Sobolev bounds on functions with scattered zeros, with applications to radial basis function surface fitting

In this paper we discuss Sobolev bounds on functions that vanish at scattered points in a bounded, Lipschitz domain that satisfies a uniform interior cone condition. The Sobolev spaces involved may have fractional as well as integer order. We then apply these results to obtain estimates for continuous and discrete least squares surface fits via radial basis functions (RBFs). These estimates include situations in which the target function does not belong to the native space of the RBF.

     

Quasielliptic operators and Sobolev type equations

We consider a class of matrix quasielliptic operators on the n-dimensional space. For these operators, we establish the isomorphism properties in some special scales of weighted Sobolev spaces. Basing on these properties, we prove the unique solvability of the initial value problem for a class of Sobolev type equations.     

Graded mesh refinement and error estimates of higher order for DGFE solutions of elliptic boundary value problems in polygons

Error estimates for DGFE solutions are well investigated if one assumes that the exact solution is sufficiently regular. In this article, we consider a Dirichlet and a mixed boundary value problem for a linear elliptic equation in a polygon. It is well known that the first derivatives of the solutions develop singularities near reentrant corner points or points where the boundary conditions change. On the basis of the regularity results formulated in Sobolev–Slobodetskii spaces and weighted spaces of Kondratiev type, we prove error estimates of higher order for DGFE solutions using a suitable graded mesh refinement near boundary singular points. The main tools are as follows: regularity investigation for the exact solution relying on general results for elliptic boundary value problems, error analysis for the interpolation in Sobolev–Slobodetskii spaces, and error estimates for DGFE solutions on special graded refined meshes combined with estimates in weighted Sobolev spaces. Our main result is that there exist a local grading of the mesh and a piecewise interpolation by polynoms of higher degree such that we will get the same order O (h^α) of approximation as in the smooth case. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Mehods Partial Differential Eq, 2012     

On the “Destruction” of Solutions of Nonlinear Wave Equations of Sobolev Type with Cubic Sources

We consider model three-dimensional wave nonlinear equations of Sobolev type with cubic sources, and foremost, model three-dimensional equations of Benjamin-Bona-Mahony and Rosenau types with model cubic sources. An essentially three-dimensional nonlinear equation of spin waves with cubic source is also studied. For these equations, we investigate the first initial boundary-value problem in a bounded domain with smooth boundary. We prove local solvability in the strong generalized sense and, for an equation of Benjamin-Bona-Mahony type with source, we prove the unique solvability of a “weakened” solution. We obtain sufficient conditions for the “destruction” of the solutions of the problems under consideration. These conditions have the sense of a “large” value of the initial perturbation in the norms of certain Banach spaces. Finally, for an equation of Benjamin-Bona-Mahony type, we prove the “failure” of a “weakened” solution in finite time.     

Cheeger Type Sobolev Spaces for Metric Space Targets

In this paper, we consider the natural generalization of Cheeger type Sobolev spaces to maps into a metric space. We solve Dirichlet problem for CAT(0)-space targets, and obtain some results about the relation between Cheeger type Sobolev spaces for maps into a Banach space and those for maps into a subset of that Banach space. We also prove the minimality of upper pointwise Lipschitz constant functions for locally Lipschitz maps into an Alexandrov space of curvature bounded above.     

Maximum Principles for Boundary-Degenerate Second Order Linear Elliptic Differential Operators

We prove weak and strong maximum principles, including a Hopf lemma, for C ² subsolutions to equations defined by linear, second-order, linear, elliptic partial differential operators whose principal symbols vanish along a portion of the domain boundary. The boundary regularity property of the C ² subsolutions along this boundary vanishing locus ensures that these maximum principles hold irrespective of the sign of the Fichera function. Boundary conditions need only be prescribed on the complement in the domain boundary of the principal symbol's vanishing locus. We obtain uniqueness and a priori maximum principle estimates for C ² solutions to boundary value and obstacle problems defined by these boundary-degenerate elliptic operators with partial Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions. We also prove weak maximum principles and uniqueness for W ^{1, 2} solutions to the corresponding variational equations and inequalities defined with the aide of weighted Sobolev spaces. The domain is allowed to be unbounded when the operator coefficients and solutions obey certain growth conditions.     

Traces of Sobolev functions on the Ahlfors sets of Carnot groups

We prove the converse of the trace theorem for the functions of the Sobolev spaces W _p ^l on a Carnot group on the regular closed subsets called Ahlfors d-sets (the direct trace theorem was obtained in one of our previous publications). The theorem generalizes Johnsson and Wallin’s results for Sobolev functions on the Euclidean space. As a consequence we give a theorem on the boundary values of Sobolev functions on a domain with smooth boundary in a two-step Carnot group. We consider an example of application of the theorems to solvability of the boundary value problem for one partial differential equation.     

Approximation by polynomials and smooth functions in Sobolev spaces with respect to measures

The density of polynomials is straightforward to prove in Sobolev spaces W^k,p((a,b)), but there exist only partial results in weighted Sobolev spaces; here we improve some of these theorems. The situation is more complicated in infinite intervals, even for weighted L^p spaces; besides, in the present paper we have proved some other results for weighted Sobolev spaces in infinite intervals.     

Strichartz estimates on the quaternion Heisenberg group

The aim of this article is to prove dispersive estimates and the Strichartz estimates on the quaternion Heisenberg group. In order to obtain these results, we first study the properties of Fourier transform for radial functions and the Besov spaces, Sobolev spaces on the quaternion Heisenberg group, then we give the proofs for the main results.     

A simple characterization of weighted Sobolev spaces with bounded multiplication operator

In this paper we give a simple characterization of weighted Sobolev spaces (with piecewise monotone weights) such that the multiplication operator is bounded: it is bounded if and only if the support of μ₀ is large enough. We also prove some basic properties of the appropriate weighted Sobolev spaces. To have bounded multiplication operator has important consequences in Approximation Theory: it implies the uniform bound of the zeros of the corresponding Sobolev orthogonal polynomials, and this fact allows to obtain the asymptotic behavior of Sobolev orthogonal polynomials.     

Multiple solutions for semi-linear corner degenerate elliptic equations

The present paper is concerned with the existence of multiple solutions for semi-linear corner-degenerate elliptic equations with subcritical conditions. First, we introduce the corner type weighted p-Sobolev spaces and discuss the properties of continuous embedding, compactness and spectrum. Then, we prove the corner type Sobolev inequality and Poincaré inequality, which are important in the proof of the main result.     

Introduction to scattering for radial 3D NLKG below energy norm

We prove scattering for some radial 3D semilinear Klein-Gordon equations with rough data. First we prove Strichartz-type estimates in mixed norm spaces. Then by using these decays we establish some local bounds. By combining these results to a Morawetz-type estimate and a radial Sobolev inequality we control the variation of an almost conserved quantity on arbitrary large intervals. Once we have showed that this quantity is controlled, we prove that some of these local bounds can be upgraded to global bounds. This is enough to establish scattering. All the estimates involved require a delicate analysis due to the nature of the nonlinearity and the lack of scaling.     

The Dirichlet problem for non‐divergence parabolic equations with discontinuous in time coefficients

We consider the Dirichlet problem for non‐divergence parabolic equation with discontinuous in t coefficients in a half space. The main result is weighted coercive estimates of solutions in anisotropic Sobolev spaces. We give an application of this result to linear and quasi‐linear parabolic equations in a bounded domain. In particular, if the boundary is of class C^1,δ , δ ∈ [0, 1], then we present a coercive estimate of solutions in weighted anisotropic Sobolev spaces, where the weight is a power of the distance to the boundary (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Global solvability for the Kirchhoff equations in exterior domains of dimension three

We consider the initial (boundary) value problem for the Kirchhoff equations in exterior domains or in the whole space of dimension three, and show that these problems admit time-global solutions, provided the norms of the initial data in the usual Sobolev spaces of appropriate order are sufficiently small. We obtain uniform estimates of the L¹(R) norms with respect to time variable at each point in the domain, of solutions of initial (boundary) value problem for the linear wave equations. We then show that the estimates above yield the unique global solvability for the Kirchhoff equations.     

Sturm–Liouville problems in weighted spaces in domains with nonsmooth edges. I

We consider (in general noncoercive) mixed problems in a bounded domain D in ? ⁿ for a second-order elliptic partial differential operator A(x, ?). It is assumed that the operator is written in divergent form in D, the boundary operator B(x, ?) is the restriction of a linear combination of the function and its derivatives to ?D and the boundary of D is a Lipschitz surface. We separate a closed set Y ? ?D and control the growth of solutions near Y. We prove that the pair (A,B) induces a Fredholm operator L in suitable weighted spaces of Sobolev type, where the weight is a power of the distance to the singular set Y. Finally, we prove the completeness of the root functions associated with L.The article consists of two parts. The first part published in the present paper, is devoted to exposing the theory of the special weighted Sobolev–Slobodetskii? spaces in Lipschitz domains. We obtain theorems on the properties of these spaces; namely, theorems on the interpolation of these spaces, embedding theorems, and theorems about traces. We also study the properties of the weighted spaces defined by some (in general) noncoercive forms.     

Strichartz type estimates for fractional heat equations

We obtain Strichartz estimates for the fractional heat equations by using both the abstract Strichartz estimates of Keel-Tao and the Hardy-Littlewood-Sobolev inequality. We also prove an endpoint homogeneous Strichartz estimate via replacing by BMOx(Rn) and a parabolic homogeneous Strichartz estimate. Meanwhile, we generalize the Strichartz estimates by replacing the Lebesgue spaces with either Besov spaces or Sobolev spaces. Moreover, we establish the Strichartz estimates for the fractional heat equations with a time dependent potential of an appropriate integrability. As an application, we prove the global existence and uniqueness of regular solutions in spatial variables for the generalized Navier-Stokes system with Lr(Rn) data.     

Riemann-Hilbert and Poincaré problems with discontinuous boundary conditions for some model systems of partial differential equations

We study the solvability of the Riemann-Hilbert and Poincaré problems for systems of Cauchy-Riemann and Bitsadze equations in Sobolev spaces. For a generalized system of Cauchy-Riemann equations, we pose a boundary value problem and prove its unique solvability in the Sobolev space W ₂¹ (D). By supplementing the Riemann-Hilbert boundary conditions with some new conditions, we obtain a statement of the Poincaré problem with discontinuous boundary conditions for a system of second-order Bitsadze equations; we also prove the unique solvability of this problem in Sobolev spaces.     

Boundary values of differentiable functions defined on an arbitrary domain of a Carnot group

We study the boundary values of the functions of the Sobolev function spaces W _∞ ^l and the Nikol’ski? function spaces H _∞ ^l which are defined on an arbitrary domain of a Carnot group. We obtain some reversible characteristics of the traces of the spaces under consideration on the boundary of the domain of definition and sufficient conditions for extension of the functions of these spaces outside the domain of definition. In some cases these sufficient conditions are necessary.     

On the equivalence of heat kernel estimates and logarithmic Sobolev inequalities for the Hodge Laplacian

In this paper we consider the Hodge Laplacian on differential k-forms over smooth open manifolds MN, not necessarily compact. We find sufficient conditions under which the existence of a family of logarithmic Sobolev inequalities for the Hodge Laplacian is equivalent to the ultracontractivity of its heat operator.We will also show how to obtain a logarithmic Sobolev inequality for the Hodge Laplacian when there exists one for the Laplacian on functions. In the particular case of Ricci curvature bounded below, we use the Gaussian type bound for the heat kernel of the Laplacian on functions in order to obtain a similar Gaussian type bound for the heat kernel of the Hodge Laplacian. This is done via logarithmic Sobolev inequalities and under the additional assumption that the volume of balls of radius one is uniformly bounded below.