B. Simon, Schrodinger Semigroups, Bull. A.M.S., (1982) Vol. 7 (3).
On the Theorem C.3.4(subsolution estimate) of the paper, it says that: Let $Hu=Eu$ and $u\in L^...
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Harmonic coordinates on asymptotically flat manifold
I am studying the existence of harmonic coordinates at infinity on an asymptotically flat manifold. My Reference papers are, The Mass of Asymptotically Flat Manifold, by Bartnik [B] and The Yamabe ...
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Normal vector to a level set and fractional Laplacian
Let $U=\{u\le0\}$ and $\partial U=\{u=0\}$. Suppose $\nabla u$ does not vanish on $\partial U$. Then the (canonical extension of the) normal vector field to $\partial U$ (pointing to the interior of $\...
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Gauge Fixing Problem on Cylindrical
For Cylindrical $Y\times\mathbb R$, where $Y$ is a closed oriented 3-manifold.
If it is necessary, we could consider the $b_1(Y)=0$ case.
Fix a Line bundle $L\to Y\times \mathbb R$ and a Hermitian ...
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Does the Laplace-Beltrami/surface gradient commute with orthogonal projection? (related to Galerkin method)
Let $\Gamma$ be a $C^k$ $(n-1)$-dimensional hypersurface embedded in $\mathbb{R}^n$. Let $H=L^2(\Gamma)$ and $V=H^1(\Gamma)$.
Suppose that $\{v_j\}$ is a basis for $H$ and $V$ (not necessarily ...
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partial differential equations with mixed boundary conditions
hi,
does anyone know some good references (books, papers) on partial differential equations with mixed boundary conditions ?
actually I am intrested in the following: Let $f(x)=(f_{1}(x),...,f_{n}(...
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