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To empower the mathematical hitchhiker wishing to use operator methods in geometry and topology, we present this user's guide to first-order elliptic boundary value problems. Existence, regularity, and Fredholmness are discussed for general…
We consider operator-valued boundary value problems in $(0,2\pi)^n$ with periodic or, more generally, $\nu$-periodic boundary conditions. Using the concept of discrete vector-valued Fourier multipliers, we give equivalent conditions for the…
We consider weak solutions of the adjoint equation for an elliptic operator in nondivergent form, and their asymptotic properties at an interior point. We assume that the coefficients a_{ij} are bounded, measurable, complex-valued functions…
We derive a priori estimates for second order derivatives of solutions to a wide calss of fully nonlinear elliptic equations on Riemannian manifolds. The equations we consider naturally appear in geometric problems and other applications…
We describe a way of solving a partial differential equation using the differential invariants of its point symmetries. By first solving its quotient PDE, which is given by the differential syzygies in the algebra of differential…
We prove weak and strong maximum principles, including a Hopf lemma, for smooth subsolutions to equations defined by linear, second-order, partial differential operators whose principal symbols vanish along a portion of the domain boundary.…
We provide two new methods for computing lower bounds of eigenvalues of symmetric elliptic second-order differential operators with mixed boundary conditions of Dirichlet, Neumann, and Robin type. The methods generalize ideas of Weinstein's…
We prove a sparse bound in the context of Schauder theory for divergence form elliptic partial differential equations. In addition, we show how an iteration argument inspired by sparse domination bounds can be used to deduce gradient…
We solve the Neumann problem in the half space $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}_+$, for higher order elliptic differential equations with variable self-adjoint $t$-independent coefficients, and with boundary data in $L^p$, where…
In this paper second order elliptic boundary value problems on bounded domains $\Omega\subset\dR^n$ with boundary conditions on $\partial\Omega$ depending nonlinearly on the spectral parameter are investigated in an operator theoretic…
A Dirichlet-type problem is studied for an equation of even order with variable coefficients. A criterion for the uniqueness of a solution is given. The solution is built in the form of a Fourier series. When justifying the convergence of…
A general form of the Lions-Magenes theorems on solvability of an elliptic boundary-value problem in the spaces of nonregular distributions is proved. We find a general condition on the space of right-hand sides of the elliptic equation…
This note studies local integral gradient bounds for distributional solutions of a large class of partial differential inequalities with diffusion in divergence form and power-like first-order terms. The applications of these estimates are…
We establish a new theory of regularity for elliptic complex valued second order equations of the form $\mathcal L=$div$A(\nabla\cdot)$, when the coefficients of the matrix $A$ satisfy a natural algebraic condition, a strengthened version…
For a second-order elliptic equation in divergence form we investigate conditions on the coefficients which imply that all solutions are Lipschitz continuous or differentiable at a given point. We assume the coefficients have modulus of…
In this paper, we prove a higher integrability result for very weak solutions of higher-order elliptic systems involving a double phase operator as the principal part. As a model case, we consider \begin{equation} \int_{\Omega} \left( |D^m…
An optimal control problem for a semilinear elliptic equation of divergence form is considered. Both the leading term and the semilinear term of the state equation contain the control. The well-known Pontryagin type maximum principle for…
In this paper the discrete eigenvalues of elliptic second order differential operators in $L^2(\mathbb{R}^n)$, $n \in \mathbb{N}$, with singular $\delta$- and $\delta'$-interactions are studied. We show the self-adjointness of these…
We analyze adaptive mesh-refining algorithms for conforming finite element discretizations of certain non-linear second-order partial differential equations. We allow continuous polynomials of arbitrary, but fixed polynomial order. The…
We provide sharp boundary regularity estimates for solutions to elliptic equations driven by an integro-differential operator obtained as the sum of a Laplacian with a nonlocal operator generalizing a fractional Laplacian. Our approach…