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Pointwise estimates for degenerate Kolmogorov equations with $L^p$-source term

Analysis of PDEs 2021-05-06 v1

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to establish new pointwise regularity results for solutions to degenerate second order partial differential equations with a Kolmogorov-type operator of the form L:=i,j=1mxixj2+i,j=1Nbijxjxit,\mathscr{L} :=\sum_{i,j=1}^m \partial^2_{x_i x_j } +\sum_{i,j=1}^N b_{ij}x_j\partial_{x_i}-\partial_t, where (x,t)RN+1(x,t) \in \mathbb{R}^{N+1}, 1mN1 \leq m \le N and the matrix B:=(bij)i,j=1,,NB:=(b_{ij})_{i,j=1,\ldots,N} has real constant entries. In particular, we show that if the modulus of LpL^p-mean oscillation of Lu\mathscr{L} u at the origin is Dini, then the origin is a Lebesgue point of continuity in LpL^p average for the second order derivatives xixj2u\partial^2_{x_i x_j} u, i,j=1,,mi,j=1,\ldots,m, and the Lie derivative (i,j=1Nbijxjxit)u\left(\sum_{i,j=1}^N b_{ij}x_j\partial_{x_i}-\partial_t\right)u. Moreover, we are able to provide a Taylor-type expansion up to second order with estimate of the rest in LpL^p norm. The proof is based on decay estimates, which we achieve by contradiction, blow-up and compactness results.

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@article{arxiv.2105.02152,
  title  = {Pointwise estimates for degenerate Kolmogorov equations with $L^p$-source term},
  author = {Erica Ipocoana and Annalaura Rebucci},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.02152},
  year   = {2021}
}
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