The spectrum of an elliptic operator of second order

Under minimal requirements on the coefficients and the boundary of the domain it is proved that the spectrum of the first boundary-value problem for an elliptic operator of second order always lies in the half-plane Re , where is the leading eigenvalue to which there corresponds a nonnegative eigenfunction. On the line Re = , there are no other points of the spectrum.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 351–358, September, 1976.     

The mixed problem for degenerate elliptic equations of second order

The present paper deals with the mixed boundary value problem for elliptic equations with degenerate rank 0. We first give the formulation of the problem and estimates of solutions of the problem, and then prove the existence of solutions of the above problem for elliptic equations by the above estimates and the method of parameter extension. We use the complex method, namely first discuss the corresponding problem for degenerate elliptic complex equations of first order, afterwards discuss the above problem for degenerate elliptic equations of second order.     

The mixed problem for a nonlinear degenerate elliptic equation of second order

The present paper deals with the mixed boundary value problem for a nonlinear elliptic equation with degenerate rank 0. We first give the formulation of the problem and estimates of solutions of the problem, and then prove the uniqueness and existence of solutions of the above problem for the nonlinear elliptic equation by the extremum principle and the method of parameter extension. The complex method is used to discuss the corresponding problem for degenerate elliptic complex equation of first order and then that of second order.     

First order spectrum for elliptic system and nonresonance problem

In this paper we will study the first order spectrum for elliptic systems and the existence of solutions for a quasilinear elliptic system under the condition of nonresonance below the first eigensurface. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Non variational basic elliptic systems of second order

Denoting byu a vector in R ^N defined on a bounded open set Ω ⊂ R ⁿ , we setH(u)={Dij u} and consider a basic differential operator of second ordera(H(u)) wherea(ξ) is a vector in R ^N , which is elliptic in the sense that it satisfies the condition (A). After a rapid comparison between this condition (A) and the classical definition of ellipticity, we shall prove that, if seu∈H ² (Ω) is a solution of the elliptic systema(H(u))=0 in Ω thenH(u)∈H _loc ^{2, q} for someq>2. We then deduce from this the so called fundamental internal estimates for the matrixH(u) and for the vectorsDu andu. We shall then present a first risult on h?lder regularity for the solutions of the system withf h?lder continuous in Ω, and a partial h?lder continuity risult for solutionsu∈H ² (Ω) of a differential systema (x, u, Du, H (u))=b(x, u, Du)     

The Green function estimates for strongly elliptic systems of second order

We establish existence and pointwise estimates of fundamental solutions and Green’s matrices for divergence form, second order strongly elliptic systems in a domain $\Omega \subseteq {\mathbb{R}}^n, n \geq 3We establish existence and pointwise estimates of fundamental solutions and Green’s matrices for divergence form, second order strongly elliptic systems in a domain , under the assumption that solutions of the system satisfy De Giorgi-Nash type local H?lder continuity estimates. In particular, our results apply to perturbations of diagonal systems, and thus especially to complex perturbations of a single real equation.     

The regularity of generalized solutions of degenerate nonlinear higher order elliptic systems

In this article, we shall study Hölder regularity of weak solutions to the system of Equations (1.1). To this aim, we estimate the oscillation of solutions in a generic ball B(y, ρ), such that B(y, ρ) ? Ω by ρ and a constant depending on known parameters and on d(y, ?Ω).     

Regularity and perturbation results for mixed second order elliptic problems

We study a mixed boundary value problem for elliptic second order equations obtaining optimal regularity results under weak assumptions on the data. We also consider the dependence of the solution with respect to perturbations of the boundary sets carrying the Dirichlet and the Neumann conditions.     

On the essential self-adjointness of the general second order elliptic operators

In this paper, we give sufficient conditions for the essential self-adjointness of second order elliptic operators. It turns out that these conditions coincide with those for the Schrödinger operator on a manifold whose metric essentially depends on the principal coefficients of a given operator.

     

Perturbation of regular operators and the order essential spectrum

For regular operators on a Banach lattice, we introduce and investigate two notions of order essential spectrum analogous to the essential spectrum and the Weyl spectrum for operators on Banach spaces. We also discuss related questions on the behaviour of the order spectrum under perturbation by r-compact operators.     

Two families of mixed finite elements for second order elliptic problems

Summary Two families of mixed finite elements, one based on triangles and the other on rectangles, are introduced as alternatives to the usual Raviart-Thomas-Nedelec spaces. Error estimates inL ² () andH ^–5 () are derived for these elements. A hybrid version of the mixed method is also considered, and some superconvergence phenomena are discussed.     

Multigrid for second‐order ADN elliptic systems

This paper theoretically examines a multigrid strategy for solving systems of elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs) introduced in the work of Lee. Unlike most multigrid solvers that are constructed directly from the whole system operator, this strategy builds the solver using a factorization of the system operator. This factorization is composed of an algebraic coupling term and a diagonal (decoupled) differential operator. Exploiting the factorization, this approach can produce decoupled systems on the coarse levels. The corresponding coarse‐grid operators are in fact the Galerkin variational coarsening of the diagonal differential operator. Thus, rather than performing delicate coarse‐grid selection and interpolation weight procedures on the original strongly coupled system as often done, these procedures are isolated to the diagonal differential operator. To establish the theoretical results, however, we assume that these systems of PDEs are elliptic in the Agmon–Douglis–Nirenberg (ADN) sense and apply the factorization and multigrid only to the principal part of the system of PDEs. Two‐grid error bounds are established for the iteration applied to the complete system of PDEs. Numerical results are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of this strategy and to expose factors that affect the convergence of the methods derived from this strategy.     

Analyticity of solutions for semilinear elliptic systems of second order

This paper deals with systems , , where the right hand side is a -valued, real analytic function. We prove that a solution of such a system can be continued across a straight line segment , if one prescribe certain nonlinear, mixed boundary conditions on , which are assumed to be real analytic too. This continuation will be constructed by solving certain hyperbolic initial boundary value problems, generalizing an idea of H. Lewy. We apply this result to surfaces of prescribed mean curvature and to minimal surfaces in Riemannian manifolds spanned into a regular Jordan curve : Supposing analyticity of all data, we show that both types of surfaces can be continued across . Received: 29 December 2000 / Accepted: 11 July 2001 / Published online: 29 April 2002