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Regularity theory for general stable operators

Analysis of PDEs 2014-12-15 v1 Probability

Abstract

We establish sharp regularity estimates for solutions to Lu=fLu=f in ΩRn\Omega\subset\mathbb R^n, being LL the generator of any stable and symmetric L\'evy process. Such nonlocal operators LL depend on a finite measure on Sn1S^{n-1}, called the spectral measure. First, we study the interior regularity of solutions to Lu=fLu=f in B1B_1. We prove that if ff is CαC^\alpha then uu belong to Cα+2sC^{\alpha+2s} whenever α+2s\alpha+2s is not an integer. In case fLf\in L^\infty, we show that the solution uu is C2sC^{2s} when s1/2s\neq1/2, and C2sϵC^{2s-\epsilon} for all ϵ>0\epsilon>0 when s=1/2s=1/2. Then, we study the boundary regularity of solutions to Lu=fLu=f in Ω\Omega, u=0u=0 in RnΩ\mathbb R^n\setminus\Omega, in C1,1C^{1,1} domains Ω\Omega. We show that solutions uu satisfy u/dsCsϵ(Ω)u/d^s\in C^{s-\epsilon}(\overline\Omega) for all ϵ>0\epsilon>0, where dd is the distance to Ω\partial\Omega. Finally, we show that our results are sharp by constructing two counterexamples.

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@article{arxiv.1412.3892,
  title  = {Regularity theory for general stable operators},
  author = {Xavier Ros-Oton and Joaquim Serra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.3892},
  year   = {2014}
}

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arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1404.1197

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