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Quantitative Weak Unique Continuation on Annular Domains for Backward Degenerate Parabolic Equations with Degenerate Interior Points

Analysis of PDEs 2026-05-05 v1 Optimization and Control

Abstract

In this paper, we establish a quantitative weak unique continuation theorem on an annular domain for a backward degenerate parabolic equation with a degenerate interior point. Our methodology hinges on approximating the solution of the degenerate parabolic equation through solutions of non-degenerate parabolic counterparts. Subsequently, we establish Carleman estimates for the non-degenerate parabolic equation across two separate domains. By virtue of these estimates, we deduce a quantitative weak unique continuation property for the degenerate parabolic equation, thereby substantiating the weak unique continuation result for the original degenerate parabolic equation.

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@article{arxiv.2605.02797,
  title  = {Quantitative Weak Unique Continuation on Annular Domains for Backward Degenerate Parabolic Equations with Degenerate Interior Points},
  author = {Dong-Hui Yang and Bao-Zhu Guo and Guojie Zheng and Jie Zhong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.02797},
  year   = {2026}
}