For a constant coefficient partial differential operator $P(D)$ with a single characteristic direction such as the time-dependent free Schrodinger operator as well as non-degenerate parabolic differential operators like the heat operator we characterize when open subsets $X_1subseteq X_2$ of $mathbb{R}^d$ form a $P$-Runge pair. The presented condition does not require any kind of regularity of the boundaries of $X_1$ nor $X_2$. As part of our result we prove that for a large class of non-elliptic operators $P(D)$ there are smooth solutions $u$ to the equation $P(D)u=0$ on $mathbb{R}^d$ with support contained in an arbitarily narrow slab bounded by two parallel characteristic hyperplanes for $P(D)$.
We study the behaviour of linear partial differential operators with polynomial coefficients via a Wigner type transform. In particular, we obtain some results of regularity in the Schwartz space $mathcal S$ and in the space ${mathcal S}_omega$ as introduced by Bjorck for weight functions $omega$. Several examples are discussed in this new setting.
We prove Schwarz-Pick type estimates and coefficient estimates for a class of elliptic partial differential operators introduced by Olofsson. Then we apply these results to obtain a Landau type theorem.
We study Liouville-type theorems and the asymptotic behaviour of positive solutions near an isolated singular point $zetainpartialOmegacup{infty}$ of the quasilinear elliptic equations $$-text{div}(| abla u|_A^{p-2}A abla u)+V|u|^{p-2}u =0quadtext{in } Omegasetminus{zeta},$$ where $Omega$ is a domain in $mathbb{R}^d$ ($dgeq 2$), and $A=(a_{ij})in L_{rm loc}^{infty}(Omega;mathbb{R}^{dtimes d})$ is a symmetric and locally uniformly positive definite matrix. The potential $V$ lies in a certain local Morrey space (depending on $p$) and has a Fuchsian-type isolated singularity at $zeta$.
We consider nonnegative solutions $u:Omegalongrightarrow mathbb{R}$ of second order hypoelliptic equations begin{equation*} mathscr{L} u(x) =sum_{i,j=1}^n partial_{x_i} left(a_{ij}(x)partial_{x_j} u(x) right) + sum_{i=1}^n b_i(x) partial_{x_i} u(x) =0, end{equation*} where $Omega$ is a bounded open subset of $mathbb{R}^{n}$ and $x$ denotes the point of $Omega$. For any fixed $x_0 in Omega$, we prove a Harnack inequality of this type $$sup_K u le C_K u(x_0)qquad forall u mbox{ s.t. } mathscr{L} u=0, ugeq 0,$$ where $K$ is any compact subset of the interior of the $mathscr{L}$-propagation set of $x_0$ and the constant $C_K$ does not depend on $u$.
In this paper, the regularity results for the integro-differential operators of the fractional Laplacian type by Caffarelli and Silvestre cite{CS1} are extended to those for the integro-differential operators associated with symmetric, regularly varying kernels at zero. In particular, we obtain the uniform Harnack inequality and Holder estimate of viscosity solutions to the nonlinear integro-differential equations associated with the kernels $K_{sigma, beta}$ satisfying $$ K_{sigma,beta}(y)asymp frac{ 2-sigma}{|y|^{n+sigma}}left( logfrac{2}{|y|^2}right)^{beta(2-sigma)}quad mbox{near zero} $$ with respect to $sigmain(0,2)$ close to $2$ (for a given $betainmathbb R$), where the regularity estimates do not blow up as the order $ sigmain(0,2)$ tends to $2.$