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Functional calculus on weighted Sobolev spaces for the Laplacian on rough domains

Analysis of PDEs 2026-02-26 v2 Functional Analysis

Abstract

We study the Laplace operator on domains subject to Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions. We show that these operators admit a bounded HH^{\infty}-functional calculus on weighted Sobolev spaces, where the weights are powers of the distance to the boundary. Our analysis applies to bounded C1,λC^{1,\lambda}-domains with λ[0,1]\lambda\in[0,1], revealing a crucial trade-off: lower domain regularity can be compensated by enlarging the weight exponent. As a primary consequence, we establish maximal regularity for the corresponding heat equation. This extends the well-posedness theory for parabolic equations to domains with minimal smoothness, where classical methods are inapplicable.

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@article{arxiv.2507.13478,
  title  = {Functional calculus on weighted Sobolev spaces for the Laplacian on rough domains},
  author = {Nick Lindemulder and Emiel Lorist and Floris Roodenburg and Mark Veraar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.13478},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

Accepted for publication in Journal of Differential Equations