The Neumann Green function and scale-invariant regularity estimates for elliptic equations with Neumann data in Lipschitz domains

Seick Kim, Georgios Sakellaris

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Abstract

We construct the Neumann Green function and establish scale-invariant regularity estimates for solutions to the Neumann problem for the elliptic operator Lu=-div(A∇u+bu)+c·∇u+du in a Lipschitz domain Ω. We assume that A is elliptic and bounded, that the lower order coefficients belong to scale-invariant Lebesgue spaces, and that either d≥divb in Ω and b·ν≥0 on ∂Ω in the sense of distributions, or the analogous condition for c holds. We develop the L2 theory, construct the Neumann Green function and show estimates in the respective optimal spaces, and show local and global pointwise estimates for solutions. The main novelty is that our estimates are scale-invariant, since our constants depend on the lower order coefficients only via their norms, and on the Lipschitz domain only via its Lipschitz character. Moreover, our pointwise estimates are shown in the optimal scale-invariant setting for the inhomogeneous terms and the Neumann data.

Original languageEnglish
Article number219
JournalCalculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations
Volume63
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024 Nov

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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Analysis
  • Applied Mathematics

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