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A sharp pointwise differential inequality for vectorial second-order partial differential operators, with Uhlenbeck structure, is offered. As a consequence, optimal second-order regularity properties of solutions to nonlinear elliptic…
We give a unified approach to strong maximum principles for a large class of nonlocal operators of the order $s\in(0,1)$, that includes the Dirichlet, the Neumann Restricted (or Regional) and the Neumann Semirestricted Laplacians.
Let $L_{A}=-{\rm div}(A\nabla)$ be an elliptic divergence form operator with bounded complex coefficients subject to mixed boundary conditions on an arbitrary open set $\Omega\subseteq\mathbb{R}^{d}$. We prove that the maximal operator…
We consider a nonvariational degenerate elliptic operator structured on a system of left invariant, 1-homogeneous, H\"ormander's vector fields on a Carnot group in $R^{n}$, where the matrix of coefficients is symmetric, uniformly positive…
We consider general symmetric systems of first order linear partial differential operators on domains $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^d$, and we seek sufficient conditions on the coefficients which ensure essential self-adjointness. The…
Second-order estimates are established for solutions to the $p$-Laplace system with right-hand side in $L^2$. The nonlinear expression of the gradient under the divergence operator is shown to belong to $W^{1,2}$, and hence to enjoy the…
Consider the Dirichlet problem with respect to an elliptic operator \[ A = - \sum_{k,l=1}^d \partial_k \, a_{kl} \, \partial_l - \sum_{k=1}^d \partial_k \, b_k + \sum_{k=1}^d c_k \, \partial_k + c_0 \] on a bounded Wiener regular open set…
We introduce a notion of subunit vector field for fully nonlinear degenerate elliptic equations. We prove that an interior maximum of a viscosity subsolution of such an equation propagates along the trajectories of subunit vector fields.…
Let $\Omega $ be any set of directions (unit vectors) on the plane. We study maximal operators defined by \md0 M_\Omega f(x)=\sup_{\delta >0, \omega \in \Omega} \frac{1}{2\delta}\int_{-\delta}^\delta |f(x+t\omega)|dt. \emd for the…
The general maximum principle is proved for an infinite dimensional controlled stochastic evolution system. The control is allowed to take values in a nonconvex set and enter into both drift and diffusion terms. The operator-valued backward…
We prove simple theorems concerning the maximal order of a large class of multiplicative functions. As an application, we determine the maximal orders of certain functions of the type $\sigma_A(n)= \sum_{d\in A(n)} d$, where A(n) is a…
We develop a discrete counterpart of the De Giorgi-Nash-Moser theory, which provides uniform H\"older-norm bounds on continuous piecewise affine finite element approximations of second-order linear elliptic problems of the form $-\nabla…
We prove a weak maximum principle for nonlocal symmetric stable operators. This includes the fractional Laplacian. The main focus of this work is the regularity of the considered function.
We study maximal averages associated with singular measures on $\rr$. Our main result is a construction of singular Cantor-type measures supported on sets of Hausdorff dimension $1 - \epsilon$, $0 \leq \epsilon < {1/3}$ for which the…
We consider second-order uniformly elliptic operators subject to Dirichlet boundary conditions. Such operators are considered on a bounded domain $\Omega$ and on the domain $\phi(\Omega)$ resulting from $\Omega$ by means of a bi-Lipschitz…
This paper deals with a certain class of second-order conformally invariant operators acting on functions taking values in particular (finite-dimensional) irreducible representations of the orthogonal group. These operators can be seen as a…
In this paper we derive a strong maximum principle for weak supersolutions of nonlocal equations of the form $Iu=c(x) u$ in $\Omega$, where $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^N$ is a domain, $c\in L^{\infty}(\Omega)$ and $I$ is an operator of the…
We consider the Cauchy problem for non-autonomous forms inducing elliptic operators in divergence form with Dirichlet, Neumann, or mixed boundary conditions on an open subset $\Omega$ $\subseteq$ R n. We obtain maximal regularity in L 2…
We consider the Harnack inequality for harmonic functions with respect to three types of infinite dimensional operators. For the infinite dimensional Laplacian, we show no Harnack inequality is possible. We also show that the Harnack…
In this article we consider a class of non-degenerate elliptic operators obtained by superpositioning the Laplacian and a general nonlocal operator. We study the existence-uniqueness results for Dirichlet boundary value problems, maximum…