Regularity of boundary points for linear equations of parabolic type

The paper considers a second-order linear parabolic equation whose coefficients satisfy a Dini condition. It is proven that the conditions for regularity of the boundary points for such an equation and for the heat-conduction equation coincide.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 717–723, November, 1976.     

Carleman estimates for parabolic equations with interior degeneracy and Neumann boundary conditions

Density of Lipschitz functions in Newtonian spaces based on quasi-Banach function lattices is discussed. Newtonian spaces are first-order Sobolevtype spaces on abstract metric measure spaces defined via (weak) upper gradients. Our main focus lies on metric spaces with a doubling measure that support a Poincaré inequality. Absolute continuity of the function lattice quasi-norm is shown to be crucial for approximability by (locally) Lipschitz functions. The proof of the density result uses, among other facts, the fact that a suitable maximal operator is locally weakly bounded. In particular, various sufficient conditions for such boundedness on quasi-Banach function lattices (and rearrangement-invariant spaces, in particular) are established and applied.     

Carleman estimates for stochastic parabolic equations with Neumann boundary conditions and applications

By a dual method, two Carleman estimates for forward and backward stochastic parabolic equations with Neumann boundary conditions are established. Then they are used to study a null controllability problem and a state observation problem for some stochastic forward parabolic equations with Neumann boundary conditions.     

Global estimates for nonlinear parabolic equations

We consider nonlinear parabolic equations of the type $$u_t - {\rm div}a(x, t, Du)= f(x, t) \quad {\rm on}\quad \Omega_T =\Omega\times (-T,0),$$ under standard growth conditions on a, with f only assumed to be integrable. We prove general decay estimates up to the boundary for level sets of the solutions u and the gradient Du which imply very general estimates in Lebesgue and Lorentz spaces. Assuming only that the involved domains satisfy a mild exterior capacity density condition, we provide global regularity results.     

Gradient estimates for doubly nonlinear parabolic equations

Local gradient estimates for weak solutions of the equation

Wiener estimates for a class of systems of parabolic variational inequalities

Summary Wiener estimates at a point for parabolic diagonal systems of parabolic variational inequalities with obstacle are proved by a Green function method.This paper was written while the first Author was visiting the Department of Mathematics of Linköping University.     

A priori estimates for quasilinear degenerate parabolic equations

We prove some maximum and gradient estimates for classical solutions to a wide class of quasilinear degenerate parabolic equations, including first order ones. The proof is elementary and exploits the smallness of the domain in the time direction.

     

Harnack estimates for quasi-linear degenerate parabolic differential equations

We establish the intrinsic Harnack inequality for non-negative solutions of a class of degenerate, quasilinear, parabolic equations, including equations of the p-Laplacian and porous medium type. It is shown that the classical Harnack estimate, while failing for degenerate parabolic equations, it continues to hold in a space-time geometry intrinsic to the degeneracy. The proof uses only measure-theoretical arguments, it reproduces the classical Moser theory, for non-degenerate equations, and it is novel even in that context. Hölder estimates are derived as a consequence of the Harnack inequality. The results solve a long standing problem in the theory of degenerate parabolic equations.     

Stability estimates for parabolic problems with Wentzell boundary conditions

Of concern is the uniformly parabolic problem

     

Partial Schauder estimates for second-order elliptic and parabolic equations

We establish Schauder estimates for both divergence and non-divergence form second-order elliptic and parabolic equations involving H?lder semi-norms not with respect to all, but only with respect to some of the independent variables.     

On improved estimates for parabolic equations with double degeneracy

We obtain improved pointwise estimates for solutions to nonlinear parabolic equations with double degeneracy. These estimates differ from the classical estimates known for the linear case in that the supremum of the modulus of a solution is estimated by the sum of two powers of the integral norm of the solution.     

Optimal regularity estimates for parabolic p-harmonic equations

In this paper optimal regularity estimates for weak solutions of quasilinear parabolic equations of p-Laplacian type with small BMO coefficients are investigated. Our results improve the known results for such equations using a harmonic analysis free technique.     

Lorentz estimates for asymptotically regular fully nonlinear parabolic equations

We prove a global Lorentz estimate of the Hessian of strong solutions to the Cauchy–Dirichlet problem for a class of fully nonlinear parabolic equations with asymptotically regular nonlinearity over a bounded C^{1, 1} domain. Here, we mainly assume that the associated regular nonlinearity satisfies uniformly parabolicity and the ‐vanishing condition, and the approach of constructing a regular problem by an appropriate transformation is employed.