We discuss counterexamples to the validity of the weak Maximum Principle for linear elliptic systems with zero and first order couplings and prove, through a suitable reduction to a nonlinear scalar equation, a quite general result showing that some algebraic condition on the structure of gradient couplings and a cooperativity condition on the matrix of zero order couplings guarantee the existence of invariant cones in the sense of Weinberger [21].
We study boundary gradient estimates for second-order divergence type parabolic and elliptic systems in $C^{1,alpha}$ domains. The coefficients and data are assumed to be Holder in the time variable and all but one spatial variables. This type of systems arises from the problems of linearly elastic laminates and composite materials.
Consider an elliptic self-adjoint pseudodifferential operator $A$ acting on $m$-columns of half-densities on a closed manifold $M$, whose principal symbol is assumed to have simple eigenvalues. We show existence and uniqueness of $m$ orthonormal pseudodifferential projections commuting with the operator $A$ and provide an algorithm for the computation of their full symbols, as well as explicit closed formulae for their subprincipal symbols. Pseudodifferential projections yield a decomposition of $L^2(M)$ into invariant subspaces under the action of $A$ modulo $C^infty(M)$. Furthermore, they allow us to decompose $A$ into $m$ distinct sign definite pseudodifferential operators. Finally, we represent the modulus and the Heaviside function of the operator $A$ in terms of pseudodifferential projections and discuss physically meaningful examples.
Consider an elliptic self-adjoint pseudodifferential operator $A$ acting on $m$-columns of half-densities on a closed manifold $M$, whose principal symbol is assumed to have simple eigenvalues. We show that the spectrum of $A$ decomposes, up to an error with superpolynomial decay, into $m$ distinct series, each associated with one of the eigenvalues of the principal symbol of $A$. These spectral results are then applied to the study of propagation of singularities in hyperbolic systems. The key technical ingredient is the use of the carefully devised pseudodifferential projections introduced in the first part of this work, which decompose $L^2(M)$ into almost-orthogonal almost-invariant subspaces under the action of both $A$ and the hyperbolic evolution.
In this work we consider a system of k non-linear elliptic equations where the non-linear term is the sum of a quadratic form and a sub-critic term. We show that under suitable assumptions, e.g. when the non-linear term has a zero with non-zero coordinates, we can find a infinitely many solution of the eigenvalue problem with radial symmetry. Such problem arises when we search multiple standing-waves for a non-linear wave system.
This paper is focused on the local interior $W^{1,infty}$-regularity for weak solutions of degenerate elliptic equations of the form $text{div}[mathbf{a}(x,u, abla u)] +b(x, u, abla u) =0$, which include those of $p$-Laplacian type. We derive an explicit estimate of the local $L^infty$-norm for the solutions gradient in terms of its local $L^p$-norm. Specifically, we prove begin{equation*} | abla u|_{L^infty(B_{frac{R}{2}}(x_0))}^p leq frac{C}{|B_R(x_0)|}int_{B_R(x_0)}| abla u(x)|^p dx. end{equation*} This estimate paves the way for our forthcoming work in establishing $W^{1,q}$-estimates (for $q>p$) for weak solutions to a much larger class of quasilinear elliptic equations.