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Questions about partial differential equations of elliptic type. Often used in combination with the top-level tag ap.analysis-of-pdes.

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Nontrivial invariant transformations for heat equations

It is well known that if $u$ is a harmonic function on $\mathbb R^2$ then its Kelvin transform defined by $$ v(r,\theta) = u(\frac{1}{r},\theta)$$ is also harmonic for $r>0$. Note that the Kelvin tran …
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On a compact operator in the plane

Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^2$ be a bounded domain with a smooth boundary. Let $$\bar{\partial}= \frac{1}{2} ( \partial_{x^1} + i \,\partial_{x^2}),$$ and let $G: L^2(\Omega)\to H^2(\Omega)$ be the …
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A mapping property for fractional Laplace--Beltrami operator

Suppose that $g$ is a smooth Riemannian metric on $\mathbb R^3$ that is equal to the Euclidean metric outside the unit ball. Let us define the fractional Laplace--Beltarmi operator on $\mathbb R^3$ of …
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Boundedness of solutions to a semilinear PDE

Let $D$ be the unit disk in $\mathbb R^2$ centered at the origin. Given any $\lambda \in \mathbb R$, let $u_\lambda$ be the unique solution to the semilinear elliptic equation $$ -\Delta u + u^3=0 \qu …
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On critical points of harmonic functions

Let $u \in C^{\infty}(\mathbb R^3)$ be harmonic. Suppose that $u$ has no critical points outside the unit ball but that it has at least one critical point inside the unit ball. Does it follow that $u$ …
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Semilinear elliptic equations in complex plane

Let $D$ denote the closed unit disk centered at the origin in the complex plane. Let $F: D \times \mathbb C \to \mathbb C$ be a smooth function. Is there any theory for well-posedness (in the sense of …
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Control of solutions to nonlinear elliptic equations away from boundary

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded domain in $\mathbb R^3$ with a smooth boundary. Consider a smooth real valued function $F:\overline\Omega \times \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ with the property that $\partial_s F …
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Dirichlet-to-Neumann map on Lipschitz domains

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded domain with a Lipschitz boundary. Consider the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map $\Lambda:H^{\frac{1}{2}}(\partial \Omega)\to H^{-\frac{1}{2}}(\partial \Omega)$ defined via $$ \langle …
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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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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 L …
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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 metri …
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Density of restrictions of harmonic functions inside a ball

Let $B$ be the closed unit ball in $\mathbb R^3$ centered at the origin and let $U= \{x\in \mathbb R^3\,:\, \frac{1}{2}\leq |x| \leq 1\}.$ Let $$ S_U= \{u \in C^{\infty}(U)\,:\, \Delta u =0 \quad\text …
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A property for generic pairs of functions and metrics

Let $M$ be a compact smooth manifold with a smooth boundary. Given a smooth Riemannian metric $g$ on $M$, we denote by $\{\phi_k\}_{k=1}^{\infty}$ an $L^2(M)$--orthonormal basis consisting of Dirichle …
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Density of traces of solutions to an elliptic equation

Let $D_1$ be a domain with smooth boundary and assume that $D_1$ is a proper subset of $D_2$ which is itself a bounded domain in $\mathbb R^n$ with a smooth boundary. Assume also that $D_2\setminus D_ …
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Fractional Laplacian on closed manifolds

Naturally given any $s\in (0,1)$, the fractional Laplacian, $(-\Delta_g)^s u$ on a closed Riemannian manifold can be defined via spectral decomposition of $-\Delta_g$. There is another formulation of …
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