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The Kato square root estimate with Robin boundary conditions

Analysis of PDEs 2026-01-09 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs Functional Analysis

Abstract

We prove the Kato square root estimate for second-order divergence form elliptic operators div(A)-div(A\nabla) on a bounded, locally uniform domain DRnD \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n, for accretive coefficients AL(D;Cn)A \in L^\infty(D; \mathbb{C}^n), under the Robin boundary condition νAu+bu=0\nu \cdot A\nabla u + bu = 0 for a (possibly unbounded) boundary conductivity bb. In contrast to essentially all previous estimates of Kato square root operators, no first-order approach seems possible for the Robin boundary conditions.

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@article{arxiv.2601.04678,
  title  = {The Kato square root estimate with Robin boundary conditions},
  author = {Sebastian Bechtel and Andreas Rosén},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.04678},
  year   = {2026}
}

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23 pages

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