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We consider second-order partial differential operators $H$ in divergence form on $\Ri^d$ with a positive-semidefinite, symmetric, matrix $C$ of real $L_\infty$-coefficients and establish that $H$ is strongly elliptic if and only if the…
We study the quantitative unique continuation property of some higher order elliptic operators. In the case of $P=(-\Delta)^m$, where $m$ is a positive integer, we derive lower bounds of decay at infinity for any nontrivial solutions under…
We prove that solutions to elliptic equations in two variables in divergence form, possibly non-selfadjoint and with lower order terms, satisfy the strong unique continuation property.
In these lectures we present some useful techniques to study quantitative properties of solutions of elliptic PDEs. Our aim is to outline a proof of a recent result on propagation of smallness. The ideas are also useful in the study of the…
Suppose a map $\phi$ on the set of positive definite matrices satisfies $\det(A+B)=\det(\phi(A)+\phi(B))$. Then we have $${\rm tr}(AB^{-1}) = {\rm tr}(\phi(A){\phi(B)}^{-1}).$$ Through this viewpoint, we show that $\phi$ is of the form…
In this article we study the strong unique continuation property for solutions of higher order (variable coefficient) fractional Schr\"odinger operators. We deduce the strong unique continuation property in the presence of subcritical and…
This paper concerns about the weak unique continuation property of solutions of a general system of differential equation/inequality with a second order strongly elliptic system as its leading part. We put not only some natural assumption…
This article offers a study of the Calder\'on type inverse problem of determining up to second order coefficients of the higher order elliptic operator. Here we show that it is possible to determine an anisotropic second order perturbation…
We study closed extensions A of an elliptic differential operator on a manifold with conical singularities, acting as an unbounded operator on a weighted L_p-space. Under suitable conditions we show that the resolvent (\lambda-A)^{-1}…
We demonstrate that discrete m-functions with eventually periodic continued fraction coefficients have an algebraic relationship to their second solution if and only if the periodic part of the sequence of continued fraction coefficients is…
In this article we consider a linearized Calder\'on problem for polyharmonic operators of order $2m\ (m\ge 2)$ in the spirit of Calder\'on's original work [Cal80]. We give a uniqueness result for determining coefficients of order $\leq…
We establish the strong unique continuation property of fractional orders of linear elliptic equations with Lipschitz coefficients by establishing monotonicity of some Almgren-type frequency functional via an extension procedure.
We study Laplace-type operators on hybrid manifolds, i.e. on configurations consisting of closed two-dimensional manifolds and one-dimensional segments. Such an operator can be constructed by using the Laplace-Beltrami operators on each…
In this paper we study the local behavior of a solution to second order elliptic operators with sharp singular coefficients in lower order terms. One of the main results is the bound on the vanishing order of the solution, which is a…
We prove the sharp domain of dependence property for solutions to subelliptic wave equations for sums of squares of vector fields satisfying H\"ormander bracket condition. We deduce a unique continuation property for the square root of…
We study fundamental solutions of elliptic operators of order $2m\geq4$ with constant coefficients in large dimensions $n\ge 2m$, where their singularities become unbounded. For compositions of second order operators these can be chosen as…
We prove that uniqueness for the Calder\'on problem on a Riemannian manifold with boundary follows from a hypothetical unique continuation property for the elliptic operator $\Delta+V+(\Lambda^{1}_{t}-q)\otimes (\Lambda^{2}_{t}-q)$ defined…
In this paper we prove strong unique continuation principle and unique continuation from sets of positive measure for solutions of a higher order fractional Laplace equation in an open domain. Our proofs are based on the…
In 1971 Fedi\u{i} proved the remarkable theorem that the linear second order partial differential operator in the plane with coefficients 1 and f^2 is hypoelliptic provided that f is smooth, vanishes at the origin and is positive otherwise.…
We consider the problem of existence and uniqueness of strong a.e. solutions $u: \mathbb{R}^n \longrightarrow \mathbb{R}^N$ to the fully nonlinear PDE system \[\label{1} \tag{1} F(\cdot,D^2u ) \,=\, f, \ \ \text{ a.e. on }\mathbb{R}^n, \]…