Levi-flat extensions from a part of the boundary

Let G be a bounded domain in $\text{C}\text{×}\text{R}$ such that $\text{G×}\text{R}\text{?}\text{C}{}^2$ is strictly pseudoconvex and U an open subset of bG. We define an open subset $\text{Ω}{}^{\mathrm{U}}$ of $\text{G}$ with the property $\text{Ω}{}^{\mathrm{U}}\text{∩bG=U}$ such that the following extension theorem holds true: for every ?∈C(U) there exist two functions $\text{Φ}{}^{\mathrm{\pm }}\text{∈C(Ω}{}^{\mathrm{U}}\text{)}$ such that Φ^±|_U=? and the graphs Γ(Φ^±) of Φ^± are Levi-flat over $\text{Ω}{}^{\mathrm{U}}\text{∩G}$. Moreover, for each $\text{Φ∈C(Ω}{}^{\mathrm{U}}\text{)}$ such that Φ|_U=? and Γ(Φ) is Levi-flat over $\text{Ω}{}^{\mathrm{U}}\text{∩G}$ one has Φ^??Φ?Φ⁺ on $\text{Ω}{}^{\mathrm{U}}$. We also show that if G is diffeomorphic to a 3-ball and U is the union of simply-connected domains each of which is contained either in the “upper” or in the “lower” part of bG (with respect to the u-direction), then $\text{Ω}{}^{\mathrm{U}}$ is the maximal domain of Levi-flat extensions for some function ?∈C(U). To cite this article: N. Shcherbina, G. Tomassini, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 337 (2003).     

A characterization of first order nonlinear partial differential operators on Sobolev spaces

Nonlinear partial differential operators $\text{G: W}{}^{\mathrm{1,p}}\text{(Ω) → L}{}^{\mathrm{q}}\text{(Ω) (1 ? p, q ∞)}$ having the form G(u) = g(u, D₁u,…, D_Nu), with g?C(R × R_N), are here shown to be precisely those operators which are local, (locally) uniformly continuous on, $\text{W}{}^{\mathrm{1,\infty }}\text{(Ω)}$, and (roughly speaking) translation invariant. It is also shown that all such partial differential operators are necessarily bounded and continuous with respect to the norm topologies of $\text{W}{}^{\mathrm{1,p}}\text{(Ω)}\text{and}\text{L}{}^{\mathrm{q}}\text{(Ω)}$.     

Operator properties of Sobolev imbeddings over unbounded domains

For an open set Ω ? $\text{R}$^N, 1 ? p ? ∞ and λ ∈ $\text{R}$⁺, let $\text{W}\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{p}}{}^{\mathrm{\lambda }}\text{(Ω)}$ denote the Sobolev-Slobodetzkij space obtained by completing $\text{C}{}_0{}^{\mathrm{\infty }}\text{(Ω)}$ in the usual Sobolev-Slobodetzkij norm (cf. A. Pietsch, “r-nukleare Sobol. Einbett. Oper., Ellipt. Dgln. II,” Akademie-Verlag, Berlin, 1971, pp. 203–215). Choose a Banach ideal of operators $\text{U}$, 1 ? p, q ? ∞ and a quasibounded domain Ω ? $\text{R}$^N. Theorem 1 of the note gives sufficient conditions on λ such that the Sobolev-imbedding map $\text{W}\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{p}}{}^{\mathrm{\lambda }}\text{(Ω) λ L}{}_{\mathrm{q}}\text{(Ω)}$ exists and belongs to the given Banach ideal $\text{U}$: Assume the quasibounded domain fulfills condition C_k^l for some l > 0 and 1 ? k ? N. Roughly this means that the distance of any $\text{x ? Ω}$ to the boundary ?Ω tends to zero as $\text{O(¦ x ¦}{}^{\mathrm{?l}}\text{)}$ for $\text{¦ x ¦ → ∞}$, and that the boundary consists of sufficiently smooth ?(N ? k)-dimensional manifolds. Take, furthermore, 1 ? p, q ? ∞, p > k. Then, if μ, ν are real positive numbers with λ = μ + v ∈ $\text{N}$, μ > λ _S($\text{U}$; p,q:N) and v > N/l · λ_D($\text{U}$;p,q), one has that $\text{W}\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{p}}{}^{\mathrm{\lambda }}\text{(Ω) λ L}{}_{\mathrm{q}}\text{(Ω)}$ belongs to the Banach ideal $\text{U}$. Here λ_D($\text{U}$;p,q;N)∈$\text{R}$⁺ and λ_S($\text{U}$;p,q;N)∈$\text{R}$⁺ are the D-limit order and S-limit order of the ideal $\text{U}$, introduced by Pietsch in the above mentioned paper. These limit orders may be computed by estimating the ideal norms of the identity mappings l_pⁿ → l_qⁿ for n → ∞. Theorem 1 in this way generalizes results of R. A. Adams and C. Clark for the ideals of compact resp. Hilbert-Schmidt operators (p = q = 2) as well as results on imbeddings over bounded domains.Similar results over general unbounded domains are indicated for weighted Sobolev spaces.As an application, in Theorem 2 an estimate is given for the rate of growth of the eigenvalues of formally selfadjoint, uniformly strongly elliptic differential operators with Dirichlet boundary conditions in $\text{L}{}_2\text{(Ω)}$, where Ω fulfills condition C₁^l.For an open set Ω in $\text{R}$^N, let $\text{W}\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{p}}{}^{\mathrm{\lambda }}\text{(Ω)}$ denote the Sobolev-Slobodetzkij space obtained by completing $\text{C}{}_0{}^{\mathrm{\infty }}\text{(Ω)}$ in the usual Sobolev-Slobodetzkij norm, see below. Taking a fixed Banach ideal of operators and 1 ? p, q ? ∞, we consider quasibounded domains Ω in $\text{R}$^N and give sufficient conditions on λ such that the Sobolev imbedding operator $\text{W}\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{p}}{}^{\mathrm{\lambda }}\text{(Ω) λ L}{}_{\mathrm{q}}\text{(Ω)}$ exists and belongs to the Banach ideal. This generalizes results of C. Clark and R. A. Adams for compact, respectively, Hilbert-Schmidt operators (p = q = 2) to general Banach ideals of operators, as well as results on imbeddings over bounded domains. Similar results over general unbounded domains may be proved for weighted Sobolev spaces. As an application, we give an estimate for the rate of growth of the eigenvalues of formally selfadjoint, uniformly strongly elliptic differential operators with Dirichlet boundary conditions in $\text{L}{}_2\text{(Ω)}$, where Ω is a quasibounded open set in $\text{R}$^N.     

Sur l'équation divu=fOn the equation divu=f

The main result is the following. Let $\text{Ω}$ be a bounded Lipschitz domain in $\text{R}{}^{\mathrm{d}}$, d?2. Then for every $\text{f∈}\text{L}{}^{\mathrm{d}}\text{(Ω)}$ with ∫f=0, there exists a solution $\text{u∈}\text{C}{}^0\text{(}\text{Ω}\text{)∩}\text{W}{}^{\mathrm{1,d}}\text{(Ω)}$ of the equation divu=f in $\text{Ω}$, satisfying in addition u=0 on $\text{?Ω}$ and the estimate

where C depends only on $\text{Ω}$. However one cannot choose u depending linearly on f. To cite this article: J. Bourgain, H. Brezis, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 334 (2002) 973–976.     

Doubly nonlinear parabolic equations with singular lower order term

In this paper we are concerned with positive solutions of the doubly nonlinear parabolic equation u_t=div(u^m−1|∇u|^p−2∇u)+Vu^m+p−2 in a cylinder $\text{Ω×(0,T)}$, with initial condition u(·,0)=u₀(·)⩾0 and vanishing on the parabolic boundary $\text{∂Ω×(0,T)}$. Here $\text{Ω⊂}\text{R}{}^{\mathrm{N}}$ (resp. $\text{H}{}^{\mathrm{n}}$) is a bounded domain with smooth boundary, $\text{V∈L}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>loc</mtext>}}{}^1\text{(Ω)}$, $\text{m∈}\text{R}$, 1<p<N and m+p−2>0. The critical exponents $\text{q}{}^1$ are found and the nonexistence results are proved for $\text{q}{}^1\text{⩽m+p<3}$.     

Asymptotics for the blow-up boundary solution of the logistic equation with absorption

Let $\text{Ω}$ be a smooth bounded domain in $\text{R}{}^{\mathrm{N}}$. Assume that f?0 is a C¹-function on [0,∞) such that f(u)/u is increasing on (0,+∞). Let a be a real number and let b?0, b?0 be a continuous function such that b≡0 on $\text{?Ω}$. The purpose of this Note is to establish the asymptotic behaviour of the unique positive solution of the logistic problem Δu+au=b(x)f(u) in $\text{Ω}$, subject to the singular boundary condition u(x)→+∞ as $\text{dist}\text{(x,?Ω)→0}$. Our analysis is based on the Karamata regular variation theory. To cite this article: F.-C. Cîrstea, V. R?dulescu, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 336 (2003).     

Estimées Ck pour les couronnes de convexes de type fini de Cn

C^k estimates for convex domains of finite type in $\text{C}{}^{\mathrm{n}}$ are known from Alexandre (C. R. Acad. Paris, Ser. I 335 (2002) 23–26). We now want to show the same result for annuli. Precisely, we show that for all convex domains D and D′ relatively compact of $\text{C}{}^{\mathrm{n}}$, of finite type m and m′ such that $\text{D}\text{?D′}$, for all q=1,…,n?2, there exists a linear operator $\text{T}{}^1{}_{\mathrm{q}}$ from $\text{C}{}_{\mathrm{0,q}}\text{(}\text{D′?D}\text{)}$ to $\text{C}{}_{\mathrm{0,q?1}}\text{(}\text{D′?D}\text{)}$ such that for all $\text{k∈}\text{N}$ and all (0,q)-form f, $\text{?}\text{?}$-closed of regularity C^k up to the boundary, $\text{T}{}^1{}_{\mathrm{q}}\text{f}$ is of regularity C^{k+1/max(m,m′)} up to the boundary and $\text{?}\text{?}\text{T}{}_{\mathrm{q}}{}^1\text{f=f}$. We fit the method of Diederich, Fisher and Fornaess to the annuli by switching z and ζ. However, the integration kernel will not have the same behavior on the frontier as in the Diederich–Fischer–Fornaess case and we have to alter the Diederich–Fornaess support function which will not be holomorphic anymore. Also, we take care of the so generated residual term in the homotopy formula and show that it is extremely regular so that solve the $\text{?}\text{?}$ problem for it will not be difficult. To cite this article: W. Alexandre, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 336 (2003).     

Bifurcation for a class of singular elliptic problems with quadratic convection term

We study the bifurcation problem ?Δu=g(u)+λ|?u|²+μ in $\text{Ω,}\text{u=0}$ on $\text{?Ω}$, where λ,μ?0 and $\text{Ω}$ is a smooth bounded domain in $\text{R}{}^{\mathrm{N}}$. The singular character of the problem is given by the nonlinearity g which is assumed to be decreasing and unbounded around the origin. In this Note we prove that the above problem has a positive classical solution (which is unique) if and only if λ(a+μ)<λ₁, where a=lim_t→+∞g(t) and λ₁ is the first eigenvalue of the Laplace operator in $\text{H}{}^1{}_0\text{(Ω)}$. We also describe the decay rate of this solution, as well as a blow-up result around the bifurcation parameter. To cite this article: M. Ghergu, V. R?dulescu, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 338 (2004).     

Uniqueness of the blow-up boundary solution of logistic equations with absorbtion

Let $\text{Ω}$ be a smooth bounded domain in $\text{R}{}^{\mathrm{N}}$. Assume f∈C¹[0,∞) is a non-negative function such that f(u)/u is increasing on (0,∞). Let a be a real number and let b?0, $\text{b}\text{/≡0}$ be a continuous function such that b≡0 on $\text{?Ω}$. We study the logistic equation Δu+au=b(x)f(u) in $\text{Ω}$. The special feature of this work is the uniqueness of positive solutions blowing-up on $\text{?Ω}$, in a general setting that arises in probability theory. To cite this article: F.-C. C??rstea, V. R?dulescu, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 335 (2002) 447–452.     

Extension of a Riemannian metric with vanishing curvature

Let $\text{Ω}$ be a connected and simply-connected open subset of $\text{R}{}^{\mathrm{n}}$ such that the geodesic distance in $\text{Ω}$ is equivalent to the Euclidean distance. Let there be given a Riemannian metric (g_ij) of class $\text{C}{}^2$ and of vanishing curvature in $\text{Ω}$, such that the functions g_ij and their partial derivatives of order $\text{?}\text{2}$ have continuous extensions to $\text{Ω}$. Then there exists a connected open subset $\text{Ω}$ of $\text{R}{}^{\mathrm{n}}$ containing $\text{Ω}$ and a Riemannian metric $\text{(}\text{g}\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{ij}}\text{)}$ of class $\text{C}{}^2$ and of vanishing curvature in $\text{Ω}$ that extends the metric (g_ij). To cite this article: P.G. Ciarlet, C. Mardare, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 338 (2004).     

Series inversion of some convolution transforms

We study degeneration for ? → + 0 of the two-point boundary value problems

$\text{τ?}{}^{\mathrm{\pm }}\text{u := ?((au′)′ + bu′ + cu) ± xu′ ? κu = h, u(±1) = A ± B}$

, and convergence of the operators T_?⁺ and T_?^? on $\text{L}$²(?1, 1) connected with them, T_?^±u := τ_?^±u for all

$\text{u?D(T}{}_{\mathrm{?}}{}^{\mathrm{\pm }}\text{, D(T}{}_{\mathrm{?}}{}^{\mathrm{\pm }}\text{) := {u ? L}{}^2\text{(?1, 1) ∣ u″ ? L}{}^2\text{(?1, 1) \&; u(?1) = u(1) = O}, T}{}_0{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{u: = xu′}$

for all

$\text{u?D(T}{}_{\mathrm{O}}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{), D(T}{}_{\mathrm{O}}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{) := {u ? L}{}^2\text{(?1, 1) ∣ xu′ ? L}{}^2\text{(?1, 1) \&; u(?1) = u(1) = O}}$

. Here ? is a small positive parameter, λ a complex “spectral” parameter; a, b and c are real $\text{b}$^∞-functions, a(x) ? γ > 0 for all x? [?1, 1] and h is a sufficiently smooth complex function. We prove that the limits of the eigenvalues of T_?⁺ and of T_?^? are the negative and nonpositive integers respectively by comparison of the general case to the special case in which a  1 and b  c  0 and in which we can compute the limits exactly. We show that (T_?⁺ ? λ)^?1 converges for ? → +0 strongly to (T₀⁺ ? λ)^?1 if $\text{R e λ > ?}\text{1}\text{2}$. In an analogous way, we define the operator T_?⁺, n (n ? $\text{N}$ in the Sobolev space H₀^?n(? 1, 1) as a restriction of τ_?⁺ and prove strong convergence of (T⁺_?,n ? λ)^?1 for ? → +0 in this space of distributions if $\text{R e λ > ?n ?}\text{1}\text{2}$. With aid of the maximum principle we infer from this that, if h?$\text{C}$¹, the solution of τ_?⁺u ? λu = h, u(±1) = A ± B converges for ? → +0 uniformly on [?1, ? ?] ∪ [?, 1] to the solution of xu′ ? λu = h, u(±1) = A ± B for each p > 0 and for each λ ? $\text{C}$ if ? ?$\text{N}$.Finally we prove by duality that the solution of τ_?^?u ? λu = h converges to a definite solution of the reduced equation uniformly on each compact subset of (?1, 0) ∪ (0, 1) if h is sufficiently smooth and if 1 ? ?$\text{N}$.     

Lifting of BV functions with values in S1

We show that for every $\text{u∈}\text{BV}\text{(Ω;S}{}^1\text{)}$, there exists a bounded variation function $\text{?∈}\text{BV}\text{(Ω;}\text{R}\text{)}$ such that u=e^i? a.e. on $\text{Ω}$ and |?|_BV?2|u|_BV. The constant 2 is optimal in dimension n>1. To cite this article: J. Dávila, R. Ignat, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 337 (2003).     

Régularité du rayon hyperbolique

Let $\text{Ω?}\text{R}{}^2$ be a bounded domain of class $\text{C}{}^{\mathrm{2+\alpha }}\text{,}\text{0<α<1}$. We show that if u is the maximal solution of Δu=4exp(2u), which tends to +∞ as $\text{(x,y)→?Ω}$, then the hyperbolic radius v=exp(?u) is of class C^2+α up to the boundary. The proof relies on new Schauder estimates for Fuchsian elliptic equations. To cite this article: S. Kichenassamy, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 338 (2004).     

Universal bounds for global solutions of a forced porous medium equation

We show that in a smooth bounded domain $\text{Ω⊂}\text{R}{}^{\mathrm{n}}$, n⩾2, all global nonnegative solutions of u_t−Δu^m=u^p with zero boundary data are uniformly bounded in $\text{Ω×(τ,∞)}$ by a constant depending on $\text{Ω,p}$ and τ but not on u₀, provided that 1<m<p<[(n+1)/(n−1)]m. Furthermore, we prove an a priori bound in $\text{L}{}^{\mathrm{\infty }}\text{(Ω×(0,∞))}$ depending on $\text{||u}{}_0\text{||}{}_{\mathrm{L\infty (\Omega )}}$ under the optimal condition 1<m<p<[(n+2)/(n−2)]m.     

Relative locality of derivations

Let H and K be symmetric linear operators on a C¹-algebra $\text{U}$ with domains D(H) and D(K). H is defined to be strongly K-local if $\text{ω(K(A)}{}^1\text{K(A)) = 0}$ implies $\text{ω(H(A)}{}^1\text{H(A)) = 0}$ for A?D(H) ∩ D(K) and ω in the state space of $\text{U}$, and H is completely strongly K-local if $\text{Ω(K(A)}{}^1\text{K(A))=0}$ implies $\text{Ω(H(A)}{}^1\text{H(A))=0}$ for A ∈ D(H) ∩ D(K) and Ω in the state of $\text{U}$, and H is cpmpletely strongly K-local if $\text{H??}{}_{\mathrm{n}}$ is $\text{K??}{}_{\mathrm{n}}$-local on U?M_n for all n ? 1, where $\text{1}$_n is the identity on the n × n matrices M_n. If $\text{U}$ is abelian then strong locality and complete strong locality are equivalent. The main result states that if τ is a strongly continuous one-parameter group of ¹-automorphisms of $\text{U}$ with generator δ₀ and δ is a derivation which commutes with τ and is completely strongly δ₀-local then δ generates a group α of ¹-automorphisms of $\text{U}$. Various characterizations of α are given and the particular case of periodic τ is discussed.     

Subextension of plurisubharmonic functions with bounded Monge–Ampère mass

Let $\text{Ω?}\text{C}{}^{\mathrm{n}}$ be a hyperconvex domain. Denote by $\text{E}{}_0\text{(Ω)}$ the class of negative plurisubharmonic functions ? on $\text{Ω}$ with boundary values 0 and finite Monge–Ampère mass on $\text{Ω.}$ Then denote by $\text{F}\text{(Ω)}$ the class of negative plurisubharmonic functions ? on $\text{Ω}$ for which there exists a decreasing sequence (?)_j of plurisubharmonic functions in $\text{E}{}_0\text{(Ω)}$ converging to ? such that $\text{sup}{}_{\mathrm{j}}\text{∫}{}_{\mathrm{\Omega }}\text{(dd}{}^{\mathrm{c}}\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{j}}\text{)}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{+∞.}$It is known that the complex Monge–Ampère operator is well defined on the class $\text{F}\text{(Ω)}$ and that for a function $\text{?∈}\text{F}\text{(Ω)}$ the associated positive Borel measure is of bounded mass on $\text{Ω.}$ A function from the class $\text{F}\text{(Ω)}$ is called a plurisubharmonic function with bounded Monge–Ampère mass on $\text{Ω.}$We prove that if $\text{Ω}$ and $\text{Ω}$ are hyperconvex domains with $\text{Ω?}\text{Ω}\text{?}\text{C}{}^{\mathrm{n}}$ and $\text{?∈}\text{F}\text{(Ω),}$ there exists a plurisubharmonic function $\text{?}\text{?}\text{∈}\text{F}\text{(}\text{Ω}\text{)}$ such that $\text{?}\text{?}\text{??}$ on $\text{Ω}$ and $\text{∫}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>\Omega </mtext>}}\text{(dd}{}^{\mathrm{c}}\text{?}\text{?}\text{)}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{?∫}{}_{\mathrm{\Omega }}\text{(dd}{}^{\mathrm{c}}\text{?)}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{.}$ Such a function is called a subextension of ? to $\text{Ω}\text{.}$From this result we deduce a global uniform integrability theorem for the classes of plurisubharmonic functions with uniformly bounded Monge–Ampère masses on $\text{Ω.}$To cite this article: U. Cegrell, A. Zeriahi, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 336 (2003).     

On the recovery of a manifold with boundary in Rn

If the Riemann curvature tensor associated with a smooth field $\text{C}$ of positive-definite symmetric matrices of order n vanishes in a simply-connected open subset $\text{Ω?}\text{R}{}^{\mathrm{n}}$, then $\text{C}$ is the metric tensor field of a manifold isometrically immersed in $\text{R}{}^{\mathrm{n}}$.In this Note, we first show how, under a mild smoothness assumption on the boundary of $\text{Ω}$, this classical result can be extended “up to the boundary”. When $\text{Ω}$ is bounded, we also establish the continuity of the manifold with boundary obtained in this fashion as a function of its metric tensor field, the topologies being those of the Banach spaces $\text{C}{}^{\mathrm{?}}\text{(}\text{Ω}\text{)}$. To cite this article: P.G. Ciarlet, C. Mardare, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 338 (2004).     

Existence and uniqueness results for nonlinear elliptic problems with a lower order term and measure datumExistence et unicité de solutions renormalisées d'équations elliptiques non linéaires avec des termes d'ordre inférieur et données mesures

In this Note we consider a class of noncoercive nonlinear problems whose prototype is

$\text{?△}{}_{\mathrm{p}}\text{u+b(x)|?u|}{}^{\mathrm{\lambda }}\text{=μ}\text{in}\text{Ω,}\text{u=0}\text{on}\text{?Ω,}$

where $\text{Ω}$ is a bounded open subset of $\text{R}{}^{\mathrm{N}}$ (N?2), △_p is the so called p-Laplace operator (1<p<N) or a variant of it, μ is a Radon measure with bounded variation on $\text{Ω}$ or a function in $\text{L}{}^1\text{(Ω)}$, λ?0 and b belongs to the Lorentz space $\text{L}{}^{\mathrm{N,1}}\text{(Ω)}$ or to the Lebesgue space $\text{L}{}^{\mathrm{\infty }}\text{(Ω)}$. We prove existence and uniqueness of renormalized solutions. To cite this article: M.F. Betta et al., C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 334 (2002) 757–762.     

A sharp inequality for Sobolev functionsUne inégalité dans un espace de Sobolev

Let N?5, a>0, $\text{Ω}$ be a smooth bounded domain in $\text{R}{}^{\mathrm{N}}$, $\text{2}{}^1\text{=}\text{2N}\text{N?2}$, $\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{\#}}\text{=}\text{2(N?1)}\text{N?2}$ and 6u6²=|?u|₂²+a|u|₂². We prove there exists an α₀>0 such that, for all $\text{u∈}\text{H}{}^1\text{(Ω)?{0}}$,

This inequality implies Cherrier's inequality. To cite this article: P.M. Girão, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 334 (2002) 105–108