Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)

Abstract: This paper is devoted to radial solutions of the following weighted fourth-order equation \begin{equation*} \mathrm{div}(|x|^{\alpha}\nabla(\mathrm{div}(|x|^\alpha\nabla u)))=u^{2^{**}_{\alpha}-1},\quad u>0\quad \mbox{in}\quad \mathbb{R}^N, \end{equation*} where $N\geq 2$, $\frac{4-N}{2}<\alpha<2$ and $2^{**}_{\alpha}=\frac{2N}{N-4+2\alpha}$. It is obvious that the solutions of above equation are invariant under the scaling $\lambda^{\frac{N-4+2\alpha}{2}}u(\lambda x)$ while they are not invariant under translation when $\alpha\neq 0$. We characterize all the solutions to the related linearized problem about radial solutions, and obtain the conclusion of that if $\alpha$ satisfies $(2-\alpha)(2N-2+\alpha)\neq4k(N-2+k)$ for all $k\in\mathbb{N}^+$ the radial solution is non-degenerate, otherwise there exist new solutions to the linearized problem that ``replace'' the ones due to the translations invariance. As applications, firstly we investigate the remainder terms of some inequalities related to above equation. Then when $N\geq 5$ and $0<\alpha<2$, we establish a new type second-order Caffarelli-Kohn-Nirenberg inequality \begin{equation*} \int_{\mathbb{R}^N} |\mathrm{div}(|x|^\alpha\nabla u)|^2 \mathrm{d}x \geq C \left(\int_{\mathbb{R}^N}|u|^{2^{**}_{\alpha}} \mathrm{d}x\right)^{\frac{2}{2^{**}_{\alpha}}},\quad \mbox{for all}\quad u\in C^\infty_0(\mathbb{R}^N), \end{equation*} and in this case we consider a prescribed perturbation problem by using Lyapunov-Schmidt reduction.

Abstract: This paper deals with the embedding of the Sobolev spaces of fractional order into the space of H\"older continuous functions. More precisely, we show that the function $f\in H^s(\mathbb{R})$ with $\frac{1}{2}<s<1$ is H\"older continuous with the exponent $s-\frac{1}{2}$. Our result is an improvement of the Sobolev embedding theorem in the one dimensional case, which states that every such a function $f$ is continuous. The H\"older exponent $s-\frac{1}{2}$ is consistent with the Morrey's inequality, which yields that $f\in H^1(\mathbb{R})$ is H\"older continuous with the exponent $\frac{1}{2}$.

Abstract: We address some regularity issues for mixed local-nonlocal quasilinear operators modeled upon the sum of a $p$-Laplacian and of a fractional $(s, q)$-Laplacian. Under suitable assumptions on the right-hand sides and the outer data, we show that weak solutions of the Dirichlet problem are $C^{1, \theta}$-regular up to the boundary. In addition, we establish a Hopf type lemma for positive supersolutions. Both results hold assuming the boundary of the reference domain to be merely of class $C^{1, \alpha}$, while for the regularity result we also require that $p > s q$.

Abstract: It is shown that the two-dimensional Mullins-Sekerka problem is well-posed in all subcritical Sobolev spaces $H^r(\mathbb{R})$ with $r\in(3/2,2).$ This is the first result where this issue is established in an unbounded geometry. The novelty of our approach is the use of potential theory to formulate the model as an evolution problem with nonlinearities expressed by singular integral operators.

Abstract: We obtain a method to transform an minimization problem of the quadratic form corresponding to the Schr\"odinger operator in the Euclidean space to a variational problem of a tuple of functions defined on several regions. The method is based on a characterization of elements of the orthogonal complement of $H^1_0(\Omega)$ in $H^1(\Omega)$ as weak solutions to an elliptic partial differential equation on a region $\Omega$ with a bounded boundary.

Abstract: We consider a Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou lattice with randomly varying coefficients. We discover a relatively simple condition which when placed on the nature of the randomness allows us to prove that small amplitude/long wavelength solutions are almost surely rigorously approximated by solutions of Korteweg-de Vries equations for very long times. The key ideas combine energy estimates with homogenization theory and the technical proof requires a novel application of autoregressive processes.

Abstract: This paper is concerned with a class of nonhomogeneous quasilinear elliptic system driven by the locally symmetric potential and the small continuous perturbations in the whole-space $\mathbb{R}^N$. By a variant of Clark's theorem without the global symmetric condition and a Moser's iteration technique, we obtain the existence of multiple solutions when the nonlinear term satisfies some growth conditions only in a circle with center 0 and the perturbation term is any continuous function with a small parameter and no any growth hypothesis.

Abstract: This paper concerns the stabilizing effect of viscosity on the vortex sheets. It is found that although a vortex sheet is not a time-asymptotic attractor for the compressible Navier-Stokes equations, a viscous wave that approximates the vortex sheet on any finite time interval can be constructed explicitly, which is shown to be time-asymptotically stable in the $ L^\infty $-space with small perturbations, regardless of the amplitude of the vortex sheet. The result shows that the viscosity has a strong stabilizing effect on the vortex sheets, which are generally unstable for the ideal compressible Euler equations even for short time [26,8,1]. The proof is based on the $ L^2 $-energy method.In particular, the asymptotic stability of the vortex sheet under small spatially periodic perturbations is proved by studying the dynamics of these spatial oscillations. The first key point in our analysis is to construct an ansatz to cancel these oscillations. Then using the Galilean transformation, we are able to find a shift function of the vortex sheet such that an anti-derivative technique works, which plays an important role in the energy estimates. Moreover, by introducing a new variable and using the intrinsic properties of the vortex sheet, we can achieve the optimal decay rates to the viscous wave.

Abstract: In the paper, we study the semilinear wave equation involving the nonlinear damping $g(u_t) $ and nonlinearity $f(u)$. Under the wider ranges of exponents of $g$ and $f$, the well-posedness of the weak solution is achieved by establishing a priori space-time estimates. Then, the existence of the global attractor in the naturally phase space $H^1_0(\Omega)\times L^2(\Omega)$ is obtained. Moreover, we prove that the global attrator is regular, that is, the global attractor is a bounded subset of $(H^2(\Omega)\cap H^1_0(\Omega))\times H^1_0(\Omega)$.

Abstract: We study the global well-posedness of the two-dimensional defocusing fourth-order Schr\"odinger initial value problem with power type nonlinearities $\vert u\vert^{2k}u$ where $k$ is a positive integer. By using the $I$-method, we prove that global well-posedness is satisfied in the Sobolev spaces $H^{s}(\mathbb{R}^{2})$ for $2-\frac{3}{4k}<s<2$.

Abstract: We consider a \emph{family} $(P_\omega)_{\omega \in \Omega}$ of elliptic second order differential operators on a domain $U_0 \subset \RR^m$ whose coefficients depend on the space variable $x \in U_0$ and on $\omega \in \Omega,$ a probability space. We allow the coefficients $a_{ij}$ of $P_\omega$ to have jumps over a fixed interface \Gamma \subset U_0$ (independent of $\omega \in \Omega$). We obtain polynomial in the norms of the coefficients estimates on the norm of the solution $u_\omega$ to the equation $P_\omega u_\omega = f$ with transmission and mixed boundary conditions (we consider ``sign-changing'' problems as well). In particular, we show that, if $f$ and the coefficients $a_{ij}$ are smooth enough and follow a log-normal-type distribution, then the map $\Omega \ni \omega \to \|u_\omega\|_{H^{k+1}(U_0)}$ is in $L^p(\Omega)$, for all $1 \le p < \infty$. The same is true for the norms of the inverses of the resulting operators. We expect our estimates to be useful in Uncertainty Quantification.

Abstract: We provide Fredholm conditions for compatible differential operators on certain Lie manifolds (that is, on certain possibly non-compact manifolds with nice ends). We discuss in more detail the case of manifolds with cylindrical, hyperbolic, and Euclidean ends, which are all covered by particular instances of our results. We also discuss applications to Schr\"odinger operators with singularities of the form r^{-2\gamma}$, $\gamma \in \RR_+$.