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Tuoc Phan

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arXiv2018

Liouville type theorems for 3D stationary Navier-Stokes equations in weighted mixed-norm Lebesgue spaces

This work studies the system of $3D$ stationary Navier-Stokes equations. Several Liouville type theorems are established for solutions in mixed-norm Lebesgue spaces and weighted mixed-norm Lebesgue spaces. In particular, we show that, under some sufficient conditions in mixed-norm Lebesgue spaces, solutions of the stationary Navier-Stokes equations are identically zero. This result covers the important case that solutions may decay to zero with different rates in different spatial directions, and some these rates could be significantly slow. In the un-mixed norm case, the result recovers available results. With some additional geometric assumptions on the supports of solutions, this work also provides several other important Liouville type theorems for solutions in weighted mixed-norm Lebesgue spaces. To prove the results, we establish some new results on mixed-norm and weighted mixed-norm estimates for Navier-Stokes equations. All of these results are new and could be useful in other studies.

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arXiv2018

Weighted mixed-norm $L_p$-estimates for elliptic and parabolic equations in non-divergence form with singular degenerate coefficients

In this paper, we study both elliptic and parabolic equations in non-divergence form with singular degenerate coefficients. Weighted and mixed-norm $L_p$-estimates and solvability are established under some suitable partially weighted BMO regularity conditions on the coefficients. When the coefficients are constants, the operators are reduced to extensional operators which arise in the study of fractional heat equations and fractional Laplace equations. Our results are new even in this setting and in the unmixed case. For the proof, we establish both interior and boundary Lipschitz estimates for solutions and for higher order derivatives of solutions to homogeneous equations. We then employ the perturbation method by using the Fefferman-Stein sharp function theorem, the Hardy-Littlewood maximum function theorem, as well as a weighted Hardy's inequality.

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arXiv2018

Regularity theory for parabolic equations with singular degenerate coefficients

In this paper, we study parabolic equations in divergence form with coefficients that are singular degenerate as some Muckenhoupt weight functions in one spatial variable. Under certain conditions, weighted reverse Hölder's inequalities are established. Lipschitz estimates for weak solutions are proved for homogeneous equations with singular degenerate coefficients depending only on one spatial variable. These estimates are then used to establish interior, boundary, and global weighted estimates of Calderón-Zygmund type for weak solutions, assuming that the coefficients are partially VMO (vanishing mean oscillations) with respect to the considered weights. The solvability in weighted Sobolev spaces is also achieved. Our results are new even for elliptic equations, and non-trivially extend known results for uniformly elliptic and parabolic equations. The results are also useful in the study of fractional elliptic and parabolic equations with measurable coefficients.

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arXiv2018

On higher integrability estimates for elliptic equations with singular coefficients

In this note we establish existence and uniqueness of weak solutions of linear elliptic equation $\text{div}[\mathbf{A}(x) \nabla u] = \text{div}{\mathbf{F}(x)}$, where the matrix $\mathbf{A}$ is just measurable and its skew-symmetric part can be unbounded. Global reverse Hölder's regularity estimates for gradients of weak solutions are also obtained. Most importantly, we show, by providing an example, that boundedness and ellipticity of $\mathbf{A}$ is not sufficient for higher integrability estimates even when the symmetric part of $\mathbf{A}$ is the identity matrix. In addition, the example also shows the necessity of the dependence of $α$ in the Hölder $C^α$-regularity theory on the \textup{BMO}-semi norm of the skew-symmetric part of $\mathbf{A}$. The paper is an extension of classical results obtained by N. G. Meyers (1963) in which the skew-symmetric part of $\mathbf{A}$ is assumed to be zero.

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arXiv2017

On $W^{1,p}$-regularity estimate for a class of generalized Stokes systems and its applications to the Navier-Stokes equations

This paper establishes global weighted Calderón-Zygmund type regularity estimates for weak solutions of a class of generalized Stokes systems in divergence form. The focus of the paper is on the case that the coefficients in the divergence-form Stokes operator consist of symmetric and skew-symmetric parts, which are both discontinuous. Moreover, the skew-symmetric part is not required to be bounded and therefore it could be singular. Sufficient conditions on the coefficients are provided to ensure the global weighted $W^{1,p}$-regularity estimates for weak solutions of the systems. As a direct application, we show that our $W^{1,p}$-regularity results give some criteria in critical spaces for the global regularity of weak Leray-Hopf solutions of the Navier-Stokes system of equation

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arXiv2017

Regularity gradient estimates for weak solutions of singular quasi-linear parabolic equations

This paper studies the Sobolev regularity estimates of weak solutions of a class of singular quasi-linear elliptic problems of the form $u_t - \mbox{div}[\mathbb{A}(x,t,u,\nabla u)]= \mbox{div}[{\mathbf F}]$ with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions over bounded spatial domains. Our main focus is on the case that the vector coefficients $\mathbb{A}$ are discontinuous and singular in $(x,t)$-variables, and dependent on the solution $u$. Global and interior weighted $W^{1,p}(Ω, ω)$-regularity estimates are established for weak solutions of these equations, where $ω$ is a weight function in some Muckenhoupt class of weights. The results obtained are even new for linear equations, and for $ω=1$, because of the singularity of the coefficients in $(x,t)$-variables

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arXiv2017

Weighted Calderón-Zygmund estimates for weak solutions of quasi-linear degenerate elliptic equations

This paper studies the Sobolev regularity estimates for weak solutions of a class of degenerate, and singular quasi-linear elliptic problems of the form $\text{div}[\mathbf{A}(x,u, \nabla u)]= \text{div}[\mathbf{F}]$ with non-homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions over bounded non-smooth domains. The coefficients $\mathbf{A}$ could be be singular, and degenerate or both in $x$ in the sense that they behave like some weight function $μ$, which is in the $A_2$ class of Muckenhoupt weights. Global and interior weighted $W^{1,p}(Ω, ω)$-regularity estimates are established for weak solutions of these equations with some other weight function $ω$. The results obtained are even new for the case $μ=1$ because of the dependence on the solution $u$ of $\mathbf{A}$. In case of linear equations, our $W^{1,p}$-regularity estimates can be viewed as the Sobolev's counterpart of the Hölder's regularity estimates established by B. Fabes, C. E. Kenig, and R. P. Serapioni.

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arXiv2017

A note on local $W^{1,p}$-regularity estimates for weak solutions of parabolic equations with singular divergence-free drifts

We investigate weighted Sobolev regularity of weak solutions of non-homogeneous parabolic equations with singular divergence-free drifts. Assuming that the drifts satisfy some mild regularity conditions, we establish local weighted $L^p$-estimates for the gradients of weak solutions. Our results improve the classical one to the borderline case by replacing the $L^\infty$-assumption on solutions by solutions in the John-Nirenberg \textup{BMO} space. The results are also generalized to parabolic equations in divergence form with small oscillation elliptic symmetric coefficients and therefore improve many known results.

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arXiv2016

Weighted $W^{1,p}$- estimates for weak solutions of degenerate elliptic equations with coefficients degenerate in one variable

This paper studies the Sobolev regularity of weak solution of degenerate elliptic equations in divergence form $\text{div}[\mathbf{A}(X) \nabla u] = \text{div}[\mathbf{F}(X)]$, where $X = (x,y) \in \mathbb{R}^{n} \times \mathbb{R}$ . The coefficient matrix $\mathbf{A}(X)$ is a symmetric, measurable $(n+1) \times (n+1)$ matrix, and it could be degenerate or singular in the one dimensional $y$-variable as a weight function in the Muckenhoupt class $A_2$ of weights. Our results give weighted Sobolev regularity estimates of Calderón-Zygmund type for weak solutions of this class of singular, degenerate equations. As an application of these estimates, we establish global Sobolev regularity estimates for solutions of the spectral fractional elliptic equation with measurable coefficients. This result can be considered as the Sobolev counterpart of the recently established Schauder regularity theory of fractional elliptic equations.

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arXiv2016

Weighted-$W^{1,p}$ estimates for weak solutions of degenerate and singular elliptic equations

Global weighted $L^{p}$-estimates are obtained for the gradient of solutions to a class of linear singular, degenerate elliptic Dirichlet boundary value problems over a bounded non-smooth domain. The coefficient matrix is symmetric, nonnegative definite, and both its smallest and largest eigenvalues are proportion to a weight in a Muckenhoupt class. Under a smallness condition on the mean oscillation of the coefficients with the weight and a Reifenberg flatness condition on the boundary of the domain, we establish a weighted gradient estimate for weak solutions of the equation. A class of degenerate coefficients satisfying the smallness condition is characterized. A counter example to demonstrate the necessity of the smallness condition on the coefficients is given. Our $W^{1,p}$-regularity estimates can be viewed as the Sobolev's counterpart of the Hölder's regularity estimates established by B. Fabes, C. E. Kenig, and R. P. Serapioni in 1982.

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arXiv2015

Interior gradient estimates for quasilinear elliptic equations

We study quasilinear elliptic equations of the form $\text{div} \mathbf{A}(x,u,\nabla u) = \text{div}\mathbf{F} $ in bounded domains in $\mathbb{R}^n$, $n\geq 1$. The vector field $\mathbf{A}$ is allowed to be discontinuous in $x$, Lipschitz continuous in $u$ and its growth in the gradient variable is like the $p$-Laplace operator with $1 p$, and we show that similar results also hold true in the setting of {\it Orlicz} spaces. Our regularity estimates extend results which are only known for the case $\mathbf{A}$ is independent of $u$ and they complement the well-known interior $C^{1,α}$- estimates obtained by DiBenedetto \cite{D} and Tolksdorf \cite{T} for general quasilinear elliptic equations.

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arXiv2015

Local gradient estimates for degenerate elliptic equations

This paper is focused on the local interior $W^{1,\infty}$-regularity for weak solutions of degenerate elliptic equations of the form $\text{div}[\mathbf{a}(x,u, \nabla u)] +b(x, u, \nabla u) =0$, which include those of $p$-Laplacian type. We derive an explicit estimate of the local $L^\infty$-norm for the solution's gradient in terms of its local $L^p$-norm. Specifically, we prove \begin{equation*} \|\nabla u\|_{L^\infty(B_{\frac{R}{2}}(x_0))}^p \leq \frac{C}{|B_R(x_0)|}\int_{B_R(x_0)}|\nabla 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.

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arXiv2011

Normal form for the symmetry-breaking bifurcation in the nonlinear Schrodinger equation

We derive and justify a normal form reduction of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation for a general pitchfork bifurcation of the symmetric bound state that occurs in a double-well symmetric potential. We prove persistence of normal form dynamics for both supercritical and subcritical pitchfork bifurcations in the time-dependent solutions of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation over long but finite time intervals.

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