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For a linear nonvariational operator structured on smooth H\"ormander's vector fields, with H\"older continuous coefficients, we prove a regularity result in the spaces of H\"older functions. We deduce an analogous regularity result for…
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Weak solutions to parabolic integro-differential operators of order $\alpha \in (\alpha_0, 2)$ are studied. Local a priori estimates of H\"older norms and a weak Harnack inequality are proved. These results are robust with respect to…
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In this article, we consider parabolic equations of the type $$\partial_t u(x,t)=\Delta u(x,t) - Bu(x,t) + F(u(x,t))$$ where $u$ is valued in a transverse Hilbert space $Y$ and $B$ is a positive self-adjoint operator on $Y$, allowing a…
We prove local solvability for large classes of operators of the form $$ L=\sum_{j,k=1}^{2n}a_{jk}V_jV_k+i\alpha U,$$ where the $V_j$ are left-invariant vector fields on the Heisenberg group satisfying the commutation relations…
Let $(1) Rh=f$, $0\leq x\leq L$, $Rh=\int^L_0 R(x,y)h(y) dy$, where the kernel $R(x,y)$ satisfies the equation $QR=P\delta(x-y)$. Here $Q$ and $P$ are formal differential operators of order $n$ and $m<n$, respectively, $n$ and $m$ are…
In this article we study some spectral properties of the linear operator $\mathcal{L}\_{\Omega}+a$ defined on the space $C(\bar\Omega)$ by :$$ \mathcal{L}\_{\Omega}[\varphi] +a\varphi:=\int\_{\Omega}K(x,y)\varphi(y)\,dy+a(x)\varphi(x)$$…
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We consider the existence and asymptotics for the fundamental solution of an elliptic operator in nondivergence form, ${\mathcal L}(x,\del_x)=a_{ij}(x)\del_i\del_i$, for $n\geq 3$. We assume that the coefficients have modulus of continuity…
We prove nonexistence of nontrivial bounded solutions to some nonlinear problems involving nonlocal operators of the form \[Lu(x)=\sum a_{ij}\partial_{ij}u+{\rm PV}\int_{\R^n}(u(x)-u(x+y))K(y)dy.\] These operators are infinitesimal…
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We establish the Hopf boundary point lemma for the Schr\"odinger operator $-\Delta + V$ involving potentials $V$ that merely belong to the space $L^{1}_{loc}(\Omega)$. More precisely, we prove that among all supersolutions $u$ of $-\Delta +…