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Shifting Sobolev norms in a hyperbolic estimate
Suppose $\Omega$ is a bounded domain and $\omega \subset \Omega$. Suppose we have the following estimate:
$$ \|u\|_{H^1((0,T) \times\Omega)} \leq C (\|u\|_{H^1((0,T) \times \omega)} + \|\Box u\|_{L^2((...
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A Gagliardo--Nirenberg inequality in $H^2(\mathbb R^4)$
Does the following inequality hold in $H^2(\mathbb R^4)$
$$
\sup_{u \in H^2(\mathbb R^4), u\not\equiv 0} \frac{\|u\|_4^4}{\|\Delta u\|_2^2 \|u\|_2^2} > \frac1{16 \pi^2}?
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System of Poisson equations
Let $(M,g)$ be a closed (compact and without boundary) and oriented Riemannian manifold and let us consider the Poisson equation for a smooth function $\varphi$:
$\Delta \phi = f$,
where $f$ is a ...
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Compactly supported functions and projections
Let $\Omega$ be an open subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$ and take a family of continuous compactly supported functions $f_n$ on $\Omega$ normalized to one (in the $L^2$ sense).
Then, these functions span a ...
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Is the vanishing on boundary condition for the eigenvalue problem of the $p$-Laplacian important?
Consider the eigenvalue problem of the $p$-Laplacian, $$-\Delta _p u=\lambda |u|^{p-2}u,\ u\in W_0^{1,p}(\Omega)$$
In most of the literature I saw, an extra condition is mentioned that $u$ vanish on ...
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singular integral operators
Let $(\Omega,g)$ be a compact domain with smooth boundary and suppose that $g$ is smooth. Let $g_D$ and $g_N$ denote the Dirichlet and Neumann green functions for the Laplace-Beltrami operator.
My ...
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Which sets support which spectra?
I know (and this is of course rather elementary) that an isolated point in the spectrum of a self-adjoint operator $T$ always belongs to the point-spectrum.
I would like to ask: Are there similar ...
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Eigenvalues of elliptic operator analytic with respect to a parameter
I am interested when one can say the eigenvalues of an elliptic operator
are real analytic with respect to a parameter. In particular I have seen many people say the first eigenvalue is analytic but ...
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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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Direct proof of fact $u \in C(U)$ satisfies $|Du| \ge 1$ in sense of viscosity if and only if property holds
Is it possible anybody could sketch me a direct proof of the fact that $u \in C(U)$ satisfies $|Du| \ge 1$ in the sense of viscosity if and only if the following property holds?
If $V \subseteq U$ is ...
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Positivity of solution of Poisson equation
Let $B$ denote the unit ball centered at the origin in $R^N$ and take $N \ge 3$. Let $( \phi_k(\theta), \lambda_k)$ for $ k \ge 0$ denote the Eigenpairs of $ -\Delta_\theta$ on $S^{N-1}$ which are $L^...
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compactness of sequence of harmonic functions
Let $ \Omega$ denote a smooth bounded domain in $ R^N$ and let $u_m \in C^\infty( \overline{\Omega})$ harmonic functions. We also suppose $ u_m$ is bounded in $L^2(\Omega)$ (uniformly in $m$).
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Verifying a claim regarding $H^1$ weak convergence and $L^2$ strong convergence on a surface
I'm reading a paper whose first section discussed $H^1$ maps defined on star-shaped sets, but I got stuck in verifying a claim for quite a while. I'm now thinking the claim is wrong, but it's hard to ...
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Existence of a viscosity solution
Setup
I'm trying to find sufficient conditions for the existence of a viscosity solution to the following PDE,
$$
f(t,s,z) + \partial_sf(t,s,z) \\
+ \sum_{i=1}^{\infty} \left[
\partial_{z_i} f(t,s,z)...
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determine when $e^{ikx}$ can be boundary value of a holomorphic function
Assume that $\Gamma=\{x+if(x): x\in \mathbb{R}\}$ is a graph, separating $\mathbb{C}$ into two connected components. Let's denote the one below $\Gamma$ by $\Omega$.
My question is, for what curves $...
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Given a fixed convex domain $\Omega$ in 3D, for what value $c$ the function $f(c) := \int_{\partial \Omega} |x-c| d \sigma_x$ gets its minimum?
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded smooth convex domain in $\mathbb{R}^3$, then consider the following minimization problem:
$$\inf_{c \in \overline{\Omega}} f(c), \quad f(c) := \int_{\partial \Omega} |x-c| ...
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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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The jump set of $SBV$ function for different value of parameter in image denoising problem
The classical Mumford-Shah image denoisng problem study the minimizer of the following functional, for each $\alpha>0$ where $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^2$ is open bounded with sommth boundary,
$$
u_\...
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The decay rate of the spectrum of the Gaussian kernel on compact manifolds
It seems that the $k^{th}$ largest eigenvalue of the intergral operator induced on $S^n$ by the Gaussian kernel, $e^{-\frac{\vert \vec{x} - \vec{y} \vert _2^2}{2\sigma^2}}$ decays as $k^{-k}$. This is ...
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Perturbation in Besov space
$\|f\|_{B^{0}_{p,p}}=(\sum_{j\geq -1} \|\Delta_j f\|_p^p)^{1/p}$ is the Besov norm of $f$.
Here the Fourier transform of $\Delta_jf~(j\geq 0)$ is $\psi(2^{-j}\xi)\hat{f}(\xi)$ and $\psi$ is a smooth ...
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On the differentiability of a certain map from $ (0,\infty) $ to $ \Bbb{R} $
This problem arose from my study of energy-conservation for non-linear Schrödinger equations. Suppose that we have the following data:
$ u \in C^{1} \! \left( (0,\infty),{L^{2}}(\Bbb{R}^{n}) \right) $...
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A Question about compactness of an embedding into $L^p$ spaces
Assume $ \Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$ is a smooth bounded domain. There is well known Hardy inequality that says
For any $ u \in W_0^{1,2}(\Omega) $, $N\geq3$ we have
$$ \Lambda \int_{\Omega} \frac{u^...
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Heat equation inequality
There is an inequality that tells us that for some sufficiently smooth $f$ satisfying $(\partial_t - \Delta )f \le - \delta f^2 +K$ for $\delta,K >0$ that $f$ is bounded by some constant. ...
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variation norm of a Fourier transform
Motivated by certain uniform estimate in oscillatory integrals, I am now trying to calculate the Fourier transform of the function ${\large e^{i|t|^{\epsilon}}/t}$ on $\mathbb{R}$, where $\epsilon\in (...
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Boundary gradient estimate
Assume $U$ is the unit disk and $\bar U$ its closure and let $u\in C^2(U)\cap C(\bar U)$ be a real function, with $u(z)=0$ for $z\in \partial U$. If $$|\Delta u|\le A|\nabla u|^2+g(z),$$ for some ...
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Bound for a certain integral expression
I am working to establish an estimate in $X^{s,b}$ spaces to prove local well-posedness of a certain equation, and I need to consider some sub-cases. In particular, I wish to show that the following ...
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Extension of solutions of PDE
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^{2}$ be an open set such that $\mathbf{0} \in \Omega$. Let $A := \Omega \setminus (\{0\}\times \mathbb{R})$, that is, $A$ is $\Omega$ with the $y$-axis removed.
Let $F:...
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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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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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Why is this integrability condition needed for uniqueness in the continuity equation?
I am reading about the uniqueness problem for the continuity equation $\partial_t \mu_t + div_x (b \mu_t)=0$ in the lecture notes by Ambrosio (here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/maths/research/events/...
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Derivative of fractional Laplacian is the fractional Laplacian of the derivative
Is it true that $$\partial_x ((-\Delta)^s u(x)) = ((-\Delta)^s \partial_x
u(x))?$$
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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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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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Estimating singular double integral
How can I estimate
$$\int_{(0,1) \setminus B_{\delta}(1/2)} \int_{B_\delta(1/2)} \frac{u(y)v(y)}{|x-y|^{\alpha +1}} \, dy \, dx$$ in terms of a positive power of $\delta$ and suitable norms of $u$ ...
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Is this PDE solvable?
Let $M = \mathbb{R}^3 \setminus B_1$ where $B_1$ is unit ball. I am trying to solve the following PDE for $f$:
$$\Delta f -\frac{ f }{r^2}+ \frac{ \left. f \right|_{\partial M}}{r^2} = 0, \qquad \text{...
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"Arc" length parametrization for surfaces
If we have a function $\phi:\Omega\subseteq\mathbb{R}^2\to\mathbb{R}$, $\phi\in C^2(\Omega)$ is there a way to find a function $d:\Omega\to\mathbb{R}, d\in C^2(\Omega)$ so that:
$|\nabla d(x,y)|=1,\ \...
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Is it a sufficient condition for linearity?
Edit: According to the comment by LSpice we come back to the initial version of this question
Let $f:\mathbb{R}^n\to \mathbb{R}^n$ be a smooth function such that for every $x\in \mathbb{R}^n$ the ...
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Does the Leibniz (product) rule hold for the spectral fractional Laplacian?
Does the Leibniz (product) rule hold in some sense for the spectral fractional Laplacian (at least in 1 dimension)?
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Improved maximum principle estimates (deleting first mode)
Recall given any function $v(x)$ defined on $B$ (the unit ball centred at the origin in $ R^N$) we can write
$$v(x) = \sum_{k=0}^\infty a_k(r) \psi_k(\theta)$$
where $ r=|x|$ and $ \theta = \frac{...
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Global Poincaré type estimate
For simplicity let us assume we are considering $\mathbb{R}^3$. Let us define the weighted Sobolev norm $\| u \|^2_{L^2_{\alpha}}= \int_{\mathbb{R}^3} |u|^2 \langle x\rangle^{\alpha}$ where $\langle x ...
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Exists $C = C(\epsilon, q)$ such that $\|u\|_{L^p(0, 1)} \le \epsilon \|u'\|_{L^1(0, 1)} + C\|u\|_{L^1(0, 1)}$ for all $W^{1, 1}(0, 1)$? [closed]
Let $1 \le p < \infty$. For all $\epsilon > 0$, does there exist $C = C(\epsilon, q)$ such that$$\|u\|_{L^p(0, 1)} \le \epsilon \|u'\|_{L^1(0, 1)} + C\|u\|_{L^1(0, 1)} \text{ for all }u \in W^{1,...
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Calculating a distributional derivative
Suppose that we have a sequence of functions $u_j$ that are in $L^{\infty}(0,1)$. Then the sequence of maps $N_j(s) := \|u_j(s)\|^2$ are also in $L^{\infty}(0,1)$. Hence they give rise to ...
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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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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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Does a weakly convergent sequence in $W^{1,p}(B_1)$ which also converges in $C^{0,\alpha}(B_1)$ converges strongly in $W^{1,p}(B_1)$?
Given a sequence $u_k\in W^{1,p}(B_1)\cap C^{\alpha}(B_1)$ such that $\|u_k\|_{C^{\alpha}(B_1)}\le 1$ for all $k\in \mathbb N$. Suppose we have
$$
u_k \rightharpoonup u\;\;\mbox{weakly in $W^{1,p}(B_1)...
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Showing that a Gaussian achieves equality in a logarithmic Sobolev inequality
Consider the following Logarithmic Sobolev inequality on page 210 of Analysis by by Elliott H. Lieb, Michael Loss (GSM 14): for $f\in H^1(\mathbb R^n),$ and $a>0$ any positive number,
$$
\frac{a^2}{...
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Domain of the fractional Laplacian operator
If $u:\mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R$ satisfies $$\int_{\mathbb R^n}\int_{\mathbb R^n}\frac{|u(x)-u(y)|^2}{|x-y|^{n+2s}} dxdy < \infty,$$
but $u$ is not in $L^2(\mathbb R^n)$, is $(-\Delta)^su$ well-...
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Stone–von Neumann theorem?
The Stone–von Neumann theorem says that given two unitary groups on a Hilbert space $H$ satisfying the canonical commutation relations (CCR)
$$
U(t)V(s) = e^{-i st} V(s) U(t) \qquad \forall s, t
$$
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Dirichlet problem for capillary equation over convex domain
Let $\Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}^2$ be a bounded convex domain with piecewise smooth boundary.
Let $\phi :\partial \Omega \to \mathbb R$ be a continuous function.
Let $L$ be a quasilinear elliptic ...
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Operator identity for convergent series
Let $T_i$ and $S_i$ be a sequence of bounded operators such that
$$ \sum_{k,i,j=0}^{\infty} S_j^* T_i^* T_i S_k$$ converges unconditionally in operator norm on some Hilbert space. The limit is then ...
