Potential analysis for a class of diffusion equations: A Gaussian bounds approach

We axiomatically develop a potential analysis for a general class of hypoelliptic diffusion equations under the following basic assumptions: doubling condition and segment property for an underlying distance and Gaussian bounds of the fundamental solution. Our analysis is principally aimed to obtain regularity criteria and uniform boundary estimates for the Perron-Wiener solution to the Dirichlet problem. As an example of application, we also derive an exterior cone criterion of boundary regularity and scale-invariant Harnack inequality and Hölder estimate for an important class of operators in non-divergence form with Hölder continuous coefficients, modeled on Hörmander vector fields.     

The 1-d stochastic wave equation driven by a fractional Brownian sheet

In this paper, we develop a Young integration theory in dimension 2 which will allow us to solve a non-linear one- dimensional wave equation driven by an arbitrary signal whose rectangular increments satisfy some Hölder regularity conditions, for some Hölder exponent greater than 1/2. This result will be applied to the fractional Brownian sheet.     

Global Minimization Algorithms for Holder Functions

This paper deals with the one-dimensional global optimization problem where the objective function satisfies a Hölder condition over a closed interval. A direct extension of the popular Piyavskii method proposed for Lipschitz functions to Hölder optimization requires an a priori estimate of the Hölder constant and solution to an equation of degree N at each iteration. In this paper a new scheme is introduced. Three algorithms are proposed for solving one-dimensional Hölder global optimization problems. All of them work without solving equations of degree N. The case (very often arising in applications) when a Hölder constant is not given a priori is considered. It is shown that local information about the objective function used inside the global procedure can accelerate the search signicantly. Numerical experiments show quite promising performance of the new algorithms.     

Hölder continuity and upper estimates of solutions to vector quasiequilibrium problems

In this paper, we establish the Hölder continuity of solution mappings to parametric vector quasiequilibrium problems in metric spaces under the case that solution mappings are set-valued. Our main assumptions are weaker than those in the literature, and the results extend and improve the recent ones. Furthermore, as an application of Hölder continuity, we derive upper bounds for the distance between an approximate solution and a solution set of a vector quasiequilibrium problem with fixed parameters.     

Existence and uniqueness analysis of a detached shock problem for the potential flow

We study a problem for two-dimensional steady potential and isentropic Euler equations in a bounded domain, where an artificial detached shock interacts with a wedge. Using the stream function, we obtain a free boundary problem for the subsonic state and the detached artificial shock curve and we prove that such configuration admits a unique solution in certain weighted Hölder spaces. The proof is based on various Hölder and Schauder estimates for second-order elliptic equations and fixed point theorems. Moreover, we pose an energy principle and remark that the physical attached shock is the minimizer of the energy functional.     

Remarks on Hölder continuity for solutions of the p-Laplace evolution equations

We study the interior Hölder regularity problem for the gradient of solutions of the p-Laplace evolution equations with the external forces. Misawa gave some conditions for the Hölder continuity of the gradient of solutions. We show Hölder estimates of the solutions with weaker condition as for Misawa.     

Obstacle problem for nonlinear parabolic equations

We show the existence of a continuous solution to a nonlinear parabolic obstacle problem with a continuous time-dependent obstacle. The solution is constructed by an adaptation of the Schwarz alternating method. Moreover, if the obstacle is Hölder continuous, we prove that the solution inherits the same property.     

The transmission problem in domains with a corner point for the Laplace operator in weighted Hölder spaces

We prove the existence and uniqueness of a solution to the elliptic transmission problem in nonsmooth domains in the weighted Hölder space. The coercive estimates of the solution are given.     

Concavity with respect to Hölder means involving the generalized Grötzsch function

The generalized Grötzsch function has numerous applications in geometric function theory and analytic number theory and its properties have been investigated by many authors. In this paper we study the concavity of the generalized Grötzsch function with respect to Hölder means.     

Krylov and Safonov estimates for degenerate quasilinear elliptic PDEs

We here establish an a priori Hölder estimate of Krylov and Safonov type for the viscosity solutions of a degenerate quasilinear elliptic PDE of non-divergence form. The diffusion matrix may degenerate when the norm of the gradient of the solution is small: the exhibited Hölder exponent and Hölder constant only depend on the growth of the source term and on the bounds of the spectrum of the diffusion matrix for large values of the gradient. In particular, the given estimate is independent of the regularity of the coefficients. As in the original paper by Krylov and Safonov, the proof relies on a probabilistic interpretation of the equation.     

Parabolic Differential Equations with Unbounded Coefficients – A Generalization of the Parametrix Method

We consider uniformly parabolic differential equations with unbounded first- and zero-order coefficients. A fundamental solution is constructed based on the classical parametrix method of E. Levi. From this the existence and uniqueness of the corresponding Cauchy problem is derived. Our approach does not require differentiable coefficients, as is usually assumed in the unbounded case. It only requires Hölder continuous coefficients. In this respect, our new proof also extends known results. We briefly discuss applications which make essential use of this extension.     

Hölder continuity in time for SG hyperbolic systems

We investigate well posedness of the Cauchy problem for SG hyperbolic systems with non-smooth coefficients with respect to time. By assuming the coefficients to be Hölder continuous we show that this low regularity has a considerable influence on the behavior at infinity of the solution as well as on its regularity. This leads to well posedness in suitable Gelfand-Shilov classes of functions on Rn. A simple example shows the sharpness of our results.     

Existence of Hölder continuous generalized solutions of the first boundary value problem for quasilinear doubly degenerate parabolic equations

For quasilinear doubly degenerate parabolic equations the existence of a Hölder continuous nonnegative generalized solution of the first initial-boundary value problem is established.Here and everywhere below we assume summation with respect to repeated indices.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Institute im. V. A. Steklova Akademii Nauk SSSR, Vol. 182, pp. 5–28, 1990.     

Reverse Hölder inequalities for singular parabolic equations near the boundary

We show that weak solutions to a singular parabolic partial differential equation globally belong to a higher Sobolev space than assumed a priori. To this end, we prove that the gradients satisfy a reverse Hölder inequality near the boundary. The results extend to singular parabolic systems as well. Motivation for studying reverse Hölder inequalities comes partly from applications to regularity theory.     

A Subspace of Hölder Space Consisting Only of Nonsmoothest Functions

In the first part of this paper, we give a complete answer to an old question of the geometric theory of Banach spaces; namely, we construct an infinite-dimensional closed subspace of Hölder space such that each function not identically zero is not smoother at each point than the nonsmoothest function in Hölder space. In the second part, using constructions from the first part, we show that the set of functions from Hölder space which are smoother on a set of positive measure than the nonsmoothest function is a set of first category in this space.     

On the Dirichlet Problem for a System of Degenerate at a Point Elliptic Equations in the Class of Bounded Functions

We consider a weakly connected (by the lowest terms) system of elliptic equations of second order with the main part in the form of the Laplace operator, the order of which becomes degenerate at an interior point of the domain. We investigate a Dirichlet-type problem in the class of bounded Hölder vector functions. We obtain sufficient conditions for the existence and uniqueness of a solution.     

Hölder behavior of optimal solutions and directional differentiability of marginal functions in nonlinear programming

This paper is concerned with the Hölder properties of optimal solutions of a nonlinear programming problem with perturbations in some fixed direction. The Hölder property is used to obtain the directional derivative for the marginal function.The authors are grateful for the referees' helpful comments, which led in particular to improvements in an early version of the paper.     

Hölder absolute values are equivalent to classical ones

We study generalized absolute values on a field or a commutative ring with unit element satisfying an approximate triangle inequality and an approximate multiplicative property. We prove that they are always Hölder equivalent to an absolute value. This implies geometric rigidity results for Lipschitz and Hölder deformations of metric rings.

     

On algebras of singular integral operators with shift in Hölder weighted spaces

We consider algebras of singular integral operators with shift and piecewise Hölder coefficients in a Hölder weighted space on a Lyapunov contour. For this algebra, we construct the similarity isomorphism to the algebra of singular integral operators with piecewise Hölder coefficients in a Hölder space with “canonical” weight on the circle. We construct the symbol calculus, formulate necessary and sufficient conditions for the Fredholm property, and give the formula for the index of Fredholm operators.Translated from Sovremennaya Matematika i Ee Prilozheniya (Contemporary Mathematics and Its Applications), Vol. 9, Suzdal Conference-3, 2003.