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Weak Dirichlet solutions for a divergence-form operator
Definition
Assume Countable Choice (The Axiom of Countable Choice ()), and let and its form be as in Uniformly elliptic divergence-form operators and their sesquilinear forms on an open set . Homogeneous problem. Given (The negative Sobolev space ), a weak solution of with zero boundary values is a class (Zero-boundary Sobolev space as a norm closure, Integer-order Sobolev spaces and their norms) with Inhomogeneous problem. Additionally assume the Axiom of Choice (The Axiom of Choice) for the trace supplier, and let and be a bounded domain (Bounded C^k domains and boundary charts), let in the boundary scale of The fractional Sobolev space on a compact boundary and let be the trace operator of The trace operator on a bounded domain. A weak solution with boundary data is a class with and for every . The defining identities are identities between functionals on the classes, so they are independent of the chosen almost-everywhere representatives of , of the coefficients and of the data (Weak differentiation ignores null-set changes, Complex Lp classes and Euclidean test-function conventions); the boundary condition is imposed through the trace of The trace operator on a bounded domain, never by pointwise evaluation. The Dirichlet condition is imposed by in the homogeneous problem and by in the inhomogeneous problem; testing against expresses the weak equation and does not by itself impose boundary data; the integrals are the ones proved absolutely convergent in The elliptic form is well defined and bounded on .
Depends on
The Axiom of Choice
Bounded C^k domains and boundary charts
Complex Lp classes and Euclidean test-function conventions
The Axiom of Countable Choice ()
The fractional Sobolev space on a compact boundary
The negative Sobolev space
Integer-order Sobolev spaces and their norms
Uniformly elliptic divergence-form operators and their sesquilinear forms
Zero-boundary Sobolev space as a norm closure
Weak differentiation ignores null-set changes
The trace operator on a bounded domain
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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)
- John K. Hunter, Notes on Partial Differential Equations (UC Davis, revised 18 June 2014, complete 242-page two-quarter notes)
- Richard S. Laugesen, Linear Analysis and Partial Differential Equations (University of Illinois, 2020, complete 158-page graduate notes)
- Haim Brezis, Functional Analysis, Sobolev Spaces and Partial Differential Equations (Springer Universitext, 2011, complete 614-page text)
- Gerald Teschl, Partial Differential Equations: From Classical to Modern (archived 2025 author manuscript)