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Uniformly elliptic divergence-form operators and their sesquilinear forms
Definition
Assume Countable Choice for the Sobolev interfaces. Let be open, , and let . Let , , be measurable (A measurable function between measurable spaces) and essentially bounded (The space of essentially bounded measurable functions, The essential supremum of a measurable function with respect to a measure), with bounds and suppose the uniform ellipticity condition holds: there is with The associated divergence-form expression is (Einstein summation over ), and the associated sesquilinear form on is The form is linear in and conjugate-linear in , in the convention of Bounded, coercive and symmetric sesquilinear forms; the classical Dirichlet problem consists of in with prescribed boundary values. The operator is determined by the coefficient functions only a.e., and all later statements about are statements about those classes. Where the domain and boundary data demand it (Weak Dirichlet solutions for a divergence-form operator, The inhomogeneous weak Dirichlet problem by a trace lifting) the domain is additionally a bounded domain (Bounded C^k domains and boundary charts). The convention is the complex sesquilinear one with conjugation in the second slot, as the plan's convention audit directs; the real case is the same with conjugation read as the identity.
Depends on
- Bounded C^k domains and boundary charts
- Real and imaginary parts, complex conjugation, and modulus
- Complex Lp classes and Euclidean test-function conventions
- The Axiom of Countable Choice ($\mathrm{AC}_\omega$)
- The essential supremum of a measurable function with respect to a measure
- The notation $H^k$ and the reserved zero-boundary symbol
- The space $L^\infty(\mu)$ of essentially bounded measurable functions
- A measurable function between measurable spaces
- Integer-order Sobolev spaces and their norms
- Weak derivative of a locally integrable function
Used by
- A positive reaction term restores coercivity without Poincar'e Corollary
- A sufficiently large shift is coercive Corollary
- Obstacle complementarity in distribution form Corollary
- Scaled Caccioppoli inequality on concentric balls Corollary
- Smooth coefficients and boundary make elliptic eigenfunctions smooth Corollary
- Strong maximum principle for weak elliptic solutions Corollary
- The inhomogeneous weak Dirichlet problem by a trace lifting Corollary
- The Poincare constant is the reciprocal square root of the first Dirichlet eigenvalue Corollary
- Weak comparison and uniqueness for the Dirichlet problem Corollary
- A large adverse zero-order term destroys Dirichlet coercivity Counterexample
- Boundary H² regularity needs domain regularity Counterexample
- Bounded discontinuous elliptic coefficients need not give H² solutions Counterexample
- Degenerate ellipticity allows nonconstant solutions with interior zero sets Counterexample
- Elliptic eigenvalues need not be simple Counterexample
- Higher elliptic regularity cannot gain more than two derivatives Counterexample
- Smooth interior data do not repair incompatible Dirichlet corner values Counterexample
- The global Harnack comparison needs connectedness Counterexample
- The H² estimate needs the L² kernel term without injectivity Counterexample
- The Harnack estimate needs an additive forcing term Counterexample
- The Harnack inequality requires nonnegativity Counterexample
- The weak maximum principle needs the zero-order sign condition Counterexample
- Local weak solutions of a divergence-form operator Definition
- Symmetric elliptic weak eigenpairs Definition
- The formal adjoint and the adjoint weak Dirichlet problem Definition
- The L² operator associated with a symmetric elliptic form Definition
- The shifted elliptic solution operator Definition
- Weak Dirichlet solutions for a divergence-form operator Definition
- Weak subsolutions and supersolutions of a divergence-form equation Definition
- A disconnected Neumann domain has a multiple zero eigenvalue Example
- A nonsymmetric coercive elliptic form Example
- A piecewise-smooth coefficient gives an H² solution that is not twice classically differentiable Example
- A shift removes a negative zero-order obstruction Example
- Bootstrapping a smooth Poisson problem Example
- Dirichlet Laplacian eigenpairs on an interval Example
- Measurable coefficients with a Holder-regular weak solution Example
- Poisson's equation with L² data gains two interior derivatives Example
- The Dirichlet Laplacian generates the heat semigroup Example
- The Neumann Laplacian has a zero constant mode Example
- The weak and the classical maximum principles agree on a smooth subsolution Example
- A finite interior ball chain propagates weak Harnack bounds Lemma
…and 33 more results.
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Sources
- John K. Hunter, Notes on Partial Differential Equations (UC Davis, revised 18 June 2014, complete 242-page two-quarter notes) (standard reference, not scraped)
- Richard S. Laugesen, Linear Analysis and Partial Differential Equations (University of Illinois, 2020, complete 158-page graduate notes) (standard reference, not scraped)
- Leon Simon, Lectures on Partial Differential Equations (Stanford, complete 223-page author scan) (standard reference, not scraped)
- Gerald Teschl, Partial Differential Equations: From Classical to Modern (archived 2025 author manuscript) (standard reference, not scraped)