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Sobolev embedding theorems in vector bundles on non-compact manifolds

Let $(M,g)$ be a smooth (not necessarily compact) Riemannian $n$-manifold. It is well-known that dealing with Sobolev spaces in the general non-compact case becomes tricky, since for instance, there ...
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On elliptic operators on non-compact manifolds

Let $(M,g)$ be a (connected, oriented) Riemannian manifold and $E$ some finite-rank $\mathbb{R}$- or $\mathbb{C}$-vector bundle equipped with some (positive-definite) inner product on the level of (...
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Elliptic regularity on manifolds: Is this true?

Let $(M,g)$ be a Riemannian manifold (without boundary) and denote by $\Delta_{g}$ the Laplace-Beltrami operator (or any other elliptic operator if you wish). I was trying to find a reference for the ...
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Morse functions on subset $\bar \Omega$ of $\mathbb {R}^d$ and its level sets

Let $f$ be a $C^{2}(\bar{\Omega})$ Morse function, where $\Omega$ is a bounded open set of $\mathbb{R}^d$: this means that $$ \begin{cases} f(x) = 0 \\ \nabla f (x) \neq 0 \end{cases}\text{ on }\...
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How does one make sense of singular solutions to constant mean curvature equation?

Background: Consider the following ODE: $$\left(\frac{r^2 \dot{f}}{\sqrt{1+r^2(\dot{f})^2}}\right)' = c r$$ where $c$ is some positive constant (Lagrange multiplier), $f:[0,\infty)\to [0,\pi]$ is the ...
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Generalized functional for solution of PDEs

Asked this on Math Stack Exchange awhile ago but it got ignored then deleted. To solve a differential equation of one variable, you need constraints equal to the number of derivatives. For a partial ...
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Lipschitz domains ambiguous definitions

I use a lot in the study of pde bounded Lipschitz domains $\Omega\subseteq\mathbb{R}^N$. However I have noticed that there are some major differences in their definitions. I will put here two of them, ...
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Finding vector fields on $S^2$ with equal divergence

Let $\mathfrak{X}_{CK}^{\perp}$ be the space of vector fields on $S^2$ that are $L^2$-orthogonal to conformal Killing vector fields. Let $\mathfrak{X}_{CK}$ be the 6-dimensional space of conformal ...
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Differential inequalities under which a flat function must be identically zero

Let $f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ be a smooth function which is flat at $0\in \mathbb{R}$. That is $f^{(k)}(0)=0,\; k=0,1,2,\ldots $. Assume that $|f''(x)|\leq M|f(x)|\quad \forall x\in \mathbb{R}$ ...
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Does this geometric PDE have a solution?

Let $s(\theta), b(\theta)$ be two smooth non-constant real-valued functions on $\mathbb{S}^1$, and assume that $s$ never vanishes. Does there exist a map $h:(0,1) \times \mathbb{S}^1 \to \mathbb{S}^1$,...
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The only rotation fields satisfying this PDE are constant

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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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A metric $w$ on a Kahler manifold is extremal if and only if the gradient vector field of the scalar curvature is holomorphic

I am trying to understand the calculation in An introduction to Extremal kahler metrics. On the fourth line of page 55 the author calculated that $\int_{M} - 2 S R^{\bar k j} \partial_{j} \partial_{\...
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Regularity of a shrunken domain

I am encountering a geometrical question that intuitively seems obvious but I have a lack of argument to prove or disprove it in a rigorous manner. Let $\Omega\subset\Bbb R^d$ be an open bounded (...
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A differential operator analogy of certain fact in real analysis of smooth functions

Let $E\to M$ be a smooth vector bundle over a smooth manifold $M$. Let $D$ be a differential operator defined on the space $\Gamma(E)$ of smooth sections of $E$. We fix a section $s\in \Gamma(E)$. ...
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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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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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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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A $W^{1,2}_{loc}$ function with uniformly bounded integrals on compact subsets $W^{1,2}$?

Let $M$ be a Riemannian manifold, $\Omega\subset M$ is an open subset, let $f\in W^{1,2}_{loc}(\Omega)$ with uniformly bounded integrals on compact subset, i.e. there exists a $C>0$, such that for ...
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Reference for Hodge decomposition

Let $U$ be a bounded open subset of $\mathbb{R}^d$ with Lipschitz boundary, and $g \in L^2(U,\mathbb{R}^d)$ be a solenoidal vector field (i.e. $\nabla \cdot g = 0$). Then $g$ can be written in the ...