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We give a simplified and direct proof of the Kato square root estimate for parabolic operators with elliptic part in divergence form and coefficients possibly depending on space and time in a merely measurable way. The argument relies on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-09-23 Alireza Ataei , Moritz Egert , Kaj Nyström

We prove the Kato conjecture for elliptic operators, $L=-\nabla\cdot\left((\mathbf A+\mathbf D)\nabla\ \right)$, with $\mathbf A$ a complex measurable bounded coercive matrix and $\mathbf D$ a measurable real-valued skew-symmetric matrix in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-12-29 Luis Escauriaza , Steve Hofmann

We solve the Kato square root problem for parabolic operators of arbitrary order $2m$ whose coefficients are allowed to depend on both space and time in a merely measurable way and possess boundedness and ellipticity controlled by a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-10 Guoming Zhang

The Kato square root problem for divergence form elliptic operators with potential $V : \mathbb{R}^{n} \rightarrow \mathbb{C}$ is the equivalence statement $\left\Vert (L + V)^{\frac{1}{2}} u\right\Vert_{2} \simeq \left\Vert \nabla u…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-24 Julian Bailey

We establish the Kato square root property for the generalized Stokes operator on $\mathbb{R}^d$ with bounded measurable coefficients. More precisely, we identify the domain of the square root of $Au := - \operatorname{div}(\mu \nabla u) +…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-25 Luca Haardt , Patrick Tolksdorf

We obtain the Kato square root estimate for second order elliptic operators in divergence form with mixed boundary conditions on an open and possibly unbounded set in $\mathbb{R}^d$ under two simple geometric conditions: The Dirichlet…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-04 Sebastian Bechtel , Moritz Egert , Robert Haller-Dintelmann

We study elliptic and parabolic problems governed by the singular elliptic operators \begin{align*} \mathcal L=y^{\alpha_1}\mbox{Tr }\left(QD^2_xu\right)+2y^{\frac{\alpha_1+\alpha_2}{2}}q\cdot \nabla_xD_y+\gamma y^{\alpha_2}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-05-17 Giorgio Metafune , Luigi Negro , Chiara Spina

We solve the Kato square root problem for general elliptic operators and systems with measurable and complex coefficients on any domain of the Euclidean space. The operators are subject to Dirichlet boundary conditions. We also allow…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-03-23 Julan Bailey , El Maati Ouhabaz

We consider the Kato square root problem for non-divergence second order elliptic operators $L =- a_{ij} D_iD_j$, and, especially, the normalized adjoints of such operators. In particular, our results are applicable to the case of real…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-10-06 Luis Escauriaza , Pablo Hidalgo-Palencia , Steve Hofmann

We solve the Kato square root problem for parabolic operators whose coefficients can be written as the sum of a complex part, which is coercive, and a real anti-symmetric part, which is in BMO. In particular, we allow for certain unbounded…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-01-15 Alireza Ataei , Kaj Nyström

Let $L$ be an elliptic differential operator with bounded measurable coefficients, acting in Bochner spaces $L^{p}(R^{n};X)$ of $X$-valued functions on $R^n$. We characterize Kato's square root estimates $\|\sqrt{L}u\|_{p} \eqsim \|\nabla…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Tuomas Hytonen , Alan McIntosh , Pierre Portal

In this paper, we study an elliptic operator in divergence-form but not necessary symmetric. In particular, our results can be applied to elliptic operator $L=\nu\Delta+u(x,t)\cdot\nabla$, where $u(\cdot,t)$ is a time-dependent vector field…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-12-19 Zhongmin Qian , Guangyu Xi

We prove the Kato conjecture for degenerate elliptic operators in R^n. More precisely, we consider the divergence form operator L_w = -1/w div (wA) grad, where w is a Muckenhoupt A_2 weight and A is a complex valued n x n matrix which is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-07-20 D. Cruz-Uribe , C. Rios

We consider parabolic operators of the form $$\partial_t+\mathcal{L},\ \mathcal{L}=-\mbox{div}\, A(X,t)\nabla,$$ in $\mathbb R_+^{n+2}:=\{(X,t)=(x,x_{n+1},t)\in \mathbb R^{n}\times \mathbb R\times \mathbb R:\ x_{n+1}>0\}$, $n\geq 1$. We…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-03-10 Kaj Nyström

We study the obstacle problem for parabolic operators of the type $\partial_t + L$, where $L$ is an elliptic integro-differential operator of order $2s$, such as $(-\Delta)^s$, in the supercritical regime $s \in (0,{1/2})$. The best result…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-11 Xavier Ros-Oton , Clara Torres-Latorre

We consider the Kato problem and extensions for degenerate elliptic operators of arbitrary order $2m$ ($m\geq 1$), whose coefficients are measurable, complex-valued and satisfy the G$\mathring{a}$rding inequality with respect to a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-07 Guoming Zhang

We consider the operator $L=-{\rm div}(A\nabla)$, where the $n\times n$ matrix $A$ is real-valued, elliptic, with the symmetric part of $A$ in $L^\infty(\mathbb{R}^n)$, and the anti-symmetric part of $A$ only belongs to the space…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-01-25 Steve Hofmann , Linhan Li , Svitlana Mayboroda , Jill Pipher

We study parabolic operators H = $\partial$t -- div $\lambda$,x A(x, t)$\nabla$ $\lambda$,x in the parabolic upper half space R n+2 + = {($\lambda$, x, t) : $\lambda$ > 0}. We assume that the coefficients are real, bounded, measurable,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-05 Pascal Auscher , Moritz Egert , Kaj Nyström

Let $\mathcal{L}= \partial_t- \Delta_x+|x|^2$. Consider its Poisson semigroup $e^{-y\sqrt{\mathcal{L}}}$. For $\alpha >0$ define the Parabolic Hermite-Zygmund spaces $$ \Lambda^\alpha_{\mathcal{L}}=\left\{f: \:f\in…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2017-08-10 Marta de León-Contreras , José L. Torrea

We prove the Kato square root estimate for second-order divergence form elliptic operators $-div(A\nabla)$ on a bounded, locally uniform domain $D \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$, for accretive coefficients $A \in L^\infty(D; \mathbb{C}^n)$, under…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-09 Sebastian Bechtel , Andreas Rosén
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