Lp estimates for the wave equation

Let u(x, t) be the solution of u_tt ? Δ_xu = 0 with initial conditions $\text{u(x, 0) = g(x)}\text{and}\text{u}{}_{\mathrm{t}}\text{(x, 0) = ?;(x)}$. Consider the linear operator $\text{T: ?; → u(x, t)}$. (Here g = 0.) We prove for t fixed the following result. Theorem 1: T is bounded in L^p if and only if . Theorem 2: If the coefficients are variables in C and constant outside of some compact set we get: (a) If n = 2k the result holds for $\text{¦ p}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{? 2}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{¦ < (n ? 1)}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}$. (b) If n = 2k ? 1, the result is valid for $\text{¦ p}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{? 2}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{¦ ? (n ? 1)}$. This result are sharp in the sense that for p such that $\text{¦ p}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{? 2}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{¦ > (n ? 1)}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}$ we prove the existence of $\text{?; ? L}{}^{\mathrm{P}}$ in such a way that $\text{T?; ? L}{}^{\mathrm{P}}$. Several applications are given, one of them is to the study of the Klein-Gordon equation, the other to the completion of the study of the family of multipliers $\text{m(ξ) = ψ(ξ) e}{}^{\mathrm{i¦\xi ¦}}\text{¦ ξ ¦}{}^{\mathrm{?b}}$ and finally we get that the convolution against the kernel $\text{K(x) = ?(x)(1 ? ¦ x ¦)}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}$ is bounded in H¹.     

Asymptotic properties of general symmetric hyperbolic systems

Results on partition of energy and on energy decay are derived for solutions of the Cauchy problem $\text{?u}\text{?t}\text{+ ∑}{}_{\mathrm{j\; =\; 1}}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{A}{}_{\mathrm{j}}\text{?u}\text{?x}{}_{\mathrm{j}}\text{= 0, u(0, x) = ?(x)}$. Here the A_j's are constant, k × k Hermitian matrices, x = (x₁,…, x_n), t represents time, and u = u(t, x) is a k-vector. It is shown that the energy of Mu approaches a limit $\text{E}{}_{\mathrm{M}}\text{(?)}\text{as}\text{¦ t ¦ → ∞}$, where M is an arbitrary matrix; that there exists a sufficiently large subspace of data ?, which is invariant under the solution group U₀(t) and such that $\text{U}{}_0\text{(t)? = 0}\text{for}\text{¦ x ¦ ? a ¦ t ¦ ? R, a}\text{and}\text{R}$ depending on ? and that the local energy of nonstatic solutions decays as $\text{¦ t ¦ → ∞}$. More refined results on energy decay are also given and the existence of wave operators is established, considering a perturbed equation $\text{E(x)}\text{?u}\text{?t}\text{+ ∑}{}_{\mathrm{j\; =\; 1}}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{A}{}_{\mathrm{j}}\text{?u}\text{?x}{}_{\mathrm{j}}\text{= 0,}\text{where}\text{¦ E(x) ? I ¦ = O(¦ x ¦}{}^{\mathrm{?1\; ?\; ?}}\text{)}$ at infinity.     

Concrete model theory for a class of operators with unitary part

Let m and v_t, 0 ? t ? 2π be measures on T = [0, 2π] with m smooth. Consider the direct integral $\text{H}$ = ⊕L²(v^t) dm(t) and the operator $\text{(L?)(t, λ) = e}{}^{\mathrm{?i\lambda }}\text{?(t, λ) ? 2e}{}^{\mathrm{?i\lambda }}\text{∫}{}_{\mathrm{t}}{}^{\mathrm{2\pi }}\text{∫}{}_{\mathrm{T}}\text{?(s, x) e(s, t) dv}{}_{\mathrm{s}}\text{(x) dm(s)}$ on $\text{H}$, where e(s, t) = exp ∫_s^t ∫_Tdv_λ(θ) dm(λ). Let μ_t be the measure defined by $\text{∫}{}_{\mathrm{T}}\text{?(x) dμ}{}_{\mathrm{t}}\text{(x) = ∫}{}_0{}^{\mathrm{t}}\text{∫}{}_{\mathrm{T}}\text{?(x) dv}{}_{\mathrm{s}}\text{dm(s)}$ for all continuous ?, and let ?_t(z) = exp[?∫ (e^iθ + z)(e^iθ ? z)^?1dμ_t(gq)]. Call {v_t} regular iff for all $\text{t, ¦?}{}_{\mathrm{t}}\text{(e}{}^{\mathrm{i\theta }}\text{)¦ = ¦?}{}_{\mathrm{2\pi }}\text{(e}{}^{\mathrm{i\theta }}\text{)¦}$ for 1 a.e.     

On Lp estimates for the wave equation

New and more elementary proofs are given of two results due to W. Littman: (1) Let $\text{n ? 2, p ?}\text{2n}\text{(n ? 1)}$. The estimate $\text{∫∫ (¦▽u¦}{}^{\mathrm{p}}\text{+ ¦u}{}_{\mathrm{t}}\text{¦}{}^{\mathrm{p}}\text{) dx dt ? C ∫∫ ¦□u¦}{}^{\mathrm{p}}\text{dx dt}$ cannot hold for all u?C₀^∞(Q), Q a cube in $\text{R}{}^{\mathrm{<mi\; mathvariant="italic"\; is="true">n</mi>}}\text{× R}$, some constant C. (2) Let n ? 2, p ≠ 2. The estimate $\text{∫ (¦▽(t)¦}{}^{\mathrm{p}}\text{+ ¦u}{}_{\mathrm{t}}\text{(t)¦}{}^{\mathrm{p}}\text{) dx ? C(t) ∫ (¦▽u(0)¦}{}^{\mathrm{p}}\text{+ ¦u}{}_{\mathrm{t}}\text{(0)¦}{}^{\mathrm{p}}\text{) dx}$ cannot hold for all C^∞ solutions of the wave equation □u = 0 in $\text{R}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{x R}$; all t ?$\text{R}$; some function C: $\text{R}$ → $\text{R}$.     

Singular perturbation problems for linear parabolic differential operators of arbitrary order

We consider the first initial-boundary value problem for $\text{(}\text{?u}\text{?t}\text{) + ?L}{}_1\text{u + L}{}_0\text{u = f(L}{}_0$ and L₁ are linear elliptic partial differential operators) and investigate the properties of u(x, t, ?) as ? ↓ 0 in the maximum norm. Special attention is paid to approximations obtained by the boundary layer method. We use a priori estimates.     

Square roots of elliptic operators

Consider an elliptic sesquilinear form defined on $\text{V}$ × $\text{V}$ by $\text{J[u, v] = ∫}{}_{\mathrm{\Omega }}\text{a}{}_{\mathrm{jk}}\text{?u}\text{?x}{}_{\mathrm{k}}\text{}\text{?}\text{t6v}\text{?x}{}_{\mathrm{j}}\text{+ a}{}_{\mathrm{k}}\text{?u}\text{?x}{}_{\mathrm{k}}\text{v}\text{?}\text{+ α}{}_{\mathrm{j}}\text{u}\text{}\text{?}\text{t6v}\text{?x}{}_{\mathrm{j}}\text{+ au}\text{v}\text{?}\text{dx}$, where $\text{V}$ is a closed subspace of $\text{H}{}^1\text{(Ω)}$ which contains $\text{C}{}_0{}^{\mathrm{\infty }}\text{(Ω)}$, Ω is a bounded Lipschitz domain in $\text{R}$ⁿ, $\text{a}{}_{\mathrm{jk}}\text{, a}{}_{\mathrm{k}}\text{, α}{}_{\mathrm{j}}\text{, a ? L}{}_{\mathrm{\infty }}\text{(Ω),}\text{and Re}\text{a}{}_{\mathrm{jk}}\text{ζ}{}_{\mathrm{k}}\text{ζ}{}_{\mathrm{j}}\text{? κ > 0}$ for all ζ?$\text{C}$ⁿ with ¦ζ¦ = 1. Let L be the operator with largest domain satisfying J[u, v] = (Lu, v) for all υ∈$\text{V}$. Then L + λI is a maximal accretive operator in $\text{L}{}_2\text{(Ω)}$ for λ a sufficiently large real number. It is proved that $\text{(L + λI)}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ is a bounded operator from $\text{V}$ to $\text{L}{}_2\text{(Ω)}$ provided mild regularity of the coefficients is assumed. In addition it is shown that if the coefficients depend differentiably on a parameter t in an appropriate sense, then the corresponding square root operators also depend differentiably on t. The latter result is new even when the forms J are hermitian.     

On a property of the set of radiation patterns

Consider the exterior boundary value problem (▽² + K²) u = 0, in Ω, k >0. $\text{u¦}{}_{\mathrm{\Gamma }}\text{= h}$, where Γ is a smooth closed connected surface in $\text{R}$³, $\text{u ~}\text{exp}\text{(ik ¦x¦)¦x¦}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{∝(k, n)}\text{as}\text{¦X¦→ ∞, n = x¦x¦}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}$, ∝ is called the radiation pattern. We prove that when h runs through any dense set in L²(Γ) the corresponding radiation pattern ∝(k,n) runs through a dense set in L²(S²) for any k >0, where S² is the unit sphere in $\text{R}$³.     

Inner functions in the unit ball of Cn

Let B be the open unit ball of $\text{C}$ⁿ, n > 1. Let I (for “inner”) be the set of all u ? H °(B) that have $\text{¦u¦ = 1}$ a.e. on the boundary S of B. Aleksandrov proved recently that there exist nonconstant u ? I. This paper strengthens his basic theorem and provides further information about I and the algebra Q generated by I. Let XY be the finite linear span of products xy, x ? X, y ? Y, and let $\text{¦X¦}$ be the norm closure, in L^∞ = L^∞(S), of X. Some results: set I is dense in the unit ball of H^∞(B) in the compact-open topology. On $\text{S,}\text{Q}\text{?}\text{Q}$ is weak¹-dense in $\text{L}{}^{\mathrm{\infty }}\text{, ¦}\text{Q}\text{?}\text{Q¦}$ does not contain $\text{H}{}^{\mathrm{\infty }}\text{, C(S) ?¦}\text{Q}\text{?}\text{H}{}^{\mathrm{\infty }}\text{¦ ≠ ¦}\text{H}\text{?}{}^{\mathrm{\infty }}\text{H}{}^{\mathrm{\infty }}\text{¦ ≠ L}{}^{\mathrm{\infty }}$. (When $\text{n = 1, ¦Q¦ = H}{}^{\mathrm{\infty }}\text{and}\text{¦}\text{Q}\text{?}\text{Q¦ = L}{}^{\mathrm{\infty }}$.) Every unimodular $\text{?}\text{?}\text{L}{}^{\mathrm{\infty }}$ is a pointwise limit a.e. of products $\text{u}\text{v}\text{?}\text{, u}\text{?}\text{I, ν}\text{?}\text{I}$. The zeros of every $\text{? ? 0}$ in the ball algebra (but not of every H^∞-function) can be matched by those of some u ? I, as can any finite number of derivatives at 0 if $\text{∥?∥}{}_{\mathrm{\infty }}\text{< 1}$. However, $\text{?}\text{u}$ cannot be bounded in B if u ? I is non-constant.     

Effect of delays on functional differential equations

The perturbed functional differential equation $\text{x}\text{?}\text{(t) = L(x}{}_{\mathrm{t}}\text{) + h(x}{}_{\mathrm{t}}\text{)}$ is considered with the assumption that h is Lipschitzian in W_1,∞. Using integral manifold techniques, this equation is reduced to the equivalent ordinary differential equation $\text{u}\text{?}\text{= Bu + Ψ(0)h(ΛΦu)}$. A bifurcation problem is considered for the former equation. Illustrative examples are worked.     

Convergence of the Kato approximants for evolution equations involving functional perturbations

The existence of a unique strong solution of the nonlinear abstract functional differential equation $\text{u′(t) + A(t)u(t) = F(t,u}{}_{\mathrm{t}}\text{), u}{}_0\text{= φεC}{}^1\text{(¦?r,0¦,X),tε¦0, T¦}$, (E) is established. X is a Banach space with uniformly convex dual space and, for $\text{t? ¦0, T¦, A(t)}$ is m-accretive and satisfies a time dependence condition suitable for applications to partial differential equations. The function F satisfies a Lipschitz condition. The novelty of the paper is that the solution u(t) of (E) is shown to be the uniform limit (as n → ∞) of the sequence u_n(t), where the functions u_n(t) are continuously differentiate solutions of approximating equations involving the Yosida approximants. Thus, a straightforward approximation scheme is now available for such equations, in parallel with the approach involving the use of nonlinear evolution operator theory.     

Large time behaviour of the solutions of a semilinear parabolic equation in RN

The asymptotic behaviour as t tends to +∞ of the solution of $\text{(?u}\text{?t)}\text{? Δu + u¦u¦}{}^{\mathrm{p\; ?\; 1}}\text{= 0}$ in $\text{R}$^N × $\text{R}$⁺, p > 1, was studied. It was proved that the behaviour depends strongly on the sign of $\text{(N + 2)}\text{N ? p}$ and also on the rate of decay of the admissible initial data u(0, x) as $\text{¦x¦}$ tends to +∞.     

Periodic solutions of a quasilinear parabolic differential equation

This paper treats the quasilinear, parabolic boundary value problem $\text{u}{}_{\mathrm{xx}}\text{? u}{}_{\mathrm{t}}\text{= ??(x, t, u)}$u(0, t) = ?₁(t); u(l, t) = ?₂(t) on an infinite strip $\text{{(x, t) ¦ 0 < x < l, ?∞ < t < ∞}}$ with the functions $\text{?(x, t, u), ?}{}_1\text{(t), ?}{}_2\text{(t)}$ being periodic in t. The major theorem of the paper gives sufficient conditions on $\text{?(x, t, u)}$ for this problem to have a periodic solution u(x, t) which may be constructed by successive approximations with an integral operator. Some corollaries to this theorem offer more explicit conditions on $\text{?(x, t, u)}$ and indicate a method for determining the initial estimate at which the iteration may begin.     

Low energy scattering for nonlinear Klein-Gordon equations

The scattering operator which belongs to a pair of PDEs consisting of the Klein-Gordon equation and a perturbation of it by a power-like nonlinearity z.hfl;(u) is studied. It is shown that this operator can be defined on a whole neighbourhood of the origin in energy space if $\text{z.hfl;(u) = ±¦u¦}{}^{\mathrm{p\; ?\; 1}}\text{u}\text{or}\text{±¦u¦}{}^{\mathrm{p}}$, where $\text{1+4}\text{(n ? 1)}\text{<p <}\text{1 + 4}\text{(n ? 2)}$ and the space dimension n ? 2 is arbitrary.     

Global existence for a delay differential equation

An elastic-plastic bar with simply connected cross section Q is clamped at the bottom and given a twist at the top. The stress function u, at a prescribed cross section, is then the solution of the variational inequality (0.1) $\text{min}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>v</mtext><mtext>?</mtext><mtext>K</mtext>}}\text{{∝}{}_{\mathrm{Q}}\text{¦}\text{▽}\text{v¦}{}^2\text{? 2θ}{}_1\text{∝}{}_{\mathrm{Q}}\text{v} = ∝}{}_{\mathrm{Q}}\text{¦}\text{▽}\text{u¦}{}^2\text{? 2θ}{}_1\text{∝}{}_{\mathrm{Q}}\text{u, u}\text{?}\text{K,}\text{where}\text{(0.2) K = {v}\text{?}\text{H}{}_0{}^1\text{(Q), ¦}\text{▽}\text{v¦ ? 1}\text{a.e.}\text{}}\text{and}\text{θ}{}_1$ is equal to the angle of the twist (after normalizing the units). Introducing the Lagrange multiplier λ_θ1, the unloading problem consists in solving the variational inequality (0.3) is the twisting angle for the unloaded bar; θ₂ < θ₁. Let (0.4) $\text{K}{}^1\text{= {v}\text{?}\text{H}{}_0{}^1\text{(Q), ?d(x) ? v(x) ? d(x)},}\text{where}\text{d(x) =}\text{dist}\text{.(x, ?Q)}$, and denote by $\text{u}{}^1\text{, w}{}^1$ the solutions of (0.1), (0.3), respectively, when K is replaced by $\text{K}{}^1$. The following results are well known for the loading problem (0.1):(0.5) $\text{u = u}{}^1$; (0.6) the plastic set $\text{P = (X}\text{?}\text{Q}\text{?}\text{; ¦}\text{▽}\text{u(x)¦ = 1}}$ is connected to the boundary. In this paper we show that, in general, (0.7) $\text{w ≠ w}{}^1$; (0.8) the plastic set $\text{P}\text{?}\text{= {x}\text{?}\text{Q}\text{?}\text{; ¦}\text{▽}\text{w(x)¦ = 1}}$ is not connected to the boundary. That is, we construct domains Q for which (0.7) and (0.8) hold for a suitable choice of θ₁, θ₂.     

Ergodic limits of tensor product semigroups

Let e^tSande^?tT be (C₀)-semigroups on a Banach space X. Their tensor product $\text{L}$(t) is defined by $\text{L}$(t)A = e^tSAe^tT (A?B(X)) and has the generator Δ formally of the form ΔA = SA ? AT. Under the assumption that {$\text{L}$(t); t ? 0} is bounded, we investigate the Abel limit and the Cesàro limit of $\text{L}$(t)A at ∞. If $\text{gW}{}_{\mathrm{s}}\text{[Ω}{}_{\mathrm{u}}\text{]}$ denotes the set of operators A for which the Abel limit P_s(A) [resp. P_u(A)] exists in the strong [resp. uniform] operator topology, then

$\text{N(Δ)⊕}\text{R(Δ)}\text{= ω}{}_{\mathrm{u}}\text{? ω}{}_{\mathrm{s}}\text{? N(Δ) +}\text{R(Δ)}$

and the limit defines a projection P_s[P_u] from $\text{Ω}{}_{\mathrm{s}}$ [resp. $\text{Ω}{}_{\mathrm{u}}$] onto N(Δ) with N(Δ) with $\text{R(Δ)}\text{= N(P}{}_{\mathrm{u}}\text{) ? N(P}{}_{\mathrm{u}}\text{) ?}\text{R(Δ)}$. If, in addition, S and T are Hilbert space normal operators such that _gq(S) ∩ _gq(T) ≠ φ, then $\text{Ω}{}_{\mathrm{u}}$ contains all compact operators.     

Étude d'une équation de Monge-Ampère sur les variétés kählériennes compactes

On a compact Kähler manifold of complex dimension m ? 2, let us consider the change of Kähler metric $\text{g′}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>\lambda </mtext><mtext>\backslash </mtext><mtext>?</mtext><mtext>gm</mtext>}}\text{= g}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>\lambda </mtext><mtext>\backslash </mtext><mtext>?</mtext><mtext>gm</mtext>}}\text{+ ?}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>\lambda </mtext><mtext>\backslash </mtext><mtext>?</mtext><mtext>gm</mtext>}}\text{φ}$. Let F?C^∞(V × R) be a function everywhere > 0 and v a real number ≠ 0. When $\text{0 < C}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{? F(x, t) ? C(¦t¦}{}^{\mathrm{a}}\text{+ 1)}$ for all (x, t) ?V × ] ?∞, t₀], where C and t₀ are constants and $\text{1 ? a <}\text{m}\text{(m ? 1)}$, one exhibits a function φ?C^∞ (V) such that $\text{¦g′∥g¦}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{= e}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>\nu </mtext><mtext>\backslash </mtext><mtext>?</mtext><mtext>gf</mtext>}}\text{F(x, φ ?}\text{}\text{?}\text{gf) (¦g¦}\text{and}\text{¦g′¦}$ the determinants of the metrics g and $\text{g′,}\text{}\text{?}\text{gf = (}\text{mes}\text{V)}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{∝ φ dV)}$.     

Filtrations for the two parameter jump process

A process which has just one jump, and whose time parameter is the positive quadrant [0, ∞] × [0, ∞], is considered. Following Merzbach, related stopping lines are introduced, and the filtration {$\text{F}$_t1,t2³} considered in this paper is such that, modulo completion, the σ-field $\text{F}$_t1,t2³ is the Borel field on the region

$\text{L}{}_{\mathrm{t1,t2}}\text{={(s}{}_1\text{,s}{}_2\text{); 0?s}{}_1\text{?t}{}_1\text{or}\text{0?s}{}_2\text{?t}{}_2\text{}}$

, together with the atom which is the complement in Ω = [0, ∞]² of L_t1,t2. Optional and predictable projections of related processes are defined, together with their dual projections, and an integral representation for martingales is obtained.