Comparison and regularity results for the fractional Laplacian via symmetrization methods

In this paper we establish a comparison result through symmetrization for solutions to some boundary value problems involving the fractional Laplacian. This allows to get sharp estimates for the solutions, obtained by comparing them with solutions of suitable radial problems. Furthermore, we use such result to prove a priori estimates for solutions in terms of the data, providing several regularity results which extend the well-known ones for the classical Laplacian.     

Interior regularity operators

ПустьР - линейный диф ференциальный опера тор с достаточно гладкими коэффициентами. По определению,P явля ется оператором внут ренней регулярности на ω ?R ⁿ т огда и только тогда, когда \(u \in B_{p,k_{ - N} }^{loc} (\Omega )\) и ω′?ω из условия \(Pu \in B_{p,k_s }^{loc} (\Omega ')\) вытекает, что \(u \in B_{p,k_s k}^{loc} (\Omega ')\) , где ?N+1≦s≦N. Соотве тствующий пример: $$Pu = - \Delta u + u c k(\xi ) = \xi _1^2 + \ldots + \xi _n^2 + 1.$$ Указанные операторы характеризуются в ра боте в терминах априорных н еравенств. До^? казывается также сущ ествование локальны х фундаментальных реш ений для оператора, со пряженного кP, а также его гладкос ть вне диагонали. Эти результаты являются аналогами соответствующих рез ультатов для гипоэлл иптических операторов.     

Interior regularity for fractional systems

We study the regularity of solutions of elliptic fractional systems of order 2s, $s\in (0,1)$, where the right hand side f depends on a nonlocal gradient and has the same scaling properties as the nonlocal operator. Under some structural conditions on the system we prove interior Hölder estimates in the spirit of [1]. Our results are stable in s allowing us to recover the classic results for elliptic systems due to S. Hildebrandt and K. Widman [11] and M. Wiegner [19].     

Symmetry results for systems involving fractional Laplacian

In this paper we investigate symmetry results for positive solutions of systems involving the fractional Laplacian (1) $\left\{ \begin{gathered} ( - \Delta )^{\alpha _1 } u_1 (x) = f_1 (u_2 (x)),x \in \mathbb{R}^\mathbb{N} , \hfill \\ ( - \Delta )^{\alpha _2 } u_2 (x) = f_2 (u_1 (x)),x \in \mathbb{R}^\mathbb{N} , \hfill \\ \lim _{|x| \to \infty } u_1 (x) = \lim _{|x| \to \infty } u_2 (x) = 0 \hfill \\ \end{gathered} \right. $ where N ≥ 2 and α ₁, α ₂ ∈ (0, 1). We prove symmetry properties by the method of moving planes.     

A formula for the powers of fractional order operators

We derive none some explicit formula for the power of fractional order (differential and integral) operators.     

Global analytic regularity for non-linear second order operators on the torus

Assuming a subelliptic a-priori estimate we prove global analytic regularity for non-linear second order operators on a product of tori, using the method of majorant series.

     

On weighted positivity and the Wiener regularity of a boundary point for the fractional Laplacian

A sufficient condition for the Wiener regularity of a boundary point with respect to the operator (− Δ)^μ inR ⁿ ,n≥1, is obtained, for μ∈(0,1/2n)/(1,1/2n−1). This extends some results for the polyharmonic operator obtained by Maz'ya and Maz'ya-Donchev. As in the polyharmonic case, the proof is based on a weighted positivity property of (− Δ)^μ, where the weight is a fundamental solution of this operator. It is shown that this property holds for μ as above while there is an interval [A _n , 1/2n−A _n ], whereA _n →1, asn→∞, with μ-values for which the property does not hold. This interval is non-empty forn≥8.     

Existence results for asymmetric fractional ‐Laplacian problem

We investigated a class of quasi‐linear nonlocal problems with a right‐hand side nonlinearity which exhibits an asymmetric growth at and . Namely, it is linear at and superlinear at . However, it needs not satisfy the Ambrosetti–Rabinowitz condition on the positive semiaxis. Some existence results for nontrivial solution are established by using variational methods combined with the Moser–Trudinger inequality.     

Integro-differential systems of mixed type involving higher order fractional Laplacian

In this paper, we deal with a new class of non-local operators that we term integro-differential systems of mixed type. We study the behaviour of solutions of this system when the diffusion term involves higher order fractional powers of the Laplacian. Moreover, we prove that the solution of the system decays faster than a power with an exponent given by the smallest index of the fractional power of the Laplacian.     

Pseudo-differential operators and maximal regularity results for non-autonomous parabolic equations

In this paper, we show that a pseudo-differential operator associated to a symbol ( being a Hilbert space) which admits a holomorphic extension to a suitable sector of acts as a bounded operator on . By showing that maximal -regularity for the non-autonomous parabolic equation is independent of , we obtain as a consequence a maximal -regularity result for solutions of the above equation.

     

Zygmund-type estimates for fractional integration and differentiation operators of variable order

We consider non-standard generalized Hölder spaces of functions defined on a segment of the real axis, whose local continuity modulus has a majorant varying from point to point. We establish some properties of fractional integration operators of variable order acting from variable generalized Hölder spaces to those with a “better” majorant, as well as properties of fractional differentiation operators of variable order acting from the same spaces to those with a “worse” majorant.     

Bifurcation and multiplicity results for critical fractional p‐Laplacian problems

We prove a bifurcation and multiplicity result for a critical fractional p‐Laplacian problem that is the analog of the Brézis‐Nirenberg problem for the nonlocal quasilinear case. This extends a result in the literature for the semilinear case to all , in particular, it gives a new existence result. When , the nonlinear operator , has no linear eigenspaces, so our extension is nontrivial and requires a new abstract critical point theorem that is not based on linear subspaces. We prove a new abstract result based on a pseudo‐index related to the ‐cohomological index that is applicable here.     

奇异分数阶Laplacian方程正弱解的存在性及正则性

因为奇异项使得分数阶Laplacian方程没有变分结构,所以临界点理论不能直接使用,成为研究此类方程弱解存在性的本质困难.本文首次运用闭锥上的临界点理论,得到奇异分数阶Laplacian方程的正弱解及其正则性.而且,此方法适用于其他奇异分数阶问题.     

Variational inequalities for the spectral fractional Laplacian

In this paper we study obstacle problems for the Navier (spectral) fractional Laplacian (?Δ_Ω) ^s of order s ∈ (0,1) in a bounded domain Ω ? R ⁿ .     

The extremal solution for the fractional Laplacian

We study the extremal solution for the problem \((-\Delta )^s u=\lambda f(u)\) in \(\Omega \) , \(u\equiv 0\) in \(\mathbb R ^n\setminus \Omega \) , where \(\lambda >0\) is a parameter and \(s\in (0,1)\) . We extend some well known results for the extremal solution when the operator is the Laplacian to this nonlocal case. For general convex nonlinearities we prove that the extremal solution is bounded in dimensions \(n<4s\) . We also show that, for exponential and power-like nonlinearities, the extremal solution is bounded whenever \(n<10s\) . In the limit \(s\uparrow 1\) , \(n<10\) is optimal. In addition, we show that the extremal solution is \(H^s(\mathbb R ^n)\) in any dimension whenever the domain is convex. To obtain some of these results we need \(L^q\) estimates for solutions to the linear Dirichlet problem for the fractional Laplacian with \(L^p\) data. We prove optimal \(L^q\) and \(C^\beta \) estimates, depending on the value of \(p\) . These estimates follow from classical embedding results for the Riesz potential in \(\mathbb R ^n\) . Finally, to prove the \(H^s\) regularity of the extremal solution we need an \(L^\infty \) estimate near the boundary of convex domains, which we obtain via the moving planes method. For it, we use a maximum principle in small domains for integro-differential operators with decreasing kernels.     

Anisotropic regularity results for Laplace and Maxwell operators in a polyhedron

As representatives of a larger class of elliptic boundary value problems of mathematical physics, we study the Dirichlet problem for the Laplace operator and the electric boundary problem for the Maxwell operator. We state regularity results in two families of weighted Sobolev spaces: A classical isotropic family, and a new anisotropic family, where the hypoellipticity along an edge of a polyhedral domain is taken into account. To cite this article: A. Buffa et al., C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 336 (2003).