Strong full bounded solutions of nonlinear parabolic equations with nonlinear boundary conditions

We study the existence of (generalized) bounded solutions existing for all times for nonlinear parabolic equations with nonlinear boundary conditions on a domain that is bounded in space and unbounded in time (the entire real line). We give a counterexample which shows that a (weak) maximum principle does not hold in general for linear problems defined on the entire real line in time. We consider a boundedness condition at minus infinity to establish (one-sided) L^∞-a priori estimates for solutions to linear boundary value problems and derive a weak maximum principle which is valid on the entire real line in time. We then take up the case of nonlinear problems with (possibly) nonlinear boundary conditions. By using comparison techniques, some (delicate) a priori estimates obtained herein, and nonlinear approximation methods, we prove the existence and, in some instances, positivity and uniqueness of strong full bounded solutions existing for all times.     

Convergence to strong nonlinear diffusion waves for solutions to p-system with damping

In this paper we consider the so-called p-system with linear damping, and we will prove an optimal decay estimates without any smallness conditions on the initial error. More precisely, if we restrict the initial data (V₀,U₀) in the space H³(R⁺)∩L1,γ(R⁺)×H²(R⁺)∩L1,γ(R⁺), then we can derive faster decay estimates than those given in [P. Marcati, M. Mei, B. Rubino, Optimal convergence rates to diffusion waves for solutions of the hyperbolic conservation laws with damping, J. Math. Fluid Mech. 7 (2) (2005) 224-240; H. Zhao, Convergence to strong nonlinear diffusion waves for solutions of p-system with damping, J. Differential Equations 174 (1) (2001) 200-236] and [M. Jian, C. Zhu, Convergence to strong nonlinear diffusion waves for solutions to p-system with damping on quadrant, J. Differential Equations 246 (1) (2009) 50-77].     

Stefan problems with nonlinear diffusion and convection

We consider a class of Stefan-type problems having a convection term and a pseudomonotone nonlinear diffusion operator. Assuming data in L¹, we prove existence, uniqueness and stability in the framework of renormalized solutions. Existence is established from compactness and monotonicity arguments which yield stability of solutions with respect to L¹ convergence of the data. Uniqueness is proved through a classical L¹-contraction principle, obtained by a refinement of the doubling variable technique which allows us to extend previous results to a more general class of nonlinear possibly degenerate operators.     

Asymptotic behaviour of nonlocal reaction-diffusion equations

The existence of a global attractor in L²(Ω) is established for a reaction-diffusion equation on a bounded domain Ω in R^d with Dirichlet boundary conditions, where the reaction term contains an operator F:L²(Ω)→L²(Ω) which is nonlocal and possibly nonlinear. Existence of weak solutions is established, but uniqueness is not required. Compactness of the multivalued flow is obtained via estimates obtained from limits of Galerkin approximations. In contrast with the usual situation, these limits apply for all and not just for almost all time instants.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Superscript> estimates for the uniform norm of solutions of quasilinear SPDE's

In this paper we prove L^p estimates (p≥2) for the uniform norm of the paths of solutions of quasilinear stochastic partial differential equations (SPDE) of parabolic type. Our method is based on a version of Moser's iteration scheme developed by Aronson and Serrin in the context of non-linear parabolic PDE.     

Global existence for the multi-dimensional compressible viscoelastic flows

The global solutions in critical spaces to the multi-dimensional compressible viscoelastic flows are considered. The global existence of the Cauchy problem with initial data close to an equilibrium state is established in Besov spaces. Using uniform estimates for a hyperbolic-parabolic linear system with convection terms, we prove the global existence in the Besov space which is invariant with respect to the scaling of the associated equations. Several important estimates are achieved, including a smoothing effect on the velocity, and the L¹-decay of the density and deformation gradient.     

Estimates for Green function and Poisson kernels of higher-order Dirichlet boundary value problems

Pointwise estimates are derived for the kernels associated to the polyharmonic Dirichlet problem on bounded smooth domains. As a consequence, one obtains optimal weighted L^p-L^q-regularity estimates for weights involving the distance function.     

Estimates for the ergodic measure and polynomial stability of plane stochastic curve shortening flow

We establish moment estimates for the invariant measure?μ of a stochastic partial differential equation describing motion by mean curvature flow in (1+1) dimension, leading to polynomial stability of the associated Markov semigroup. We also prove maximal dissipativity on L ¹(μ) for the related Kolmogorov operator.     

Existence of solutions for degenerate quasilinear elliptic equations

This paper deals with a class of degenerate quasilinear elliptic equations of the form −div(a(x,u,∇u)=g−div(f), where a(x,u,∇u) is allowed to be degenerate with the unknown u. We prove existence of bounded solutions under some hypothesis on f and g. Moreover we prove that there exists a renormalized solution in the case where g∈L¹(Ω) and f∈(L^p′(Ω))^N.     

Parabolic equations with BMO coefficients in Lipschitz domains

In this paper, we are concerned with certain natural Sobolev-type estimates for weak solutions of inhomogeneous problems for second-order parabolic equations in divergence form. The geometric setting is that of time-independent cylinders having a space intersection assumed to be locally given by graphs with small Lipschitz coefficients, the constants of the operator being uniformly parabolic. We prove the relevant L^p estimates, assuming that the coefficients are in parabolic bounded mean oscillation (BMO) and that their parabolic BMO semi-norms are small enough.     

Riesz transform and integration by parts formulas for random variables

We use integration by parts formulas to give estimates for the L^p norm of the Riesz transform. This is motivated by the representation formula for conditional expectations of functionals on the Wiener space already given in Malliavin and Thalmaier (2006) [13]. As a consequence, we obtain regularity and estimates for the density of non-degenerated functionals on the Wiener space. We also give a semi-distance which characterizes the convergence to the boundary of the set of the strict positivity points for the density.     

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.     

On the wave equation with a large rough potential

We prove an optimal dispersive L^∞ decay estimate for a three-dimensional wave equation perturbed with a large nonsmooth potential belonging to a particular Kato class. The proof is based on a spectral representation of the solution and suitable resolvent estimates for the perturbed operator.     

Local well-posedness for the homogeneous Euler equations

We introduce Triebel-Lizorkin-Lorentz function spaces, based on the Lorentz L^p,q-spaces instead of the standard L^p-spaces, and prove a local-in-time unique existence and a blow-up criterion of solutions in those spaces for the Euler equations of inviscid incompressible fluid in Rⁿ,n≥2. As a corollary we obtain global existence of solutions to the 2D Euler equations in the Triebel-Lizorkin-Lorentz space. For the proof, we establish the Beale-Kato-Majda type logarithmic inequality and commutator estimates in our spaces. The key methods of proof used are the Littlewood-Paley decomposition and the paradifferential calculus by J.M. Bony.     

Properties of random walks on discrete groups: Time regularity and off-diagonal estimates

In this paper we study some properties of the convolution powers K(n)=K∗K∗?∗K of a probability density K on a discrete group G, where K is not assumed to be symmetric. If K is centered, we show that the Markov operator T associated with K is analytic in Lp(G) for 1<p<∞, and prove Davies-Gaffney estimates in L² for the iterated operators Tn. This enables us to obtain Gaussian upper bounds for the convolution powers K(n). In case the group G is amenable, we discover that the analyticity and Davies-Gaffney estimates hold if and only if K is centered. We also estimate time and space differences, and use these to obtain a new proof of the Gaussian estimates with precise time decay in case G has polynomial volume growth.     

Regularity of the sample paths of a class of second-order spde's

We study the sample path regularity of the solutions of a class of spde's which are second order in time and that includes the stochastic wave equation. Non-integer powers of the spatial Laplacian are allowed. The driving noise is white in time and spatially homogeneous. Continuing with the work initiated in Dalang and Mueller (Electron. J. Probab. 8 (2003) 1), we prove that the solutions belong to a fractional L²-Sobolev space. We also prove Hölder continuity in time and therefore, we obtain joint Hölder continuity in the time and space variables. Our conclusions rely on a precise analysis of the properties of the stochastic integral used in the rigourous formulation of the spde, as introduced by Dalang and Mueller. For spatial covariances given by Riesz kernels, we show that our results are optimal.     

A mostly elementary proof of Morrey space estimates for elliptic and parabolic equations with VMO coefficients

In recent years, there has been considerable interest in extending the well-known Calderon-Zygmund estimates for the Laplacian to more general equations, in particular equations with highest order coefficients lying in the Sarason space VMO. In addition, the analogous estimates with Morrey spaces replacing Lebesgue spaces have been considered. These Morrey space estimates have been proved by refining the proofs for the L^p estimates. We shall show that the Morrey space estimates follow from the L^p estimates via an elementary argument which is very similar to that used by Campanato.     

Global existence for Maxwell-Bloch systems

Maxwell-Bloch equations describe the propagation of an electromagnetic wave through a quantum medium. For any number of quantum levels, in space dimension 3, we show the global existence of weak (L²) solutions to the initial-value problem. In the case of smoother electromagnetic fields (with curl in L²), the solution is unique. For smooth data (H^s, s?2), the solutions remain smooth for all times.     

Global attractors in stronger norms for a class of parabolic systems with nonlinear boundary conditions

For a class of quasilinear parabolic systems with nonlinear Robin boundary conditions we construct a compact local solution semiflow in a nonlinear phase space of high regularity. We further show that a priori estimates in lower norms are sufficient for the existence of a global attractor in this phase space. The approach relies on maximal L_p-regularity with temporal weights for the linearized problem. An inherent smoothing effect due to the weights is employed for obtaining gradient estimates. In several applications we can improve the convergence to an attractor by one regularity level.     

Plancherel-type estimates and sharp spectral multipliers

We study general spectral multiplier theorems for self-adjoint positive definite operators on L²(X,μ), where X is any open subset of a space of homogeneous type. We show that the sharp Hörmander-type spectral multiplier theorems follow from the appropriate estimates of the L² norm of the kernel of spectral multipliers and the Gaussian bounds for the corresponding heat kernel. The sharp Hörmander-type spectral multiplier theorems are motivated and connected with sharp estimates for the critical exponent for the Riesz means summability, which we also study here. We discuss several examples, which include sharp spectral multiplier theorems for a class of scattering operators on R³ and new spectral multiplier theorems for the Laguerre and Hermite expansions.