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For a second order differential operator $A(\msx) =-\nabla a(\msx)\nabla + b'(\msx)\nabla+ \nabla \big(\msb''(\msx) \cdot\big)$ on a bounded domain $D$ with the Dirichlet boundary conditions on $\partial D$ there exists the inverse…

In the paper we consider elliptic equations of the form $-Au=u^{-\gamma}\cdot\mu$, where $A$ is the operator associated with a regular symmetric Dirichlet form, $\mu$ is a positive nontrivial measure and $\gamma>0$. We prove the existence…

We consider the Dirichlet problem Lu = 0 in D u = g on E = boundary of D for two second order elliptic operators L_k(u) = \sum_{i,j=1}^n a_k^{ij}(x) \partial_{ij} u(x), k=0,1, in a bounded Lipschitz domain D in R^n. The coefficients…

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We introduce a monotone (degenerate elliptic) discretization of the Monge-Ampere operator, on domains discretized on cartesian grids. The scheme is consistent provided the solution hessian condition number is uniformly bounded. Our approach…

Given two elliptic operators L and M in nondivergence form, with coefficients A_L(x), A_M(x) and drift terms b_L(x), b_M(x), respectively, satisfying a Carleson measure disagreement condition in a Lipschitz domain Omega in R^{n+1}, then…

We consider second order uniformly elliptic operators of divergence form in $\R^{d+1}$ whose coefficients are independent of one variable. For such a class of operators we establish a factorization into a product of first order operators…

We propose a new monotone finite difference discretization for the variational $p$-Laplace operator, \[ \Delta_p u=\text{div}(|\nabla u|^{p-2}\nabla u), \] and present a convergent numerical scheme for related Dirichlet problems. The…

We are mainly concerned with equations of the form $-Lu=f(x,u)+\mu$, where $L$ is an operator associated with a quasi-regular possibly nonsymmetric Dirichlet form, $f$ satisfies the monotonicity condition and mild integrability conditions,…

An equation containing a fractional power of an elliptic operator of second order is studied for Dirichlet boundary conditions. Finite difference approximations in space are employed. The proposed numerical algorithm is based on solving an…

We establish a well-posedness and error-estimation framework that solves Hamilton-Jacobi equations by minimizing the least-squares residual of monotone finite-difference discretizations. This approach also applies naturally to second-order…

Let $\mathcal{O} \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ be a bounded domain of class $C^2$. In the Hilbert space $L_2(\mathcal{O};\mathbb{C}^n)$, we consider a matrix elliptic second order differential operator $\mathcal{A}_{D,\varepsilon}$ with the…

We consider the problem of homogenization for non-self-adjoint second-order elliptic differential operators~$\mathcal{A}^{\varepsilon}$ of divergence form on $L_{2}(\mathbb{R}^{d_{1}}\times\mathbb{T}^{d_{2}})$, where $d_{1}$ is positive…

We consider the Dirichlet problems for second order linear elliptic equations in non-divergence and divergence forms on a bounded domain $\Omega$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$, $n \ge 2$: $$ -\sum_{i,j=1}^n a^{ij}D_{ij} u + b \cdot D u + cu = f…

The purpose of this work is the study of solution techniques for problems involving fractional powers of symmetric coercive elliptic operators in a bounded domain with Dirichlet boundary conditions. These operators can be realized as the…

The present paper establishes the first result on the absolute continuity of elliptic measure with respect to the Lebesgue measure for a divergence form elliptic operator with non-smooth coefficients that have a BMO anti-symmetric part. In…

We consider a sequence of Dirichlet problems in varying domains (or, more generally, of relaxed Dirichlet problems involving measures in M_0) for second order linear elliptic operators in divergence form with varying matrices of…

We introduce a novel discretization of the Monge-Ampere operator, simultaneously consistent and degenerate elliptic, hence accurate and robust in applications. These properties are achieved by exploiting the arithmetic structure of the…

In this work, we study fixed point algorithms for finding a zero in the sum of $n\geq 2$ maximally monotone operators by using their resolvents. More precisely, we consider the class of such algorithms where each resolvent is evaluated only…

The theory of second order complex coefficient operators of the form $\mathcal{L}=\mbox{div} A(x)\nabla$ has recently been developed under the assumption of $p$-ellipticity. In particular, if the matrix $A$ is $p$-elliptic, the solutions…