On the discrete spectrum of non-selfadjoint operators

We prove quantitative bounds on the eigenvalues of non-selfadjoint unbounded operators obtained from selfadjoint operators by a perturbation that is relatively-Schatten. These bounds are applied to obtain new results on the distribution of eigenvalues of Schrödinger operators with complex potentials.     

Near operators theory and fully nonlinear elliptic equations

We give a short survey of the Campanato near operators theory and of its applications to fully nonlinear elliptic equations.     

Boundary controllability of parabolic coupled equations

This paper is concerned with the boundary controllability of non-scalar linear parabolic systems. More precisely, two coupled one-dimensional parabolic equations are considered. We show that, in this framework, boundary controllability is not equivalent and is more complex than distributed controllability. In our main result, we provide necessary and sufficient conditions for the null controllability.     

Convergence of singular limits for multi-D semilinear hyperbolic systems to parabolic systems

In this paper we investigate the diffusive zero-relaxation limit of the following multi-D semilinear hyperbolic system in pseudodifferential form:

We analyze the singular convergence, as , in the case which leads to a limit system of parabolic type. The analysis is carried out by using the following steps:

(i)

We single out algebraic ``structure conditions' on the full system, motivated by formal asymptotics, by some examples of discrete velocity models in kinetic theories.

(ii)

We deduce ``energy estimates ', uniformly in , by assuming the existence of a symmetrizer having the so-called block structure and by assuming ``dissipativity conditions' on .

(iii)

We assume a Kawashima type condition and perform the convergence analysis by using generalizations of compensated compactness due to Tartar and Gérard.

Finally, we include examples that show how to use our theory to approximate any quasilinear parabolic systems, satisfying the Petrowski parabolicity condition, or general reaction diffusion systems, including Chemotaxis and Brusselator type systems.

     

Weighted norm inequalities, off-diagonal estimates and elliptic operators. Part III: Harmonic analysis of elliptic operators

This is the third part of a series of four articles on weighted norm inequalities, off-diagonal estimates and elliptic operators. For L in some class of elliptic operators, we study weighted norm Lp inequalities for singular “non-integral” operators arising from L; those are the operators φ(L) for bounded holomorphic functions φ, the Riesz transforms ∇L−1/2 (or (−Δ)^1/2L−1/2) and its inverse L1/2(−Δ)^−1/2, some quadratic functionals gL and GL of Littlewood-Paley-Stein type and also some vector-valued inequalities such as the ones involved for maximal Lp-regularity. For each, we obtain sharp or nearly sharp ranges of p using the general theory for boundedness of Part I and the off-diagonal estimates of Part II. We also obtain commutator results with BMO functions.     

Spectral synthesis of diagonal operators and representing systems for the space of entire functions

In this paper, we study continuous linear operators on spaces of functions analytic on disks in the complex plane having as eigenvectors the monomials zn whose associated eigenvalues λn are distinct. In particular, we show that under mild conditions, such a diagonal operator has non-spectral invariant subspaces (that is, closed invariant subspaces which are not the closed linear span of collections of monomials) if and only if every entire function of a particular growth rate is representable as a generalized Dirichlet series .     

Comparison theorems for elliptic inequalities with a non-linearity in the principal part

We obtain estimates for non-negative solutions of the elliptic inequality divA(x,Du)?F(x,u) in unbounded domains.     

Spectral radius inequalities for Hilbert space operators

We prove several spectral radius inequalities for sums, products, and commutators of Hilbert space operators. Pinching inequalities for the spectral radius are also obtained.

     

Multiplicity of solutions for resonant elliptic systems

We establish the existence and multiplicity of solutions for some resonant elliptic systems. The results are proved by applying minimax arguments and Morse theory.     

Asymptotic analysis of solutions to parabolic systems

We study asymptotics as of solutions to a linear, parabolic system of equations with time-dependent coefficients in , where is a bounded domain. On we prescribe the homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition. For large values of t, the coefficients in the elliptic part are close to time-independent coefficients in an integral sense which is described by a certain function . This includes in particular situations when the coefficients may take different values on different parts of and the boundaries between them can move with t but stabilize as . The main result is an asymptotic representation of solutions for large t. A consequence is that for , the solution behaves asymptotically as the solution to a parabolic system with time-independent coefficients.     

Existence and multiplicity results for quasilinear elliptic differential systems

We use a nonsmooth critical point theory to prove existence results for a variational system of quasilinear elliptic equations in both the sublinear and superlinear cases. We extend a technique of Bartsch to obtain multiplicity results when the system is invariant under the action of a compact Lie group. The problem is rather different from its scalar version, because a suitable condition on the coefficients of the system seems to be necessary in order to prove the convergence of the Palais-Smale sequences. Such condition is in some sense a restriction to the "distance" between the quasilinear operator and a semilinear one.     

Convergence analysis for an iterative method for solving nonlinear parabolic systems

In a recent work, we have proposed a new iterative method based on the eigenfunction expansion to integrate nonlinear parabolic systems sequentially. In this paper, we prove that the method is convergent and give analytical rate for its convergence. Moreover, we determine the number of iterations needed to obtain a solution with a pre-determined level of accuracy. We then illustrate the convergence analysis with a problem in combustion theory. It is expected that the convergence analysis can be used for similar systems with time dependence.     

On solutions of quasilinear elliptic inequalities containing terms with lower-order derivatives

We obtain estimates and blow-up conditions for solutions of quasilinear elliptic inequalities containing terms with lower-order derivatives.     

Quasi‐subdifferential operator approach to elliptic variational and quasi‐variational inequalities

We prove an existence theorem for an abstract operator equation associated with a quasi‐subdifferential operator and then apply it to concrete elliptic variational and quasi‐variational inequalities. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Relative oscillation theory for Dirac operators

We develop relative oscillation theory for one-dimensional Dirac operators which, rather than measuring the spectrum of one single operator, measures the difference between the spectra of two different operators. This is done by replacing zeros of solutions of one operator by weighted zeros of Wronskians of solutions of two different operators. In particular, we show that a Sturm-type comparison theorem still holds in this situation and demonstrate how this can be used to investigate the number of eigenvalues in essential spectral gaps. Furthermore, the connection with Krein's spectral shift function is established. As an application we extend a result by K.M. Schmidt on the finiteness/infiniteness of the number of eigenvalues in essential spectral gaps of perturbed periodic Dirac operators.     

Spectral order of operators and range projections

We study the effect algebra (i.e. the positive part of the unit ball of an operator algebra) and its relation to the projection lattice from the perspective of the spectral order. A spectral orthomorphism is a map between effect algebras which preserves the spectral order and orthogonality of elements. We show that if the spectral orthomorphism preserves the multiples of the unit, then it is a restriction of a Jordan homomorphism between the corresponding algebras. This is an optimal extension of the Dye's theorem on orthomorphisms of the projection lattices to larger structures containing the projections. Moreover, results on automatic countable additivity of spectral homomorphisms are proved. Further, we study the order properties of the range projection map, assigning to each positive contraction in a JBW algebra its range projection. It is proved that this map preserves infima of positive contractions in the spectral (respectively standard order) if, and only if, the projection lattice of the algebra in question is a modular lattice.     

Spectral synthesis of Jordan-like operators

Necessary conditions and sufficient conditions are given for an operator acting on a separable Hilbert space whose root spaces are pairwise orthogonal and have dense linear span to admit spectral synthesis; that is, for each of its closed invariant subspaces to be the closed linear span of the root vectors it contains.     

Large solutions to non-monotone semilinear elliptic systems

We present the existence of entire large positive radial solutions for the non-monotonic system Δu=p(|x|)g(v), Δv=q(|x|)f(u) on Rn where n?3. The functions f and g satisfy a Keller-Osserman type condition while nonnegative functions p and q are required to satisfy the decay conditions and . Further, p and q are such that min(p,q) does not have compact support.