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We investigate the large-distance asymptotics of optimal Hardy weights on $mathbb Z^d$, $dgeq 3$, via the super solution construction. For the free discrete Laplacian, the Hardy weight asymptotic is the familiar $frac{(d-2)^2}{4}|x|^{-2}$ as $|x|toinfty$. We prove that the inverse-square behavior of the optimal Hardy weight is robust for general elliptic coefficients on $mathbb Z^d$: (1) averages over large sectors have inverse-square scaling, (2), for ergodic coefficients, there is a pointwise inverse-square upper bound on moments, and (3), for i.i.d. coefficients, there is a matching inverse-square lower bound on moments. The results imply $|x|^{-4}$-scaling for Rellich weights on $mathbb Z^d$. Analogous results are also new in the continuum setting. The proofs leverage Greens function estimates rooted in homogenization theory.
We obtain a trace Hardy inequality for the Euclidean space with a bounded cut $Sigmasubsetmathbb R^d$, $d ge 2$. In this novel geometric setting, the Hardy-type inequality non-typically holds also for $d = 2$. The respective Hardy weight is given in terms of the geodesic distance to the boundary of $Sigma$. We provide its applications to the heat equation on $mathbb R^d$ with an insulating cut at $Sigma$ and to the Schrodinger operator with a $delta$-interaction supported on $Sigma$. We also obtain generalizations of this trace Hardy inequality for a class of unbounded cuts.
For a general subcritical second-order elliptic operator $P$ in a domain $Omega subset mathbb{R}^n$ (or noncompact manifold), we construct Hardy-weight $W$ which is optimal in the following sense. The operator $P - lambda W$ is subcritical in $Omega$ for all $lambda < 1$, null-critical in $Omega$ for $lambda = 1$, and supercritical near any neighborhood of infinity in $Omega$ for any $lambda > 1$. Moreover, if $P$ is symmetric and $W>0$, then the spectrum and the essential spectrum of $W^{-1}P$ are equal to $[1,infty)$, and the corresponding Agmon metric is complete. Our method is based on the theory of positive solutions and applies to both symmetric and nonsymmetric operators. The constructed Hardy-weight is given by an explicit simple formula involving two distinct positive solutions of the equation $Pu=0$, the existence of which depends on the subcriticality of $P$ in $Omega$.
We study the behaviour of Hardy-weights for a class of variational quasi-linear elliptic operators of $p$-Laplacian type. In particular, we obtain necessary sharp decay conditions at infinity on the Hardy-weights in terms of their integrability with respect to certain integral weights. Some of the results are extended also to nonsymmetric linear elliptic operators. Applications to various examples are discussed as well.
We prove asymptotic completeness in the energy space for the nonlinear Schrodinger equation posed on hyperbolic space in the radial case, in space dimension at least 4, and for any energy-subcritical, defocusing, power nonlinearity. The proof is based on simple Morawetz estimates and weighted Strichartz estimates. We investigate the same question on spaces which kind of interpolate between Euclidean space and hyperbolic space, showing that the family of short range nonlinearities becomes larger and larger as the space approaches the hyperbolic space. Finally, we describe the large time behavior of radial solutions to the free dynamics.
We show improved local energy decay for the wave equation on asymptotically Euclidean manifolds in odd dimensions in the short range case. The precise decay rate depends on the decay of the metric towards the Euclidean metric. We also give estimates of powers of the resolvent of the wave propagator between weighted spaces.