On Dirichlet's Boundary Value Problem An Lp-Theory Based on a Genera

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268 Christian G. Simader Mathematisches Institut der Universit~t M~Jnchen, MLinchen/Deutschland

On Dirichlet's Boundary Value Problem An LP-Theory Based on a Generalization of G&rding's Inequality

Springer-Verlag Berlin-Heidelberg

New York 1972

A M S S u b j e c t Classifications (1970): 39 A 15, 35J 05, 35J 40

I S B N 3-540-05903-2 S p r i n g e r - V e r l a g B e r l i n • H e i d e l b e r g - N e w Y o r k I S B N 0-387-05903-2 S p r i n g e r - V e r l a g N e w Y o r k • H e i d e l b e r g • B e r l i n This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically those of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, broadcasting, reproduction by photocopying machine or similar means, and storage in data banks. Under § 54 of the German Copyright Law where copies are made for other than private use, a fee is payabie to the publisher, the amount of the fee to be determined by agreement with the publisher. © by Springer-Verlag Berlin - Heidelberg 1972. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 72-85089. Printed in Germany. Offsetdruck: Julius Beltz, Hemsbach/Bergstr.

Contents Outline Chapter I

I

A priori estimates for solutions of linear elliptic functional equations with constant coefficients

~3

8 I.

Some definitions. Formulation of & basic a priori estimate

13

8 2.

Construction of certain "testing functions"° Analytic tools

21

83.

Proofs of local and global a priori estimates and regularity theorems

41

Chapter II

: A representation for continuous linear functionals on ~ ' P ( G ) (I < p < ~ ) and its &pplications: A generalization of G~rding's inequality and existence theorems

84

84.

A representation for continuous linear functionals on w~'P(G) (I < p < ~)

85

85.

Bilinear forms and a generalization of the Lax-Milgram-theorem

97

86.

Some coerciviness inequalities generalizing G~rd!ng's inequality

101

Existence theorems in the case of uniformly strongly elliptic Dirichlet billnear forms

121

Chapter III

: Regularity and existence theorems for uniformly

133

elliptic functional equations

§8.

Some properties of the spaces

§9.

Differentiability theorems

137

§ 10.

Fredholm's alternative for uniformly elliptic functional equations

163

§11.

Further regularity theorems

186

wk'P(G)

134

IV Appendix

I

200

Appendix 2

228

List of notations

230

Bibliography

234

At this point I want to thank my academic teachers Prof. E. Heinz and Prof. E. Wienholtz.

Further I want to thank the editors of the

"Lecture Notes" Series,

Prof. A. Dold and Prof. B. Eckmann,

Springer-Verlag

and

for publishing my manuscript in this series. Last but

not least I thank Mr. G. Abersfelder for typing the manuscript.

Outline

The starting point of the study of elliptic boundary value problems was Dirichlet's p r o b l e m for the Laplacian

A .

lized as follows.

be a uniformly elliptic par-

Let

L =

7-

as(x)D s

This question is genera-

tial differential

Isl 0

= 0

(L*v

for every

equivalent

tion have to be