Related papers: Quantitative uniqueness of solutions to second ord…
We are concerned with the nodal set of solutions to equations of the form \begin{equation*} -\Delta u = \lambda_+ \left(u^+\right)^{q-1} - \lambda_- \left(u^-\right)^{q-1} \quad \text{in $B_1$} \end{equation*} where $\lambda_+,\lambda_- >…
We use blow up analysis for local integral equations to prove compactness of solutions to higher order critical elliptic equations provided the potentials only have non-degenerate zeros. Secondly, corresponding to Schoen's Weyl tensor…
In this paper, we study the quantitative unique continuation property of the second-order elliptic operators under the vanishing Neumann boundary condition over $C^{1,\alpha}$ or convex domains in two dimensions. We establish the optimal…
We establish near-optimal quantitative uniqueness of continuation for solutions of evolution equations vanishing on the lateral boundary. These results were obtained simply by combining existing observability inequalities and energy…
We consider an elliptic differential inequality: $\vert \Delta u(x) \vert \le C_0(\YYYY^{-\gamma}\vert u(x)\vert + \YYYY^{-\theta}\vert \nabla u(x)\vert)$ in an exterior domain $\R^n \setminus \ooo{U}$, where $U$ is a simply connected…
In this paper we describe some recent works on quantitative unique continuation for elliptic, parabolic and dispersive equations. The elliptic results are joint work with J.Bourgain, while the remainder of the works discussed are joint…
We prove a quantitative, large-scale doubling inequality and large-scale three-ellipsoid inequality for solutions of uniformly elliptic equations with periodic coefficients. These estimates are optimal in terms of the minimal length scale…
We establish the validity of a strong unique continuation property for weakly coupled elliptic systems, including competitive ones. Our proof exploits the system structure and uses Carleman estimates. We apply this result to obtain some…
We obtain sharp maximal vanishing order at a given time level for solutions to parabolic equations with a $C{^1}$ potential $V$. Our main result Theorem 1.1 is a parabolic generalization of a well known result of Donnelly-Fefferman and…
In this paper we study the local behavior of a solution to the Lam\'e system with \emph{Lipschitz} coefficients in dimension $n\ge 2$. Our main result is the bound on the vanishing order of a nontrivial solution, which immediately implies…
This paper discusses the unique continuation principal of the solutions of the following perturbed fourth order elliptic differential operator $\mathcal{L}_{A,q}u=0$, where \[ \mathcal{L}_{A,q}(x,D)\ =\ \sum_{j=1}^nD^4_{x_j} + \sum_{j=1}^n…
A Carleman estimate and the unique continuation property of solutions for a multi-terms time fractional diffusion equation up to order $\alpha\,\,(0<\alpha<2)$ and general time dependent second order strongly elliptic time elliptic operator…
We study via Carleman estimates the sharpest possible exponential decay for {\it waveguide} solutions to the Laplace equation $$(\partial^2_t+\triangle)u=Vu+W\cdot(\partial_t,\nabla)u,$$ and find a necessary quantitative condition on the…
We deal with the existence of quantitative estimates for solutions of mixed problems to an elliptic second order equation in divergence form with discontinuous coefficient. Our concern is to estimate the solutions with explicit constants,…
Unique continuation principles are fundamental properties of elliptic partial differential equations, giving conditions that guarantee that the solution to an elliptic equation must be uniformly zero. Since finite-element discretizations…
We study two types of unique continuation properties for the higher order Schr\"{o}dinger equation with potential $$ i\partial_tu=(-\Delta_x)^mu+V(t,x)u,\quad(t,x)\in\mathbb{R}^{1+n},\,2\leq m\in\mathbb{N}_+. $$ The first one says if $u$…
Using a method developped in [1] and [2], we prove the existence of weak non trivial solutions to fourth order elliptic equations with singularities and with critical Sobolev growth.
We prove the unique solvability of second order elliptic equations in non-divergence form in Sobolev spaces. The coefficients of the second order terms are measurable in one variable and VMO in other variables. From this result, we obtain…
We study positive solutions of equation (E1) $-\Delta u + u^p|\nabla u|^q= 0$ ($0\leq p$, $0\leq q\leq 2$, $p+q>1$) and (E2) $-\Delta u + u^p + |\nabla u|^q =0$ ($p>1$, $1<q\leq 2$) in a smooth bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$.…
Recent advances in quantitative unique continuation properties for solutions to uniformly elliptic, divergence form equations (with Lipschitz coefficients) has led to a good understanding of the vanishing order and size of singular and zero…