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H\"older kernel estimates for Robin operators and Dirichlet-to-Neumann operators

Analysis of PDEs 2019-10-17 v1

Abstract

Consider the elliptic operator A=k,l=1dkckll+k=1dakkk=1dkbk+a0 A = - \sum_{k,l=1}^d \partial_k \, c_{kl} \, \partial_l + \sum_{k=1}^d a_k \, \partial_k - \sum_{k=1}^d \partial_k \, b_k + a_0 on a bounded connected open set ΩRd\Omega \subset {\bf R}^d with Lipschitz boundary conditions, where cklL(Ω,R)c_{kl} \in L_\infty(\Omega,{\bf R}) and ak,bk,a0L(Ω,C)a_k,b_k,a_0 \in L_\infty(\Omega,{\bf C}), subject to Robin boundary conditions νu+βTru=0\partial_\nu u + \beta \, {\rm Tr}\, u = 0, where βL(Ω,C)\beta \in L_\infty(\partial \Omega, {\bf C}) is complex valued. Then we show that the kernel of the semigroup generated by A-A satisfies Gaussian estimates and H\"older Gaussian estimates. If all coefficients and the function β\beta are real valued, then we prove Gaussian lower bounds. Finally, if Ω\Omega is of class C1+κC^{1+\kappa} with κ>0\kappa > 0, ckl=clkc_{kl} = c_{lk} is H\"older continuous, ak=bk=0a_k = b_k = 0 and a0a_0 is real valued, then we show that the kernel of the semigroup associated to the Dirichlet-to-Neumann operator corresponding to AA has H\"older Poisson bounds.

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@article{arxiv.1910.07431,
  title  = {H\"older kernel estimates for Robin operators and Dirichlet-to-Neumann operators},
  author = {A. F. M. ter Elst and M. F. Wong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.07431},
  year   = {2019}
}
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