Some new Strichartz estimates for the Schrödinger equation

We deal with fixed-time and Strichartz estimates for the Schrödinger propagator as an operator on Wiener amalgam spaces. We discuss the sharpness of the known estimates and we provide some new estimates which generalize the classical ones. As an application, we present a result on the wellposedness of the linear Schrödinger equation with a rough time-dependent potential.     

Eigenvalue estimate on complete noncompact Riemannian manifolds and applications

We obtain some sharp estimates on the first eigenvalues of complete noncompact Riemannian manifolds under assumptions of volume growth. Using these estimates we study hypersurfaces with constant mean curvature and give some estimates on the mean curvatures.

     

Bounds on Oscillatory Integral Operators Based on Multilinear Estimates

We apply the Bennett–Carbery–Tao multilinear restriction estimate in order to bound restriction operators and more general oscillatory integral operators. We get improved L ^p estimates in the Stein restriction problem for dimension at least 5 and a small improvement in dimension 3. We prove similar estimates for H?rmander-type oscillatory integral operators when the quadratic term in the phase function is positive definite, getting improvements in dimension at least 5. We also prove estimates for H?rmander-type oscillatory integral operators in even dimensions. These last oscillatory estimates are related to improved bounds on the dimensions of curved Kakeya sets in even dimensions.     

Strichartz Estimates for the Schrödinger Equation on Polygonal Domains

We prove Strichartz estimates with a loss of derivatives for the Schrödinger equation on polygonal domains with either Dirichlet or Neumann homogeneous boundary conditions. Using a standard doubling procedure, estimates on the polygon follow from those on Euclidean surfaces with conical singularities. We develop a Littlewood-Paley squarefunction estimate with respect to the spectrum of the Laplacian on these spaces. This allows us to reduce matters to proving estimates at each frequency scale. The problem can be localized in space provided the time intervals are sufficiently small. Strichartz estimates then follow from a recent result of the second author regarding the Schrödinger equation on the Euclidean cone.     

Refined Error Estimates for Radial Basis Function Interpolation

We discuss new and refined error estimates for radial-function scattered-data interpolants and their derivatives. These estimates hold on R ^d , the d-torus, and the 2-sphere. We employ a new technique, involving norming sets, that enables us to obtain error estimates, which in many cases give bounds orders of magnitude smaller than those previously known.     

Coefficient Stability of the Solution of a Difference Scheme Approximating a Mixed Problem for a Semilinear Parabolic Equation

We study the coefficient stability of a difference scheme approximating a mixed problem for a one-dimensional semilinear parabolic equation. We obtain sufficient conditions on the input data under which the solutions of the differential and difference problems are bounded. We also obtain estimates of perturbations of the solution of a linearized difference scheme with respect to perturbations of the coefficients; these estimates agree with the estimates for the differential problem.     

Analysis of the Fictitious Domain Method with an L 2-Penalty for Elliptic Problems

The L ²-penalty fictitious domain method is based on a reformulation of the original problem in a larger simple-shaped domain by introducing a discontinuous reaction term with a penalty parameter ε > 0. We first derive regularity results and some a priori estimates and then prove several error estimates. We also give several error estimates for discretization problems by the finite element and finite volume methods.     

Bochner–Weitzenböck formula and Li–Yau estimates on Finsler manifolds

We prove the Bochner–Weitzenböck formula for the (nonlinear) Laplacian on general Finsler manifolds and derive Li–Yau type gradient estimates as well as parabolic Harnack inequalities. Moreover, we deduce Bakry–Émery gradient estimates. All these estimates depend on lower bounds for the weighted flag Ricci tensor.     

Finite element theory on curved domains with applications to discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods

In this paper we provide key estimates used in the stability and error analysis of discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods (DGFEMs) on domains with curved boundaries. In particular, we review trace estimates, inverse estimates, discrete Poincaré–Friedrichs' inequalities, and optimal interpolation estimates in noninteger Hilbert–Sobolev norms, that are well known in the case of polytopal domains. We also prove curvature bounds for curved simplices, which does not seem to be present in the existing literature, even in the polytopal setting, since polytopal domains have piecewise zero curvature. We demonstrate the value of these estimates, by analyzing the IPDG method for the Poisson problem, introduced by Douglas and Dupont, and by analyzing a variant of the hp-DGFEM for the biharmonic problem introduced by Mozolevski and Süli. In both cases we prove stability estimates and optimal a priori error estimates. Numerical results are provided, validating the proven error estimates.     

Fully nonlinear elliptic equations and the dini condition

Abstract

We investigate transmission problems with strongly Lipschitz interfaces for the Dirac equation by establishing spectral estimates on an associated boundary singular integral operator, the rotation operator. Using Rellich estimates we obtain angular spectral estimates on both the essential and full spectrum for general bi-oblique transmission problems. Specializing to the normal transmission problem, we investigate transmission problems for Maxwell's equations using a nilpotent exterior/interior derivativeoperator. The fundamental commutation properties for this operator with the two basic reflection operators are proved. We show how the L ₂spectral estimates are inherited for the domain of the exterior/interior derivative operator and prove some complementary eigenvalue estimates. Finally we use a general algebraic theorem to prove a regularity property needed for Maxwell's equations.     

New trends towards lower energy estimates and optimality for nonlinearly damped vibrating systems

We present an approach based on comparison principles for energy and interpolation properties to derive lower energy estimates for nonlinearly either locally damped or boundary damped vibrating systems. We show how the dissipation relation provides strong information on the asymptotic behavior of the energy of solutions. The geometrical situations are either one-dimensional, or radial two-dimensional or three-dimensional for annulus domains. We also consider the case of general domains, but in this case, for solutions with bounded velocities in time and space. In all these cases, the nonlinear damping function is assumed to have arbitrary (strictly sublinear) growth at the origin. We give results for strong solutions and stronger lower estimates for smoother solutions. The results are presented in two forms, either on the side of energy comparison principles, or through time-pointwise lower estimates. Under additional geometric assumptions, we give the resulting lower and upper estimates for four representative examples of damping functions. We further give a “weak” lower estimate (in the sense of a certain lim supt→∞) and an upper estimate of the velocity for smoother solutions in case of general damping functions and for radial, as well as multi-dimensional domains. We also discuss these estimates in the framework of optimality, which is not proved here, and indicate open problems raised by these results.     

Mode Trees for Multivariate Data

We consider visualizing scales of multivariate density estimates with the help of mode trees. Mode trees visualize the locations of the modes of density estimates, when the smoothing parameter of the estimates ranges over an interval. We define multiframe mode graphs which generalize classical mode trees to the multivariate setting. We give examples of the application of multiframe mode graphs with kernel estimates and with multivariate adaptive histograms.     

A Note on Time Regularity for Discrete Time Heat Kernels

We offer a new, simple method of deriving time regularity estimates for discrete time "heat kernels". Our method applies, for example, to suitable Markov chains and to random walks on weighted graphs, and provides Gaussian estimates or L^p off-diagonal estimates for time differences of the iterated kernels.     

Norms of characters and Fourier series on compact Lie groups

We prove new estimates for the p norms of irreducible characters of compact Lie groups. These estimates are applied to give negative results on p mean convergence of Fourier series on compact Lie groups.     

Stability with respect to the input data and monotonicity of an implicit finite-difference scheme for a quasilinear parabolic equation

We analyze the stability and monotonicity of a conservative difference scheme approximating an initial-boundary value problem for a quasilinear parabolic equation under specific conditions imposed solely on the problem input data. We prove some kinds of the maximum principle for the nonlinear equations that are used in the derivation of a priori estimates for the solution; we also prove estimates for some kinds of recursion inequalities that are used in the derivation of a priori estimates for higher-order derivatives, these estimates being necessary for proving the continuous dependence of the solution on small perturbations of the input data and for analyzing monotonicity in the nonlinear case. We show that, depending on the properties of the input data, higher derivatives can become infinite in finite critical time. We obtain conditions on the input data guaranteeing the stability of the difference scheme on the entire time interval.     

Nonlinear Approximation with Dictionaries I. Direct Estimates

We study various approximation classes associated with m-term approximation by elements from a (possibly redundant) dictionary in a Banach space. The standard approximation class associated with the best m-term approximation is compared to new classes defined by considering m-term approximation with algorithmic constraints: thresholding and Chebychev approximation classes are studied, respectively. We consider embeddings of the Jackson type (direct estimates) of sparsity spaces into the mentioned approximation classes. General direct estimates are based on the geometry of the Banach space, and we prove that assuming a certain structure of the dictionary is sufficient and (almost) necessary to obtain stronger results. We give examples of classical dictionaries in L^p spaces and modulation spaces where our results recover some known Jackson type estimates, and discuss some new estimates they provide.     

The Local Approximation Theorem in Various Coordinate Systems

We find some sufficient conditions on the local coordinate system of a Carnot–Carathéodory space of low smoothness that ensure Gromov-type estimates on the divergence of local (quasi)metrics. We also obtain these estimates for the canonical coordinate system of the second kind and various mixed coordinate systems.     

多复变数一类α次星形映射齐次展开式各项的精细估计

本文首先给出复Banach空间单位球上一类α次星形映射齐次展开式各项的精细估计,特别当这些映射又是k折对称映射时,估计还是精确的.其次建立C~n中单位多圆柱上上述推广映射齐次展开式各项的精细估计,同样当这些映射又是k折对称映射时,估计仍是精确的.由此证明了多复变数中关于α次星形映射的弱Bieberbach猜想,且所得到的估计都能回到单复变数的情形.     

Centered densities on Lie groups of polynomial volume growth

 We study the asymptotic behavior of the convolution powers of a centered density on a connected Lie group G of polynomial volume growth. The main tool is a Harnack inequality which is proved by using ideas from Homogenization theory and by adapting the method of Krylov and Safonov. Applying this inequality we prove that the positive -harmonic functions are constant. We also characterise the -harmonic functions which grow polynomially. We give Gaussian estimates for , as well as for the differences and . We give estimates, similar to the ones given by the classical Berry-Esseen theorem, for and . We use these estimates to study the associated Riesz transforms. Received: 5 July 1999 / Revised version: 8 April 2002 / Published online: 22 August 2002