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Counter-examples to the higher dimensional statement of the half-space theorem
The well-known Half-space Theorem by Hoffman and Meeks says that there is no nonflat complete properly embedded minimal surface contained in an half space of $\mathbb{R}^3$.
The higher dimensional ...
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Convergence of free boundary minimal surfaces
I suspect the following statement is true:
Let $(M^3,g)$ be a compact and orientable Riemannian $3$-manifold with nonempty boundary. Let $\{\Sigma_n\}_{n \geq 1}$ be a sequence of compact and ...
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Elliptic equation on differential forms
Let $\Sigma$ be an $n$-dimensional smooth closed manifold ($n\ge 3$) with a non-continuous metric $g\in W^{2,\frac{n}2}\cap L^{\infty}(\Sigma)$. Let $g'$ be a fixed smooth metric on $\Sigma$, there ...
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When are nodal lines on a sphere geodesics?
Let $(S^2, g)$ be a Riemannian sphere and let $L := \Delta_{S^2} + q$ be a Schrödinger operator on $S^2$. Suppose that $L$ has index equal to one and that $u \in C^{\infty}(S^2)$ ($u \neq 0$) lies in ...
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Differential equation on a Riemannian manifold
Let $(M,\mu)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold of dimension $n$ and $\theta$ a differential 1-form. Write $\theta=dg+\delta\phi+h$, the decomposition of $\theta$ according to the Hodge decomposition. ...
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On boundary-value problems for differential forms on a manifold
Let $M$ be a simply-connected $d$-dimensional Riemannian manifold with boundary (for simplicity assume a ball). Consider the boundary value problem for $\omega\in\Omega^k(M)$,
$$
d\omega = \alpha
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Gradient estimate for Poisson equation on manifold
In Gilbarg-Trudinger's book 'Elliptic Partial Differential Equations of Second order', the maximum principle is used to derive the following gradient estimates for Poisson equations on Euclidean ...
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Trace-class heat semigroups
Let $(M,g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold and $\Delta_g$ its Laplace operator.
Let $\varphi$ be a test function on $\mathbf{R}_{>0}$. We define the operator on, say, $L^2(M)$
$$T_{\varphi}(u) :=...
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Eigenvalues of Schrödinger operator with Robin condition on the boundary
Let $(M^2,g)$ be a compact Riemannian surface with boundary and let $L = \Delta_g + q$ be a Schrödinger operator, where $\Delta_g = -\operatorname{div} \nabla$ is the Laplacian with respect to the ...
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On the convergence of the spectral decomposition of a harmonic function
Let $(M,g)$ be a smooth compact Riemannian manifold of dimension $n\geq 2$ with a smooth boundary. Denote by $0<\lambda_1\leq \lambda_2\leq\ldots$ the Dirichlet eigenvalues of $-\Delta_g$ on $(M,g)$...
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Davies' definition of elliptic operators in "Heat Kernels and Spectral Theory"
I am trying to find my way through Davies' book, and one of the difficult points is his choice of what "elliptic operator" means in his text. This is the first time that I encounter some of the ...
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Strictly contracting solutions to the Eikonal equation on Riemannian manifolds
Given a Riemannian manifold $M$, we say $f: M \to \mathbb R$ is a strict contraction if $|f(x) - f(y)| < |x - y|$ for all distinct $x, y \in M$.
Question: Does there exist, on every complete ...
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$L^{p}$ estimate for $\Delta|\nabla u|$ on a manifold with bounded Ricci curvature
This is a more advanced question than Estimates of $\Delta|\nabla u|$ for harmonic function $u$ .
The Bochner formula and refined Kato inequality tells us that on a Riemannian manifold $(M^{n},g)$, if ...
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Dirichlet-to-Neumann map is analytic
Let $M^n$, $n \geq 2$, be a compact smooth manifold with boundary and let $I \ni t \mapsto g_t$ be an analytic (with respect to t) $1$-parameter family of Riemannian metrics on $M$. For each $t \in I$,...
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Geometric properties of the unique solution of an elliptic BVP involving the Lie derivative of the metric by a vector field
Setting
Let $(M,g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold with smooth boundary, and let $\nabla$ be its associated Levi-Civita connection. Consider the following formally self-adjoint, second order linear ...
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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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Minimal normal graph
Let $(M^3,g)$ be a complete and orientable Riemannian $3$-manifold and let $\Sigma^2 \subset M$ be a compact orientable totally geodesic surface embedded in $M$. For $f \in C^{2,\alpha}(\Sigma)$ with ...
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Homogeneous Carnot group, its Lie algebra and Carnot-Carathéodory ball
Background: Let the smooth vector fields $X=(X_1,\cdots,X_m)$ define on $\mathbb{R}^n$ and they satisfy the following assumption:
(H1): There is a dilation structure
$$\delta_{t}:\mathbb{R}^n\to \...
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Elliptic equations in semi-infinite strips
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded domain in $\mathbb R^n$ with smooth boundary. Let $g=(g_{jk})_{j,k=0}^n$ be a Riemannian metric on $\mathbb R^+\times \Omega$ with smooth bounded components. Is there a good ...
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Diffusion generators with gradient vector fields
Let $\mathcal{A}$ be a second order operator on an $n$-dimensional smooth manifold $M$, expressed in Hörmander form as
$$\mathcal{A}=X_0+\frac{1}{2}\sum_i^kX_i^2,$$
where $X_0,X_1,...,X_k$ are ...
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metric with curvature bounded in $L^2$
My question is about the regularity of a metric whose curvature is bounded in $L^2$. Of course, this question doesn't really make sense since the regularity of the metric depends on the coordinates ...
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Principal eigenvalue of Laplacian under volume preserving mean curvature flow
Consider a compact uniformly convex n-dimensional hypersurface $M_0$ without boundary , which is smoothly imbedded in $\mathbb R^{n+1}$ , and suppose that $M_0$ is represented locally by some ...
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Convergence of conformal metrics with prescribed curvature
We know that for any function $K: \mathbb{D} \to \left[-a, -b\right]$, where $a, b > 0$, there is a unique metric $h$ on the disk $\mathbb{D}$ which is conformal to $dz^{2}$, and has curvature ...
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A sequence of conformal metrics with bounded negative curvatures on the disc
Let $\mathbb{D}$ denote the unit disk, and let $h_{-1}$ be the unique hyperbolic metric on $\mathbb{D}$ which is conformal to $dz^{2}$.
Take a sequence of smooth complete metrics $h_{n} = e^{\rho_{n}} ...
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Dimension of Laplacian eigenspaces along a smooth 1-parameter family of metrics
Let $(M^n,g)$ be a closed Riemannian manifold, $n \geq 2$. For a smooth 1-parameter family $g_t$, $t \in (-\varepsilon, \varepsilon)$, of Riemannian metrics on $M$ with $g_0 = g$, let $\lambda_k(t)$, $...
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$ \varepsilon $-regularity, harmonic maps vs harmonic heat flow
Let $ \Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n $ be a bounded domain with smooth boundary and $ (N,h)\subset\mathbb{R}^L $ is a smooth compact Riemannian manifold. Consider the local minimizer $ u\in W^{1,2}(\Omega,...
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Critical points of a strictly subharmonic function
Let $M$ be a smooth, compact manifold with boundary. Let $u: M \to \mathbf{R}$ be a smooth function that has its Riemannian Laplacian equal to a positive constant:
\begin{equation}
\Delta u = A > 0....
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Elliptic regularity estimate with robin boundary condition in Yamabe problem on manifolds with boundary
I meet the following boundary problem in Escobar's Yamabe Problem On Manifolds With Boundary.https://projecteuclid.org/journals/journal-of-differential-geometry/volume-35/issue-1/The-Yamabe-problem-on-...
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Question about the second order linear elliptic PDE on closed manifold
Recently I see a question
linear second order PDE
in which user Pedro post a reference in Gilbarg's book, which said that the solvability of the linear PDE
$$
\Delta u +B^{i}(x)u_{i}+C(x)u=f
$$
is ...
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Proving an eigenvalue bound without resorting to Weyl's law
Suppose $(M,g)$ is a smooth compact Riemannian manifold of dimension $n\geq 2$ with smooth boundary and denote by $\{\phi_k,\lambda_k\}_{k\in \mathbb N}$ its Dirihclet spectral decomposition for the ...
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Weyl's law and eigenfunction bounds for weighted Laplace-Beltrami operator
I would appreciate any answers or even references for the following problem.
Let $(M,g)$ be a complete smooth Riemannian manifold with an asymptotically Euclidean metric (let's even say that the ...
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Can you compute one eigenspace without computing them all?
Maybe the simplest non-trivial settings in which the spectrum of the Laplacian be can be computed is on the round sphere $\mathbf{S}^n$, and for products of manifolds. I want to use the two as ...
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Why are products of spheres integrable?
Let $n+1 \geq 3$ be an integer and $p + q = n$. Inside the unit sphere $\mathbf{S}^{n+1}$ the product
\begin{equation}
\mathbf{S}^p(\sqrt{p/n}) \times \mathbf{S}^q(\sqrt{q/n}) = \{ (X,Y) \in \mathbf{R}...
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Principal eigenvalue of non self-adjoint elliptic operators on closed manifolds
Consider the elliptic operator $Lu = - \Delta u + \langle \nabla u , X \rangle + c \, u $ acting on functions on a closed Riemannian manifold $M$. Here $\Delta$ denotes the Laplace-Beltrami operator, $...
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Is this $1$-form harmonic?
Let $(M^3,g)$ be a compact, connected and oriented Riemannian $3$-manifold with boundary. For a harmonic map $u : M \to \mathbb{S}^1$ satisfying Neumann condition along $\partial M$, let $h = u^*(d \...
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Derivative estimates for Laplace eigenfunctions on Riemannian manifolds
In $\mathbb{R}^2$ (or more generally in $\mathbb{R}^n$), if $f : \mathbb{R}^2 \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ satisfies $\Delta f+ f=0$, then we can write the following regularity/derivative estimates for $f$:...
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Approximate a one-form with nowhere vanishing one-forms having bounded Laplacians
This is a follow-up question of this one.
Let $\mathbb{D}^2$ be the closed two-dimensional unit disk (endowed with some smooth Riemannian metric), and let $\sigma \in \Omega^1(\mathbb{D}^2)$ be a ...
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Trace operators on submanifolds
In the following paper, Sobolev Spaces on Riemannian Manifolds with Bounded Geometry: General Coordinates and Traces
https://arxiv.org/abs/1301.2539
The authors prove trace theorems for general ...
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Calabi $C^3$ estimate
I have a question regarding a computation analogous to the Calabi $C^3$ estimate which is used in the proof of the Calabi--Yau theorem.
Motivation: Establishing Liouville type theorems for complex ...
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Paneitz-Branson operator and Q-curvature
Let $(M,g)$ a n-dimensional Riemannian manifold, $n\neq 4$, and $h=u^{\frac{4}{n-4}}g$. Then the formula that connect the Panitz-Branson opertator $P_g$ and the Q-curvature $Q_{h}$ is
$Q_h=\frac{2}{...
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$L^2$-estimate for an elliptic equation
Given $(M, g)$ a compact Riemannian manifold of dimension $n \geq 3$, we consider the following equation for the function $\phi$:
$$
-\Delta \phi + R \phi + \tau^2 \phi^{N-1} = \frac{A^2}{\phi^{N+1}}
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Moser iteration epsilon-regularity for non-linear system in general dimension
I am attempting to prove the following result in general dimension $n$. Given $(M^n,g)$ a Riemannian manifold with $\mathrm{Ric}_g \geq -(n-1)$ and $\mathrm{Vol}_g(B_1(x)) \geq v > 0$ for all $x \...
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Poisson equations for tensors on compact Riemannian manifold
Let $({M},g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold with Levi-Civita connection $\nabla$. It is well known that the Poisson equation
$$\Delta f=S$$
where $\Delta:C^{\infty}({M})\to C^{\infty}({M})$ denotes ...
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Gap phenomenon vs Rigidity results for surfaces
I am trying to understand the differences between the rigidity results and gap results for a given surface immersed into some manifold. For instance, a Gap theorem proved here (Theorem 2.7) says ...
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Hypoellipticity of a heat-like parabolic operator on Riemannian manifolds - reference request
Let $(M,g)$ be a Riemannian manifold and $L$ be a differential operator on $M$, with smooth coefficients, such that its symbol be $g$ (a "generalized Laplacian").
Where can I find proved ...
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A particular semi-linear equation on Riemannian manifolds
Let $m\in \mathbb{N}\setminus \{1\}$ and suppose $(M,g)$ denotes a compact smooth Riemannian manifold with smooth boundary and consider the semi-linear equation
$$-\Delta_g u+q(x)u + a(x)u^m=0\quad \...
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Existence and uniqueness of the Robin problem on a compact, smooth Riemannian manifold with boundary
Let $(\overline{M},g)$ a compact, smooth, Riemannian manifold with boundary $\partial M \in C^\infty$. By $\nu_g$ we denote the normalvectorfield, by $\nabla_g$ the gradient and by $\Delta_g$ the ...
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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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If a Dirichlet problem is solved by transforming into ODE (proving its radial symmetry) how can we study it on manifold?
If a Dirichlet problem (elliptic PDE, in $R^{n}$) is solved by transforming into ODE (proving its radial symmetry) how can we study it on manifold?
For example, $B$ is the unit ball in $R^{n}$, the ...
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