Dirichlet-like space and capacity in complex analysis in several variables

For a Kähler manifold X, we study a space of test functions W^∗ which is a complex version of W1,2. We prove for W^∗ the classical results of the theory of Dirichlet spaces: the functions in W^∗ are defined up to a pluripolar set and the functional capacity associated to W^∗ tests the pluripolar sets. This functional capacity is a Choquet capacity. The space W^∗ is not reflexive and the smooth functions are not dense in it for the strong topology. So the classical tools of potential theory do not apply here. We use instead pluripotential theory and Dirichlet spaces associated to a current.     

Explosion of Jump-Type Symmetric Dirichlet Forms on ℝ d

We give a sufficient condition for a class of jump-type symmetric Dirichlet forms on ? ^d to be conservative in terms of the jump kernel and the associated measure. Our condition allows the coefficients dominating big jumps to be unbounded. We derive the conservativeness for Dirichlet forms related to symmetric stable processes. We also show that our criterion is sharp by using time changed Dirichlet forms. We finally remark that our approach is applicable to jump-diffusion type symmetric Dirichlet forms on ? ^d .     

Radial solutions of Dirichlet problems with concave-convex nonlinearities

We prove the existence of a double infinite sequence of radial solutions for a Dirichlet concave-convex problem associated with an elliptic equation in a ball of Rⁿ. We are interested in relaxing the classical positivity condition on the weights, by allowing the weights to vanish. The idea is to develop a topological method and to use the concept of rotation number. The solutions are characterized by their nodal properties.     

Conjugate function theory in weak1 Dirichlet algebras

The fundamental theorems on conjugate functions are shown to be valid for weak¹ Dirichlet algebras. In particular the conjugation operator is shown to be a continuous map of L^p to L^p for 1 < p < ∞, to be a continuous map of L¹ to L^p, 0 < p < 1, and to map functions in L^∞ to exponentially integrable functions. These results allow a number of results for Dirichlet algebras to be extended to weak¹ Dirichlet algebras.     

Analytic continuation of a class of dirichlet series

We consider Dirichlet series of the type Σ(logk)ⁿ(k)(logk)?^-s. We prove the existence of an analytic continuation to the cut plane and give exact information about the singularity. We use this to generalize results, which occur in Ramanujan’s second notebook.     

Minimization of Eigenvalues of One-Dimensional p-Laplacian with Integrable Potentials

In this paper, we will use the variational method and limiting approach to solve the minimization problems of the Dirichlet/Neumann eigenvalues of the one-dimensional p-Laplacian when the L ¹ norm of integrable potentials is given. Combining with the results for the corresponding maximization problems, we have obtained the explicit results for these eigenvalues.     

Compact differences of composition operators on weighted Dirichlet spaces

Here we consider when the difference of two composition operators is compact on the weighted Dirichlet spaces . Specifically we study differences of composition operators on the Dirichlet space and S ², the space of analytic functions whose first derivative is in H ², and then use Calderón’s complex interpolation to extend the results to the general weighted Dirichlet spaces. As a corollary we consider composition operators induced by linear fractional self-maps of the disk.     

Trace formulas for non-self-adjoint periodic Schrödinger operators and some applications

Recently, a trace formula for non-self-adjoint periodic Schrödinger operators in L²(R) associated with Dirichlet eigenvalues was proved in [Differential Integral Equations 14 (2001) 671-700]. Here we prove a corresponding trace formula associated with Neumann eigenvalues. In addition we investigate Dirichlet and Neumann eigenvalues of such operators. In particular, using the Dirichlet and Neumann trace formulas, we provide detailed information on location of the Dirichlet and Neumann eigenvalues for the model operator with the potential Ke2ix, where K∈C.     

Spectral problems in Lipschitz domains

The paper is devoted to spectral problems for strongly elliptic second-order systems in bounded Lipschitz domains. We consider the spectral Dirichlet and Neumann problems and three problems with spectral parameter in conditions at the boundary: the Poincaré–Steklov problem and two transmission problems. In the style of a survey, we discuss the main properties of these problems, both self-adjoint and non-self-adjoint. As a preliminary, we explain several facts of the general theory of the main boundary value problems in Lipschitz domains. The original definitions are variational. The use of the boundary potentials is based on results on the unique solvability of the Dirichlet and Neumann problems. In the main part of the paper, we use the simplest Hilbert L ₂-spaces H _s , but we describe some generalizations to Banach spaces H ^s _p of Bessel potentials and Besov spaces B ^s _p at the end of the paper.     

Characterization of solutions to the generalized Cauchy-Riemann system

For a generalized biaxially symmetric potential U on a semi-disk D⁺, a harmonic conjugate V is defined by the generalized Cauchy-Riemann system. There is an associated boundary value theory for the Dirichlet problem. The converse to the Dirichlet problem is considered by determining the boundary functions to which U and V converge. The unique limits are hyperfunctions on the ?D⁺. In fact, the space of hyperfunctions is isomorphic to the spaces of generalized biaxially symmetric potentials and their harmonic conjugates. A representation theorem is given for U and V terms of convolutions of certain Poisson kernels with continuous functions that satisfy a growth condition on the ?D⁺.     

Low frequency acoustic and electromagnetic scattering

This paper deals with two classes of problems arising from acoustics and electromagnetic scattering in the low frequency situations. The first class of problem involves solving the Helmholtz equation with Dirichlet boundary conditions on an arbitrary two-dimensional body whereas the second one is an interior-exterior interface problem with the Helmholtz equation in the exterior. Low frequency analysis shows that there are two intermediate problems shich solve the above problems to accuracy O(k²(logk)²) where k is the wave number. These solutions are more accurate than the simpler zero frequency approximations but require very little more work to compute. For the Dirichlet problem numerical examples are shown to verify our theoretical estimates.     

Path continuity of fractional Dirichlet functionals

We prove that the quasi continuous version of a functional in E^p_r is continuous along the sample paths of the Dirichlet process provided that p>2, 0<r?1 and pr>2, without assuming the Meyer equivalence. Parallel results for multi-parameter processes are also obtained. Moreover, for 1<p<2, we prove that a n parameter Dirichlet process does not touch a set of (p,2n)-zero capacity. As an example, we also study the quasi-everywhere existence of the local times of martingales on path space.     

A Note on Strong Solutions to the Stokes System

We give an alternative and quite simple proof of existence of W ^2,q -W ^1,q -strong solutions for the Stokes system, endowed with Dirichlet boundary conditions in a bounded smooth domain.     

The homogeneous dirichlet problem for quasilinear anisotropic degenerate parabolic-hyperbolic equation with L initial value

The aim of this paper is to prove the well-posedness (existence and uniqueness) of the L^p entropy solution to the homogeneous Dirichlet problems for the anisotropic degenerate parabolic-hyperbolic equations with L^p initial value. We use the device of doubling variables and some technical analysis to prove the uniqueness result. Moreover we can prove that the L^p entropy solution can be obtained as the limit of solutions of the corresponding regularized equations of nondegenerate parabolic type.     

Differentiability of the solution operator and the dimension of the attractor for certain power-law fluids

We study the dynamics of a two-dimensional homogeneous incompressible fluid of power-law type, with the viscosity behaving like (1+|Du|)^p−2, p?2. Here Du is the symmetric velocity gradient. Thanks to the recent regularity results of Kaplický, Málek and Stará, we prove that the solution operator is differentiable. This enables us to use the Lyapunov exponents to estimate the dimension of the exponential attractor. In the Dirichlet setting, the obtained estimates are better than in the case of the Navier-Stokes system.     

Strichartz type estimates and the well-posedness of an energy critical 2D wave equation in a bounded domain

We study the well-posedness of the Cauchy problem with Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions associated to an H¹-critical semilinear wave equation on a smooth bounded domain Ω⊂R². First, we prove an appropriate Strichartz type estimate using the Lq spectral projector estimates of the Laplace operator. Our proof follows Burq, Lebeau and Planchon (2008) [4]. Then, we show the global well-posedness when the energy is below or at the threshold given by the sharp Moser-Trudinger inequality. Finally, in the supercritical case, we prove an instability result using the finite speed of propagation and a quantitative study of the associated ODE with oscillatory data.     

Spectral deformations of one-dimensional Schrödinger operators

We provide a complete spectral characterization of a new method of constructing isospectral (in fact, unitary) deformations of general Schrödinger operatorsH=?d ²/dx ²+V in $H = - d^2 /dx^2 + V in \mathcal{L}^2 (\mathbb{R})$ . Our technique is connected to Dirichlet data, that is, the spectrum of the operatorH ^D onL ²((?∞,x ₀)) ⊕L ²((x ₀, ∞)) with a Dirichlet boundary condition atx ₀. The transformation moves a single eigenvalue ofH ^D and perhaps flips which side ofx ₀ the eigenvalue lives. On the remainder of the spectrum, the transformation is realized by a unitary operator. For cases such asV(x)→∞ as |x|→∞, whereV is uniquely determined by the spectrum ofH and the Dirichlet data, our result implies that the specific Dirichlet data allowed are determined only by the asymptotics asE→∞.     

Nonlocal Robin Laplacians and some remarks on a paper by Filonov on eigenvalue inequalities

The aim of this paper is twofold: First, we characterize an essentially optimal class of boundary operators Θ which give rise to self-adjoint Laplacians −ΔΘ,Ω in L²(Ω;dnx) with (nonlocal and local) Robin-type boundary conditions on bounded Lipschitz domains Ω⊂Rn, n∈N, n?2. Second, we extend Friedlander's inequalities between Neumann and Dirichlet Laplacian eigenvalues to those between nonlocal Robin and Dirichlet Laplacian eigenvalues associated with bounded Lipschitz domains Ω, following an approach introduced by Filonov for this type of problems.     

To the theory of the Dirichlet and Neumann problems for strongly elliptic systems in Lipschitz domains

For strongly elliptic Systems with Douglis-Nirenberg structure, we investigate the regularity of variational solutions to the Dirichlet and Neumann problems in a bounded Lipschitz domain. The solutions of the problems with homogeneous boundary conditions are originally defined in the simplest L ₂-Sobolev spaces H ^σ . The regularity results are obtained in the potential spaces H _p ^σ and Besov spaces B _p ^σ . In the case of second-order Systems, the author’s results obtained a year ago are strengthened. The Dirichlet problem with nonhomogeneous boundary conditions is considered with the use of Whitney arrays.