Second Order Parabolic Differential Equations

Second Order Parabolic Differential Equations
Author: Gary M. Lieberman
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 472
Release: 1996
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9789810228835

Introduction. Maximum principles. Introduction to the theory of weak solutions. Hölder estimates. Existence, uniqueness, and regularity of solutions. Further theory of weak solutions. Strong solutions. Fixed point theorems and their applications. Comparison and maximum principles. Boundary gradient estimates. Global and local gradient bounds. Hölder gradient estimates and existence theorems. The oblique derivative problem for quasilinear parabolic equations. Fully nonlinear equations. Introduction. Monge-Ampère and Hessian equations.

Degenerate Parabolic Equations

Degenerate Parabolic Equations
Author: Emmanuele DiBenedetto
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1461208955

Evolved from the author's lectures at the University of Bonn's Institut für angewandte Mathematik, this book reviews recent progress toward understanding of the local structure of solutions of degenerate and singular parabolic partial differential equations.

Geometric Methods in PDE’s

Geometric Methods in PDE’s
Author: Giovanna Citti
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2015-10-31
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3319026666

The analysis of PDEs is a prominent discipline in mathematics research, both in terms of its theoretical aspects and its relevance in applications. In recent years, the geometric properties of linear and nonlinear second order PDEs of elliptic and parabolic type have been extensively studied by many outstanding researchers. This book collects contributions from a selected group of leading experts who took part in the INdAM meeting "Geometric methods in PDEs", on the occasion of the 70th birthday of Ermanno Lanconelli. They describe a number of new achievements and/or the state of the art in their discipline of research, providing readers an overview of recent progress and future research trends in PDEs. In particular, the volume collects significant results for sub-elliptic equations, potential theory and diffusion equations, with an emphasis on comparing different methodologies and on their implications for theory and applications.

Geometric Sturmian Theory of Nonlinear Parabolic Equations and Applications

Geometric Sturmian Theory of Nonlinear Parabolic Equations and Applications
Author: Victor A. Galaktionov
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2004-05-24
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0203998065

Unlike the classical Sturm theorems on the zeros of solutions of second-order ODEs, Sturm's evolution zero set analysis for parabolic PDEs did not attract much attention in the 19th century, and, in fact, it was lost or forgotten for almost a century. Briefly revived by Plya in the 1930's and rediscovered in part several times since, it was not un

Geometric Analysis

Geometric Analysis
Author: Peter Li
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2012-05-03
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1107020646

This graduate-level text demonstrates the basic techniques for researchers interested in the field of geometric analysis.

The Laplacian on a Riemannian Manifold

The Laplacian on a Riemannian Manifold
Author: Steven Rosenberg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 190
Release: 1997-01-09
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780521468312

This text on analysis of Riemannian manifolds is aimed at students who have had a first course in differentiable manifolds.

Comparison Finsler Geometry

Comparison Finsler Geometry
Author: Shin-ichi Ohta
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2021-10-09
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3030806502

This monograph presents recent developments in comparison geometry and geometric analysis on Finsler manifolds. Generalizing the weighted Ricci curvature into the Finsler setting, the author systematically derives the fundamental geometric and analytic inequalities in the Finsler context. Relying only upon knowledge of differentiable manifolds, this treatment offers an accessible entry point to Finsler geometry for readers new to the area. Divided into three parts, the book begins by establishing the fundamentals of Finsler geometry, including Jacobi fields and curvature tensors, variation formulas for arc length, and some classical comparison theorems. Part II goes on to introduce the weighted Ricci curvature, nonlinear Laplacian, and nonlinear heat flow on Finsler manifolds. These tools allow the derivation of the Bochner–Weitzenböck formula and the corresponding Bochner inequality, gradient estimates, Bakry–Ledoux’s Gaussian isoperimetric inequality, and functional inequalities in the Finsler setting. Part III comprises advanced topics: a generalization of the classical Cheeger–Gromoll splitting theorem, the curvature-dimension condition, and the needle decomposition. Throughout, geometric descriptions illuminate the intuition behind the results, while exercises provide opportunities for active engagement. Comparison Finsler Geometry offers an ideal gateway to the study of Finsler manifolds for graduate students and researchers. Knowledge of differentiable manifold theory is assumed, along with the fundamentals of functional analysis. Familiarity with Riemannian geometry is not required, though readers with a background in the area will find their insights are readily transferrable.

The Ricci Flow: An Introduction

The Ricci Flow: An Introduction
Author: Bennett Chow
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2004
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821835157

The Ricci flow is a powerful technique that integrates geometry, topology, and analysis. Intuitively, the idea is to set up a PDE that evolves a metric according to its Ricci curvature. The resulting equation has much in common with the heat equation, which tends to 'flow' a given function to ever nicer functions. By analogy, the Ricci flow evolves an initial metric into improved metrics. Richard Hamilton began the systematic use of the Ricci flow in the early 1980s and applied it in particular to study 3-manifolds. Grisha Perelman has made recent breakthroughs aimed at completing Hamilton's program. The Ricci flow method is now central to our understanding of the geometry and topology of manifolds.This book is an introduction to that program and to its connection to Thurston's geometrization conjecture. The authors also provide a 'Guide for the hurried reader', to help readers wishing to develop, as efficiently as possible, a nontechnical appreciation of the Ricci flow program for 3-manifolds, i.e., the so-called 'fast track'. The book is suitable for geometers and others who are interested in the use of geometric analysis to study the structure of manifolds. "The Ricci Flow" was nominated for the 2005 Robert W. Hamilton Book Award, which is the highest honor of literary achievement given to published authors at the University of Texas at Austin.

Analysis, Complex Geometry, and Mathematical Physics

Analysis, Complex Geometry, and Mathematical Physics
Author: Paul M. N. Feehan
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2015-07-21
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1470414643

This volume contains the proceedings of the Conference on Analysis, Complex Geometry and Mathematical Physics: In Honor of Duong H. Phong, which was held from May 7-11, 2013, at Columbia University, New York. The conference featured thirty speakers who spoke on a range of topics reflecting the breadth and depth of the research interests of Duong H. Phong on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday. A common thread, familiar from Phong's own work, was the focus on the interplay between the deep tools of analysis and the rich structures of geometry and physics. Papers included in this volume cover topics such as the complex Monge-Ampère equation, pluripotential theory, geometric partial differential equations, theories of integral operators, integrable systems and perturbative superstring theory.

Harmonic Analysis Techniques for Second Order Elliptic Boundary Value Problems

Harmonic Analysis Techniques for Second Order Elliptic Boundary Value Problems
Author: Carlos E. Kenig
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 162
Release: 1994
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821803093

In recent years, there has been a great deal of activity in the study of boundary value problems with minimal smoothness assumptions on the coefficients or on the boundary of the domain in question. These problems are of interest both because of their theoretical importance and the implications for applications, and they have turned out to have profound and fascinating connections with many areas of analysis. Techniques from harmonic analysis have proved to be extremely useful in these studies, both as concrete tools in establishing theorems and as models which suggest what kind of result might be true. Kenig describes these developments and connections for the study of classical boundary value problems on Lipschitz domains and for the corresponding problems for second order elliptic equations in divergence form. He also points out many interesting problems in this area which remain open.