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We analyze degenerate, second-order, elliptic operators $H$ in divergence form on $L_2(\Ri^{n}\times\Ri^{m})$. We assume the coefficients are real symmetric and $a_1H_\delta\geq H\geq a_2H_\delta$ for some $a_1,a_2>0$ where \[…
It is shown that the theory of real symmetric second-order elliptic operators in divergence form on $\Ri^d$ can be formulated in terms of a regular strongly local Dirichlet form irregardless of the order of degeneracy. The behaviour of the…
This is the final part of a series of papers where we study perturbations of divergence form second order elliptic operators $-\operatorname{div} A \nabla$ by first and zero order terms, whose complex coefficients lie in critical spaces,…
We consider properties of second-order operators $H = -\sum^d_{i,j=1} \partial_i \, c_{ij} \, \partial_j$ on $\Ri^d$ with bounded real symmetric measurable coefficients. We assume that $C = (c_{ij}) \geq 0$ almost everywhere, but allow for…
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 demonstrate that the structure of complex second-order strongly elliptic operators $H$ on ${\bf R}^d$ with coefficients invariant under translation by ${\bf Z}^d$ can be analyzed through decomposition in terms of versions $H_z$,…
We investigate here the following weighted degenerate elliptic system \begin{align*} -\Delta_{s} u = \Big(1+\|\mathbf{x}\|^{2(s+1)}\Big)^{\frac{\alpha}{2(s+1)}} v^p, \quad -\Delta_{s} v =…
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 examine the validity of the Poincar\'e inequality for degenerate, second-order, elliptic operators $H$ in divergence form on $L_2(\Ri^{n}\times\Ri^{m})$. We assume the coefficients are real symmetric and $a_1H_\delta\geq H\geq…
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…
The Grushin Laplacian $- \Delta_\alpha $ is a degenerate elliptic operator in $\mathbb{R}^{h+k}$ that degenerates on $\{0\} \times \mathbb{R}^k$. We consider weak solutions of $- \Delta_\alpha u= Vu$ in an open bounded connected domain…
Let $n,m\ge 1$, $\alpha\in(0,1)$, and $\beta\ge 0$. For the Grushin-type operator \[ L=-\nabla_x\!\cdot\!\bigl(|x|^{2\alpha}\nabla_x\bigr)+|x|^{2\beta}\Delta_y \qquad \text{on } \mathbb R^n\times \mathbb R^m, \] we prove the isoperimetric…
Let $H$ be the symmetric second-order differential operator on $L_2(\Ri)$ with domain $C_c^\infty(\Ri)$ and action $H\varphi=-(c \varphi')'$ where $ c\in W^{1,2}_{\rm loc}(\Ri)$ is a real function which is strictly positive on…
Given $\Omega(\subseteq\;R^{1+m})$, a smooth bounded domain and a nonnegative measurable function $f$ defined on $\Omega$ with suitable summability. In this paper, we will study the existence and regularity of solutions to the quasilinear…
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,…
We study elliptic and parabolic problems governed by the singular elliptic operators $$ \mathcal L=y^{\alpha_1}\mbox{Tr }\left(QD^2_x\right)+2y^{\frac{\alpha_1+\alpha_2}{2}}q\cdot \nabla_xD_y+\gamma y^{\alpha_2}…
Let $c_{kl} \in W^{2,\infty}(\mathbb{R}^d, \mathbb{C})$ for all $k,l \in \{1, \ldots, d\}$. We consider the divergence form operator $A = - \sum_{k,l=1}^d \partial_l (c_{kl} \, \partial_k) $in $L_2(\mathbb{R}^d)$ when the coefficient matrix…
We study the following class of quasilinear degenerate elliptic equations with critical nonlinearity \begin{align*} \begin{cases}-\Delta_{\gamma,p} u= \lambda |u|^{q-2}u+|u|^{p_{\gamma}^{*}-2}u & \text{ in } \Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^N, \\…
We study the vertical and conical square functions defined via elliptic operators in divergence form. In general, vertical and conical square functions are equivalent operators just in $L^2$. But when this square functions are defined…
In this paper we present a preliminary study on the Dirichlet-to-Neumann operator with respect to a second order elliptic operator with measurable coefficients, including first order terms, namely, the operator on $L^2(\partial\Omega)$…