Ngô Quốc Anh

August 29, 2010

Achieving regularity results via bootstrap argument, 4

Filed under: Giải Tích 6 (MA5205), PDEs — Tags: — Ngô Quốc Anh @ 2:36

Let us consider the following equation

\displaystyle u(x) = \int_{{\mathbb{R}^n}} {\frac{{u{{(y)}^{\frac{{n + \alpha }}{{n - \alpha }}}}}}{{{{\left| {x - y} \right|}^{n - \alpha }}}}dy} , \quad x \in {\mathbb{R}^n}

for n\geqslant 1 and 0<\alpha<n. In this entry, by using boothstrap argument, we show that

Theorem. If positive function u \in L_{loc}^\frac{2n}{n-\alpha}(\mathbb R^n) solves the equation, then u \in C^\infty(\mathbb R^n).

In the process of proving the result, we need the following result

Proposition. Let V \in L^\frac{n}{\alpha}(B_3) be a non-negative function and set

\displaystyle \delta(V)=\|V\|_{L^\frac{n}{\alpha}(B_3)}.

For \nu >r>\frac{n}{n-\alpha}, there exist positive constants \overline \delta<1 and C \geqslant 1 depending only on n, \alpha, r and \nu such that for any 0 \leqslant V \in L^\frac{n}{\alpha}(B_3) with \delta(V) \leqslant \overline \delta, h \in L^\nu(B_2) and 0 \leqslant u \in L^r(B_3) satisfying

\displaystyle u(x) \leqslant \int_{{B_3}} {\frac{{V(y)u(y)}}{{{{\left| {x - y} \right|}^{n - \alpha }}}}dy} + h(x), \quad x \in {B_2}

we have

\displaystyle {\left\| u \right\|_{{L^\nu }({B_{1/2}})}} \leqslant C\left( {{{\left\| u \right\|}_{{L^r}({B_3})}} + {{\left\| h \right\|}_{{L^\nu }({B_2})}}} \right).

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August 22, 2010

Liouville’s theorem and related problems

Filed under: Giải tích 7 (MA4247), PDEs — Tags: — Ngô Quốc Anh @ 6:35

The following theorem is well-known

Theorem (Liouville). Let \Omega be a simply connected domain in \mathbb R^2. Then all real solutions of

\displaystyle \Delta u +2Ke^u=0

in \Omega where K a constant, are of the form

\displaystyle u=\log\frac{|f'|^2}{\left(1+\frac{K}{4}|f|^2\right)^2}

where f is a locally univalent meromorphic function in \Omega.

In geometry, our PDE

\displaystyle \Delta u +2Ke^u=0

says that under the case \Omega=\mathbb R^2, it holds

e^u|dz|^2=f^*g_K

where g_K denotes the standard metric on \mathbb S^2 with constant curvature K. Thus we have

Corollary. All solutions of the PDE in \mathbb R^2 with K>0 and

\displaystyle \int_{\mathbb R^2} e^u<\infty

are of the form

\displaystyle u(x)=\log\frac{16\lambda^2}{\left(4+\lambda^2K|x-x_0|^2\right)^2},\quad \lambda>0, \quad x_0 \in \mathbb R^2.

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August 19, 2010

L^infinity-boundedness for a single solution of -Delta u = Vexp(u)

Filed under: PDEs — Tags: — Ngô Quốc Anh @ 7:00

The aim of this entry is to derive the L^\infty-boundedness for a single solution of the following PDE

\displaystyle -\Delta u = V(x) e^u

over a domain \Omega. This elegant result had been done by Brezis and Merle around 1991 published in Comm. Partial Differential Equations [here].

There are two possible cases.

The case of bounded domain. Let us assume u a solution of the following PDE

\displaystyle\begin{cases}- \Delta u = V(x){e^u}& \text{ in }\Omega , \hfill \\ u = 0&\text{ on }\partial \Omega ,\end{cases}

where \Omega \subset \mathbb R^2 is a bounded domain and V is a given function on \Omega.

Theorem. If V \in L^p and e^u \in L^{p'} for some 1<p\leqslant \infty then u \in L^\infty.

Proof. It first follows from the Brezis-Meler inequality that

e^{ku} \in L^1, \quad \forall k>0

which by the Holder inequality gives

e^{u} \in L^r, \quad \forall r<\infty.

Therefore, if p<\infty

Ve^u \in L^{p-\delta}, \quad \forall \delta>0

while if p=\infty

Ve^u \in L^r, \quad \forall r<\infty.

Thus, a standard L^p-estimate argument from the elliptic theory implies that u is bounded.

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August 17, 2010

Evaluate complex integral via the Fourier transform

Filed under: Giải tích 7 (MA4247) — Tags: — Ngô Quốc Anh @ 5:56

As suggested from this topic, we are interested in evaluating the following complex integral

\displaystyle G(t)=\mathop {\lim }\limits_{A \to \infty } \int\limits_{ - A}^A {{{\left( {\frac{{\sin x}} {x}} \right)}^2}{e^{itx}}dx}.

The trick here is to use the Fourier transform. Thanks to ZY for teaching me this interesting technique.

In \mathbb R, the Fourier transform of function f, denoted by \mathcal F[f], is defined to be

\displaystyle \mathcal F[f](y) = \int_{ - \infty }^\infty {f(x){e^{ - 2\pi ixy}}dx}.

If we apply the Fourier transform twice to a function, we get a spatially reversed version of the function. Precisely,

\displaystyle\begin{gathered} \mathcal{F}\left[ {\mathcal{F}[f]} \right](z) = \int_{ - \infty }^\infty {\mathcal{F}[f](y){e^{ - 2\pi iyz}}dy} \hfill \\ \qquad\qquad= \int_{ - \infty }^\infty {\mathcal{F}[f](y){e^{2\pi iy( - z)}}dy} \hfill \\ \qquad\qquad= {\mathcal{F}^{ - 1}}\left[ {\mathcal{F}[f]} \right]( - z) \hfill \\ \qquad\qquad= f( - z) \hfill \\ \end{gathered}

where \mathcal F^{-1} denotes the inverse Fourier transform.

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August 16, 2010

The Moser-Trudinger inequality for domains with holes

Filed under: PDEs — Tags: — Ngô Quốc Anh @ 2:42

In this entry, we are interested in the following result

Theorem (Moser-Trudinger’s inequality for domains with holes). Let \Omega be a bounded smooth domain in \mathbb R^2. Let S_1 and S_2 be two subsets of \overline \Omega satisfying

{\rm dist}(S_1,S_2) \geqslant \delta_0>0

and let \gamma_0 be a number satisfying \gamma_0 \in \left(0,\frac{1}{2}\right). Then for any \varepsilon>0, there exists a constant c=c(\varepsilon, \delta_0, \gamma_0)>0 such that

\displaystyle\int_\Omega {{e^u}} \leqslant C\exp \left[ {\frac{1}{{32\pi - \varepsilon }}\int_\Omega {{{\left| {\nabla u} \right|}^2}} + C} \right]

holds for all u \in H_0^1(\Omega) satisfying

\displaystyle\frac{{\int_{{S_1}} {{e^u}} }}{{\int_\Omega {{e^u}} }} \geqslant {\gamma _0}, \quad \frac{{\int_{{S_2}} {{e^u}} }}{{\int_\Omega {{e^u}} }} \geqslant {\gamma _0}.

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August 13, 2010

An application of the (Moser-)Trudinger inequality to the mean field equations

Filed under: PDEs, Riemannian geometry — Tags: , , — Ngô Quốc Anh @ 5:05

Let (M,g) be a compact Riemannian surface with the volume |M|. The simplest form of the mean field equation studied in the contexts of the prescribing Gaussian curvature, statistical mechanics of many vortex points in the perfect fluid and self-dual gauss theories is given by

\displaystyle - {\Delta _g}u = \lambda \left( {\frac{{{e^u}}}{{\int_M {{e^u}d{v_g}} }} - \frac{1}{{|M|}}} \right), \quad \text{ on } M

with

\displaystyle\int_M {ud{v_g}} = 0

where \lambda is a real number.

The mean field equation has a variational structure, and u is a solution if and only if it is a critical point of

\displaystyle {J_\lambda }(v) = \frac{1}{2}\int_M {{{\left| {\nabla v} \right|}^2}d{v_g}} - \lambda \log \int_M {{e^v}d{v_g}}

defined for v \in H^1(M) with

\displaystyle\int_M {vd{v_g}} = 0.

It is worth noticing from this entry that so far our Moser-Trudinger’s inequality is just for \mathbb S^2

Theorem (Moser-Trudinger’s inequality for \mathbb S^2). There are constants \eta>0 and c=c(g)>0 such that for each p \geqslant 2

\displaystyle \log \overline\int_{{\mathbb{S}^2}} {{e^{2u}}d{v_{{g_c}}}} \leqslant \left[ {\frac{1}{{4\pi }}\int_{{\mathbb{S}^2}} {{{\left| {\nabla u} \right|}^2}d{v_{{g_c}}}} + 2\overline u } \right] + {C_2}

for all u \in W^{1,2}(\mathbb S^2).

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August 11, 2010

Two ways to present SU(3) Toda systems

Filed under: PDEs, Riemannian geometry — Ngô Quốc Anh @ 4:13

This entry is concerned with SU(3) Toda systems in non-abelian relativistic self-dual gauge theory. Usually, they are given by

\displaystyle\begin{gathered} - {\Delta _g}{u_1} = 2{\lambda _1}\left( {\frac{{{e^{{u_1}}}}}{{\int_M {{e^{{u_1}}}d{v_g}} }} - \frac{1}{{|M|}}} \right) - {\lambda _2}\left( {\frac{{{e^{{u_2}}}}}{{\int_M {{e^{{u_2}}}d{v_g}} }} - \frac{1}{{|M|}}} \right), \hfill \\ - {\Delta _g}{u_2} = - {\lambda _1}\left( {\frac{{{e^{{u_1}}}}}{{\int_M {{e^{{u_1}}}d{v_g}} }} - \frac{1}{{|M|}}} \right) + 2{\lambda _2}\left( {\frac{{{e^{{u_2}}}}}{{\int_M {{e^{{u_2}}}d{v_g}} }} - \frac{1}{{|M|}}} \right), \hfill \\ \end{gathered}

on M with

\displaystyle\int_M {{u_1}d{v_g}} = \int_M {{u_2}d{v_g}} = 0

where (M,g) denotes a compact Riemannian surface and \lambda_1, \lambda_2 are non-negative constants.

We now consider function h satisfying

\displaystyle - \Delta h =\frac{1}{|M|} \quad \text{ in } M

The existence of such a h will be considered later.

We now introduce

\displaystyle\begin{gathered} {v_1} = {u_1} - \log \int_M {{e^{{u_1}}}d{v_g}} - (2{\lambda _1} - {\lambda _2})h, \hfill \\ {v_2} = {u_2} - \log \int_M {{e^{{u_2}}}d{v_g}} - ( - {\lambda _1} + 2{\lambda _2})h. \hfill \\ \end{gathered}

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August 8, 2010

The nodal set of eigenfunctions

Filed under: PDEs — Ngô Quốc Anh @ 17:21

An eigenfunction \varphi is meant to be a solution of Dirichlet’s problem

\begin{cases}-\Delta \varphi = \lambda\varphi,&\text{ in } \Omega,\\\varphi=0,&\text{ on } \partial\Omega,\end{cases}

where

\displaystyle\Delta = \sum\limits_{k = 1}^n {\frac{{{\partial ^2}}}{{\partial x_k^2}}}

is the Laplacian, \Omega is a bounded smooth domain in \mathbb R^n, and \lambda is a constant (i.e. the corresponding eigenvalue).

It is well known that the first eigenfunction is positive in \Omega, and all higher eigenfunctions must change sign.

Definition. The nodal set of an eigenfunction \varphi is defined to be

\displaystyle N = \overline {\left\{ {x \in \Omega :\varphi (x) = 0} \right\}} .

To gain a better understanding of nodal sets let us consider a few examples.

Example 1. Let us consider the case when \Omega=(0,l) where the first four eigenfunctions had been shown.

Red points are nodal sets. In this case, we simply call nodal nodes. This comes from the fact that all eigenvalues \lambda_k and eigenfunctions \varphi_k are already known

\displaystyle{\varphi _k}(x) = \sqrt {\frac{2}{l}} \sin \left( {\frac{{n\pi }}{l}x} \right), \quad k \in \mathbb{N}.

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August 6, 2010

An upper bound for solutions via the maximum principle

Filed under: PDEs — Tags: , — Ngô Quốc Anh @ 1:29

It is known that [here] the following PDE

\displaystyle\begin{cases}\Delta u =e^u, & {\rm in } \, \mathbb R^2,\\\displaystyle\int_{\mathbb R^2}e^u<\infty.\end{cases}

has no C^2 solution. However, this is no longer true if we replace the whole space by a ball of radius R, say B_R(0). In this entry, we show that if u \in C^2(\overline B_R) is a solution of

\Delta u=e^u, \quad {\rm in }\; B_R

then

\displaystyle u(0) \leqslant \log 8- 2\log R.

To this purpose, let us recall the following

The Maximum Principle. Let assume U\subset \mathbb R^2 be open and bounded. We consider an elliptic operator L of the form

\displaystyle Lu = - \sum\limits_{i,j = 1}^2 {{a^{ij}}\frac{{{\partial ^2}u}}{{\partial {x_i}\partial {x_j}}} + \sum\limits_{k = 1}^2 {{b^k}\frac{{\partial u}}{{\partial {x_k}}}} } + cu

where coefficients are continuous and the standard uniform ellipticity condition holds.

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August 2, 2010

The Brezis-Merle inequality

Filed under: PDEs — Tags: — Ngô Quốc Anh @ 0:25

I am going to talk about uniform estimates and blow-up phenomena for solutions of

\displaystyle -\Delta u=V(x)e^u

in two dimensions done by Brezis and Merle around 1991 published in Comm. Partial Differential Equations [here]. As a first step, I am going to derive some inequality that we need later.

Assume \Omega \subset \mathbb R^2 is bounded domain and let u be a solution of

\displaystyle -\Delta u=f(x)

together with Dirichlet boundary condition. Here function f is assumed to be of class L^1(\Omega).

Theorem (Brezis-Merle). For every \delta \in (0,4\pi) we have

\displaystyle\int_\Omega {\exp \left[ {\frac{{(4\pi - \delta )|u(x)|}}{{{{\left\| f \right\|}_1}}}} \right]dx} \leqslant \frac{{4{\pi ^2}}}{\delta }{\rm diam}{(\Omega )^2}

where \|\cdot\|_1 denotes the L^1-norm and u a solution to our PDE.

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