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Let $\Omega$ be homogeneous of degree zero, have vanishing moment of order one on the unit sphere $\mathbb {S}^{d-1}$($d\ge 2$). In this paper, our object of investigation is the following rough non-standard singular integral operator…

We consider the linear integro-differential operator $L$ defined by \[ Lu(x) =\int_\Rn (u(x+y) - u(x) - 1_{[1,2]}(\alpha) 1_{\{|y|\leq 2\}}(y)y \cdot \nabla u(x)) k(x,y) \sd y . \] Here the kernel $k(x,y)$ behaves like $|y|^{-d-\alpha}$,…

Let $A = - \sum \partial_k \, c_{kl} \, \partial_l$ be a degenerate sectorial differential operator with complex bounded mesaurable coefficients. Let $\Omega \subset \mathds{R}^d$ be open and suppose that $A$ is strongly elliptic on…

We continue the study of the vertex operator algebra $L(k,0)$ associated to a type $G_2^{(1)}$ affine Lie algebra at admissible one-third integer levels, $k = -2 + m + \tfrac{i}{3}\ (m\in \mathbb{Z}_{\ge 0}, i = 1,2)$, initiated in…

We present certain Liouville properties of eigenfunctions of second-order elliptic operators with real coefficients, via an approach that is based on stochastic representations of positive solutions, and criticality theory of second-order…

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded $C^{2}$ domain in $\R^n$, and let $\Omega^{\ast}$ be the Euclidean ball centered at 0 and having the same Lebesgue measure as $\Omega$. Consider the operator $L=-\div(A\nabla)+v\cdot \nabla +V$ on $\Omega$ with…

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A class of second order approximations, called the weighted and shifted Gr\"{u}nwald difference operators, are proposed for Riemann-Liouville fractional derivatives, with their effective applications to numerically solving space fractional…

Solutions to $p$-Laplace equations are not, in general, of class $C^2$. The study of Sobolev regularity of the second derivatives is, therefore, a crucial issue. An important contribution by Cianchi and Maz'ya shows that, if the source term…

Let $H$ be the discrete Schr\"odinger operator $Hu(n):=u(n-1)+u(n+1)+v(n)u(n)$, $u(0)=0$ acting on $l^2({\bf Z}^+)$ where the potential $v$ is real-valued and $v(n)\to 0$ as $n\to \infty$. Let $P$ be the orthogonal projection onto a closed…

Classical settings of discrete and continuous orthogonal expansions, like Laguerre, Bessel and Jacobi, are associated with second order differential operators playing the role of the Laplacian. These depend on certain parameters of type…

The aim of this paper is to review and compare the spectral properties of (the closed extension of) --$\Delta$ + U (V $\ge$ 0) and --$\Delta$ + iV in L 2 (R^d) for C $\infty$ real potentials U or V with polynomial behavior. The case with…

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