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Non-symmetric stable operators: regularity theory and integration by parts

Analysis of PDEs 2020-12-10 v1

Abstract

We study solutions to Lu=fLu=f in ΩRn\Omega\subset\mathbb R^n, being LL the generator of any, possibly non-symmetric, stable L\'evy process. On the one hand, we study the regularity of solutions to Lu=fLu=f in Ω\Omega, u=0u=0 in Ωc\Omega^c, in C1,αC^{1,\alpha} domains~Ω\Omega. We show that solutions uu satisfy u/dγCε(Ω)u/d^\gamma\in C^{\varepsilon_\circ}\big(\overline\Omega\big), where dd is the distance to Ω\partial\Omega, and γ=γ(L,ν)\gamma=\gamma(L,\nu) is an explicit exponent that depends on the Fourier symbol of operator LL and on the unit normal ν\nu to the boundary Ω\partial\Omega. On the other hand, we establish new integration by parts identities in half spaces for such operators. These new identities extend previous ones for the fractional Laplacian, but the non-symmetric setting presents some new interesting features. Finally, we generalize the integration by parts identities in half spaces to the case of bounded C1,αC^{1,\alpha} domains. We do it via a new efficient approximation argument, which exploits the H\"older regularity of u/dγu/d^\gamma. This new approximation argument is interesting, we believe, even in the case of the fractional Laplacian.

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@article{arxiv.2012.04833,
  title  = {Non-symmetric stable operators: regularity theory and integration by parts},
  author = {Serena Dipierro and Xavier Ros-Oton and Joaquim Serra and Enrico Valdinoci},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.04833},
  year   = {2020}
}
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