Talk

Parametrices of semi-linear elliptic boundary problems

  • Jon Johnsen (Aalborg University)
A3 01 (Sophus-Lie room)

Abstract

As an example one can take the Laplace equation plus the square of the unknown, Δu+u2=f in an open set Ω in Rn, considered with a Dirichl\'et condition u=g on the boundary. The purpose of the talk is to explain how one can obtain parametrices PN of this non-linear problem. The resulting parametrix formula u=PN(Rf+Kg)+(RL)Nu expresses a given solution u via terms depending on the data (f,g) $R$,$K$aresolutionoperatorsofthecorrespondinglinearproblem plus a remainder in Ck for arbitrarily large k. The formula implies that solutions belong to the same spaces as in the linear case, under some mild assumptions allowing non-classical cases in which the solution `ends up' in a space on which the non-linear term u2 is ill-defined. The parametrix construction uses pseudo- and paradifferential techniques, and it extends to general semi-linear elliptic systems with non-linear terms of product type.

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