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Peral/Miyachi's celebrated theorem on fixed time $L^{p}$ estimates with loss of derivatives for the wave equation states that the operator $(I-\Delta)^{- \frac{\alpha}{2}}\exp(i \sqrt{-\Delta})$ is bounded on $L^{p}(\mathbb{R}^{d})$ if and…
In this paper we consider vector-valued Schr\"odinger operators of the form $\mathrm{div}(Q\nabla u)-Vu$, where $V=(v_{ij})$ is a nonnegative locally bounded matrix-valued function and $Q$ is a symmetric, strictly elliptic matrix whose…
We prove that the wave operators for $n \times n$ matrix Schr\"odinger equations on the half line, with general selfadjoint boundary condition, are bounded in the spaces $L^p(\mathbb R^+, \mathbb C^n), 1 < p < \infty, $ for slowly decaying…
Consider the Schr\"odinger operator $\mathcal{L}=-\Delta+V$ in $\mathbb{R}^n, n\ge 3,$ where $V$ is a nonnegative potential satisfying a reverse H\"older condition of the type \begin{equation*} \left( \frac{1}{|B|}\int_B…
This paper deals with semilinear elliptic problems of the type \[ \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} -\Delta u+\alpha(x)u= \beta (x)|u|^{p-1}u \quad \hbox{in }\mathbb{R}^N, u(x)>0\quad\hbox{in } \mathbb{R}^N, \qquad u \in H^1(\mathbb{R}^N),…
The purpose of this paper is to study basic property of the operator $$\mathcal{L}_{\mu_1,\mu_2} u=-\Delta +\frac{\mu_1 }{|x|^2}x\cdot\nabla +\frac{\mu_2 }{|x|^2},$$ which generates at the origin due to the critical gradient and the Hardy…
We investigate a second order elliptic differential operator $A_{\beta, \mu}$ on a bounded, open set $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{d}$ with Lipschitz boundary subject to a nonlocal boundary condition of Robin type. More precisely we have $0\leq…
Let P be a linear, second order, elliptic operator satisfying a Hardy inequality with potential W (i.e. $P-W\geq0$) and best constant $\alpha$. We give conditions so that the spectrum of $W^{-1}P$ is $[\alpha,\infty)$. We apply this to…
We give necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of weak solutions to the model equation $$-\Delta_p u=\sigma \, u^q \quad \text{on} \, \, \, \R^n,$$ in the case $0<q<p-1$, where $\sigma\ge 0$ is an arbitrary locally integrable…
We represent by $\{W_{\lambda, t}^\alpha\}_{t>0}$ the semigroup generated by $-\mathbb L^{\alpha}_\lambda$, where $\mathbb L^{\alpha}_\lambda$ is a Hardy operator on a half space. The operator $\mathbb L^{\alpha}_\lambda$ includes a…
Let $L$ be a second order divergence form elliptic operator with complex bounded measurable coefficients. The operators arising in connection with $L$, such as the heat semigroup and Riesz transform, are not, in general, of…
Let $\Omega$ be a strongly Lipschitz domain of $\reel^n$. Consider an elliptic second order divergence operator $L$ (including a boundary condition on $\partial\Omega$) and define a Hardy space by imposing the non-tangential maximal…
We prove the theorem on the completeness of the root functions of the Schroedinger operator $L=-d^2/dx^2+p(x)$ on the semi-axis $\mathbb R_+$ with a complex--valued potential $p(x)$. It is assumed that the potential $p = q \pm ir$ is such…
Consider the one-dimensional elliptic operator given by \begin{equation*} (L_\epsilon f)(x) \;=\; b (x) \, f'(x) \,+\, \epsilon\, a (x)\, f''(x) \;, \end{equation*} where the drift $b\colon R \to R$ and the diffusion coefficient $a\colon R…
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Let $L_1$ be a nonnegative self-adjoint operator in $L^2({\mathbb R}^n)$ satisfying the Davies-Gaffney estimates and $L_2$ a second order divergence form elliptic operator with complex bounded measurable coefficients. A typical example of…
In this paper, we give a full classification of the nonexistence of positive weak solutions to the semilinear elliptic inequality involving the fractional Hardy potential in punctured and in exterior domains. Our methods are self-contained…
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