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Fractional elliptic equations, Caccioppoli estimates and regularity

Analysis of PDEs 2017-08-29 v3 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

Let L=divx(A(x)x)L=-\operatorname{div}_x(A(x)\nabla_x) be a uniformly elliptic operator in divergence form in a bounded domain Ω\Omega. We consider the fractional nonlocal equations {Lsu=f,in Ω,u=0,on Ω,and{Lsu=f,in Ω,Au=0,on Ω.\begin{cases} L^su=f,&\hbox{in}~\Omega,\\ u=0,&\hbox{on}~\partial\Omega, \end{cases}\quad \hbox{and}\quad \begin{cases} L^su=f,&\hbox{in}~\Omega,\\ \partial_Au=0,&\hbox{on}~\partial\Omega. \end{cases} Here LsL^s, 0<s<10<s<1, is the fractional power of LL and Au\partial_Au is the conormal derivative of uu with respect to the coefficients A(x)A(x). We reproduce Caccioppoli type estimates that allow us to develop the regularity theory. Indeed, we prove interior and boundary Schauder regularity estimates depending on the smoothness of the coefficients A(x)A(x), the right hand side ff and the boundary of the domain. Moreover, we establish estimates for fundamental solutions in the spirit of the classical result by Littman--Stampacchia--Weinberger and we obtain nonlocal integro-differential formulas for Lsu(x)L^su(x). Essential tools in the analysis are the semigroup language approach and the extension problem.

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@article{arxiv.1409.7721,
  title  = {Fractional elliptic equations, Caccioppoli estimates and regularity},
  author = {L. A. Caffarelli and P. R. Stinga},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.7721},
  year   = {2017}
}

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37 pages

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