Boundary Value Problems
Volume 2011, Article ID 268032,27pages doi:10.1155/2011/268032
Research Article
Degenerate Anisotropic Differential Operators and Applications
Ravi Agarwal,
1Donal O’Regan,
2and Veli Shakhmurov
31Department of Mathematical Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901, USA
2Department of Mathematics, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
3Department of Electronics Engineering and Communication, Okan University, Akfirat, Tuzla 34959 Istanbul, Turkey
Correspondence should be addressed to Veli Shakhmurov,veli.sahmurov@okan.edu.tr Received 2 December 2010; Accepted 18 January 2011
Academic Editor: Gary Lieberman
Copyrightq2011 Ravi Agarwal et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The boundary value problems for degenerate anisotropic differential operator equations with variable coefficients are studied. Several conditions for the separability and Fredholmness in Banach-valuedLpspaces are given. Sharp estimates for resolvent, discreetness of spectrum, and completeness of root elements of the corresponding differential operators are obtained. In the last section, some applications of the main results are given.
1. Introduction and Notations
It is well known that many classes of PDEs, pseudo-Des, and integro-DEs can be expressed as differential-operator equationsDOEs. As a result, many authors investigated PDEs as a result of single DOEs. DOEs in H-valued Hilbert space valued function spaces have been studied extensively in the literaturesee1–14and the references therein. Maximal regularity properties for higher-order degenerate anisotropic DOEs with constant coefficients and nondegenerate equations with variable coefficients were studied in15,16.
The main aim of the present paper is to discuss the separability properties of BVPs for higher-order degenerate DOEs; that is,
n k1
akxDklkux Axux
|α:l|<1
AαxDαux fx, 1.1
where Dik ux γkxk∂/∂xkiux, γk are weighted functions, A and Aα are linear operators in a Banach SpaceE. The above DOE is a generalized form of an elliptic equation.
In fact, the special caselk2m,k1, . . . , nreduces1.1to elliptic form.
Note, the principal part of the corresponding differential operator is nonself- adjoint. Nevertheless, the sharp uniform coercive estimate for the resolvent, Fredholmness, discreetness of the spectrum, and completeness of root elements of this operator are established.
We prove that the corresponding differential operator is separable inLp; that is, it has a bounded inverse fromLp to the anisotropic weighted space Wp,γl. This fact allows us to derive some significant spectral properties of the differential operator. For the exposition of differential equations with bounded or unbounded operator coefficients in Banach-valued function spaces, we refer the reader to8,15–25.
Letγ γxbe a positive measurable weighted function on the regionΩ ⊂ Rn. Let Lp,γΩ;Edenote the space of all strongly measurableE-valued functions that are defined on Ωwith the norm
f
p,γ f
Lp,γΩ;E fxp
Eγxdx
1/p
, 1≤p <∞. 1.2 Forγx≡1, the spaceLp,γΩ;Ewill be denoted byLpΩ;E.
The weightγwe will consider satisfies anApcondition; that is,γ ∈ Ap, 1< p < ∞if there is a positive constantCsuch that
1
|Q|
Q
γxdx 1
|Q|
Q
γ−1/p−1xdx p−1
≤C, 1.3
for all cubesQ⊂Rn.
The Banach space E is called a UMD space if the Hilbert operator Hfx limε→0 |x−y|>εfy/x−ydyis bounded inLpR, E,p∈1,∞ see, e.g.,26. UMD spaces include, for example,Lp,lpspaces, and Lorentz spacesLpq,p,q∈1,∞.
LetC be the set of complex numbers and Sϕ
λ; λ∈C,argλ≤ϕ
∪ {0}, 0≤ϕ < π. 1.4
A linear operatorAis said to beϕ-positive in a Banach spaceEwith boundM >0 if DAis dense onEand
A λI−1
LE≤M1 |λ|−1, 1.5
for allλ∈Sϕ, ϕ∈0, π,Iis an identity operator inE, andBEis the space of bounded linear operators inE. SometimesA λIwill be written asA λand denoted byAλ. It is known27, Section 1.15.1that there exists fractional powersAθ of the sectorial operatorA. LetEAθ denote the spaceDAθwith graphical norm
u EAθ
u p Aθup1/p
, 1≤p <∞, −∞< θ <∞. 1.6 LetE1andE2be two Banach spaces. Now,E1, E2θ,p, 0< θ <1, 1≤p≤ ∞will denote interpolation spaces obtained from{E1, E2}by theKmethod27, Section 1.3.1.
A setW ⊂ BE1, E2is calledR-boundedsee3,25,26if there is a constantC >0 such that for allT1, T2, . . . , Tm∈Wandu1,u2, . . . , um∈E1,m∈N
1
0
m j1
rj y
Tjuj E2
dy≤C 1
0
m j1
rj y
uj E1
dy, 1.7
where{rj}is a sequence of independent symmetric{−1,1}-valued random variables on0,1.
The smallest C for which the above estimate holds is called an R-bound of the collectionWand is denoted byRW.
Let SRn;E denote the Schwartz class, that is, the space of all E-valued rapidly decreasing smooth functions on Rn. Let F be the Fourier transformation. A functionΨ ∈ CRn;BEis called a Fourier multiplier inLp,γRn;Eif the mapu → Φu F−1ΨξFu, u∈SRn;Eis well defined and extends to a bounded linear operator inLp,γRn;E. The set of all multipliers inLp,γRn;Ewill denoted byMp,γp,γE.
Let
Vn
ξ:ξ ξ1, ξ2, . . . , ξn∈Rn, ξj/0 , Un
β
β1, β2, . . . , βn
∈Nn:βk∈ {0,1}
. 1.8
Definition 1.1. A Banach spaceEis said to be a space satisfying a multiplier condition if, for anyΨ∈CnRn;BE, theR-boundedness of the set{ξβDβξΨξ:ξ∈Rn\0, β∈Un}implies thatΨis a Fourier multiplier inLp,γRn;E, that is,Ψ∈Mp,γp,γEfor anyp∈1,∞.
LetΨh ∈ Mp,γp,γEbe a multiplier function dependent on the parameterh ∈ Q. The uniformR-boundedness of the set{ξβDβΨhξ:ξ∈Rn\0, β∈U}; that is,
sup
h∈QR
ξβDβΨhξ:ξ∈Rn\0, β∈U
≤K 1.9
implies thatΨhis a uniform collection of Fourier multipliers.
Definition 1.2. Theϕ-positive operatorAis said to beR-positive in a Banach spaceEif there existsϕ∈0, πsuch that the set{AA ξI−1:ξ∈Sϕ}isR-bounded.
A linear operator Ax is said to be ϕ-positive in E uniformly in x if DAx is independent ofx,DAxis dense inEand Ax λI−1 ≤M/1 |λ|for anyλ ∈Sϕ, ϕ∈0, π.
Theϕ-positive operator Ax,x ∈ Gis said to be uniformlyR-positive in a Banach spaceEif there existsϕ ∈0, πsuch that the set{AxAx ξI−1 :ξ ∈Sϕ}is uniformly R-bounded; that is,
sup
x∈GR ξβDβ
AxAx ξI−1
:ξ∈Rn\0, β∈U
≤M. 1.10
Letσ∞E1, E2denote the space of all compact operators fromE1toE2. ForE1 E2E, it is denoted byσ∞E.
For two sequences{aj}∞1 and{bj}∞1 of positive numbers, the expressionaj∼bjmeans that there exist positive numbersC1andC2such that
C1aj≤bj≤C2aj. 1.11
Letσ∞E1, E2denote the space of all compact operators fromE1toE2. ForE1 E2E, it is denoted byσ∞E.
Now,sjAdenotes the approximation numbers of operatorAsee, e.g.,27, Section 1.16.1. Let
σqE1, E2
⎧⎨
⎩A:A∈σ∞E1, E2,∞
j1
sqjA<∞,1≤q <∞
⎫⎬
⎭. 1.12
LetE0andEbe two Banach spaces andE0continuously and densely embedded into Eandl l1, l2, . . . , ln.
We let Wp,γl Ω;E0, E denote the space of all functions u ∈ Lp,γΩ;E0 possessing generalized derivativesDlkku∂lku/∂xlkksuch thatDlkku∈Lp,γΩ;Ewith the norm
u Wp,γl Ω;E0,E u Lp,γΩ;E0 n
k1
Dlkku
Lp,γΩ;E<∞. 1.13
LetDkiux γkxk∂/∂xkiux. Consider the following weighted spaces of func- tions:
Wp,γlG;EA, E
u:u∈LpG;EA, Dlkku∈LpG;E,
u Wl
p,γG;EA,E u LpG;EA n
k1
Dklku
LpG;E
.
1.14
2. Background
The embedding theorems play a key role in the perturbation theory of DOEs. For estimating lower order derivatives, we use following embedding theorems from24.
Theorem A1. Letα α1, α2, . . . , αnandDαDα11Dα22· · ·Dαnnand suppose that the following con- ditions are satisfied:
1Eis a Banach space satisfying the multiplier condition with respect topandγ, 2Ais anR-positive operator inE,
3α α1, α2, . . . , αnandl l1, l2, . . . , lnaren-tuples of nonnegative integer such that κn
k1
αk
lk ≤1, 0≤μ≤1−κ, 1< p <∞, 2.1
4 Ω ⊂ Rn is a region such that there exists a bounded linear extension operator from Wp,γl Ω;EA, EtoWp,γl Rn;EA, E.
Then, the embeddingDαWp,γl Ω;EA, E ⊂ Lp,γΩ;EA1−κ−μ is continuous. Moreover, for all positive numberh <∞andu∈Wp,γl Ω;EA, E, the following estimate holds
Dαu Lp,γΩ;EA1−κ−μ ≤hμ u Wp,γl Ω;EA,E h−1−μ u Lp,γΩ;E. 2.2
Theorem A2. Suppose that all conditions of Theorem A1 are satisfied. Moreover, letγ ∈Ap,Ωbe a bounded region andA−1∈σ∞E. Then, the embedding
Wp,γl Ω;EA, E⊂Lp,γΩ;E 2.3
is compact.
Let SpAdenote the closure of the linear span of the root vectors of the linear operatorA.
From18, Theorem 3.4.1, we have the following.
Theorem A3. Assume that
1Eis an UMD space andAis an operator inσpE,p∈1,∞,
2μ1, μ2, . . . , μs are non overlapping, differentiable arcs in the complex plane starting at the origin. Suppose that each of thesregions into which the planes are divided by these arcs is contained in an angular sector of opening less thenπ/p,
3m >0 is an integer so that the resolvent ofAsatisfies the inequality Rλ, A O
|λ|−1
, 2.4
asλ → 0 along any of the arcsμ.
Then, the subspace SpAcontains the spaceE.
Let
G{x x1, x2, . . . , xn: 0< xk< bk}, γx xγ11x2γ2· · ·xnγn. 2.5 Let
βkxβkk, νn
k1
xνkk, γn
k1
xγkk. 2.6
Let I IWp,β,γl Ω;EA, E, Lp,γΩ;E denote the embedding operator Wp,β,γl Ω;EA, E → Lp,νΩ;E.
From15, Theorem 2.8, we have the following.
Theorem A4. LetE0andEbe two Banach spaces possessing bases. Suppose that 0≤γk< p−1, 0≤βk<1, νk−γk> p
βk−1
, 1< p <∞, sjIE0, E∼j−1/k0, k0 >0, j 1,2, . . . ,∞, κ0n
k1
γk−νk
p lk−βk
<1. 2.7
Then,
sj I
Wp,β,γl G;E0, E, Lp,νG;E
∼j−1/k0 κ0. 2.8
3. Statement of the Problem
Consider the BVPs for the degenerate anisotropic DOE n
k1
akxDklkux Ax λux
|α:l|<1
AαxDαux fx, 3.1
mkj
i0
αkjiDik uGk0 0, j1,2, . . . , dk,
mkj
i0
βkjiDik uGkb 0, j1,2, . . . , lk−dk, dk∈0, lk,
3.2
where
α α1, α2, . . . , αn, l l1, l2, . . . , ln, |α:l|n
k1
αk lk, G{x x1, x2, . . . , xn,0< xk< bk,}, α α1, α2, . . . , αn, Dα Dα1 1D2α2· · ·Dαnn, Dik ux
xγkkbk−xkνk ∂
∂xk i
ux,
0≤γk, νk<1− 1
p, k1,2, . . . , n, Gk0 x1, x2, . . . , xk−1,0, xk 1, . . . , xn, Gkb x1, x2, . . . , xk−1, bk, xk 1, . . . , xn, 0≤mkj≤lk−1,
xk x1, x2, . . . , xk−1, xk 1, . . . , xn, Gk
j /k
0, bj
, j, k1,2, . . . , n,
3.3
αjk,βjk,λare complex numbers,akare complex-valued functions onG,Ax, andAαxare linear operators inE. Moreover,γkandνkare such that
xk
0
xk−γkbk−xk−νkdxk<∞, xk∈0, bk, k 1,2, . . . , n. 3.4
A functionu∈Wp,γlG;EA, E, Lkj {u∈Wp,γlG;EA, E, Lkju0}and satisfying 3.1a.e. onGis said to be solution of the problem3.1-3.2.
We say the problem3.1-3.2 isLp-separable if for allf ∈ LpG;E, there exists a unique solutionu ∈ Wp,γlG;EA, Eof the problem 3.1-3.2and a positive constant C depending onlyG, p, γ, l, E, Asuch that the coercive estimate
n k1
Dlkku
LpG;E Au LpG;E≤Cf
LpG;E 3.5
holds.
LetQbe a differential operator generated by problem3.1-3.2withλ0; that is, DQ Wp,γl
G;EA, E, Lkj
,
Qun
k1
akxDlkku Axu
|α:l|<1
AαxDαu. 3.6
We say the problem3.1-3.2is Fredholm inLpG;Eif dimKerQdimKerQ∗<∞, whereQ∗is a conjugate ofQ.
Remark 3.1. Under the substitutions
τk xk
0
x−γkkbk−xk−νkdxk, k1,2, . . . , n, 3.7
the spaces LpG;E and Wp,γlG;EA, E are mapped isomorphically onto the weighted spacesLp, γG;EandWp, lγG;EA, E, where
Gn
k1
0,bk , bk
bk
0
xk−γkbk−xk−νkdxk. 3.8
Moreover, under the substitution3.7the problem3.1-3.2reduces to the nondegenerate BVP
n k1
akτDklkuτ
Aτ λ
uτ
|α:l|<1
AατDαuτ fτ,
mkj
i0
αkjiDkiu Gk0
0, j1,2, . . . , dk, xk∈Gk,
mkj
i0
βkjiDiku Gkb
0, xk∈Gk, j1,2, . . . , lk−dk, dk∈0, lk,
3.9
where
Gk0 τ1, τ2, . . . , τk−1,0, τk 1, . . . , τn, Gkb
τ1, τ2, . . . , τk−1,bk, τk 1, . . . , τn
, akτ akx1τ, x2τ, . . . , xnτ, Aτ Aakx1τ, x2τ, . . . , xnτ, Akτ Akakx1τ, x2τ, . . . , xnτ, γτ γx1τ, x2τ, . . . , xnτ.
3.10
By denotingτ,G,Gk0,Gkb,akτ,Aτ,Aky,γkτagain byx,G,Gk0,Gkb,akx,Ax, Akx,γk, respectively, we get
n k1
akxDlkkux Aλxux
|α:l|<1
AαxDαux fx,
mkj
i0
αkjiDikuGkb 0, j1,2, . . . , lk−dk, xk∈Gk,
mkj
i0
βkjiDikuGkb 0, xk∈Gk, j1,2, . . . , lk−dk, dk∈0, lk.
3.11
4. BVPs for Partial DOE
Let us first consider the BVP for the anisotropic type DOE with constant coefficients
L λun
k1
akDlkkux A λux fx,
Lkjufkj, j 1,2, . . . , dk, Lkjufkj, j1,2, . . . , lk−dk,
4.1
where
Dik ux
xγkk ∂
∂xk
i
ux, 4.2
Lkj are boundary conditions defined by 3.2, ak are complex numbers, λ is a complex parameter, andAis a linear operator in a Banach spaceE. Letωk1, ωk2, . . . , ωklk be the roots of the characteristic equations
akωlk 10, k1,2, . . . , n. 4.3
Now, let
Fkj Yk, Xk1−γk pmkj/plk,p, XkLpGk;E, YkWp,γlkkGk;EA, E, lk l1, l2, . . . , lk−1, lk 1, . . . , ln, γk
xγ11, xγ22, . . . , xγk−1k−1, xγk 1k 1, . . . , xnln , Gkx0 x1, x2, . . . , xk−1, xk0, xk 1, . . . , xn.
4.4
By applying the trace theorem27, Section 1.8.2, we have the following.
Theorem A5. Letlkandjbe integer numbers, 0≤j ≤lk−1,θj 1−γk pj 1/plk,xk0∈0, bk. Then, for anyu ∈ Wp,γl G;E0, E, the transformationsu → DkjuGkx0are bounded linear from Wp,γl G;E0, EontoFkj, and the following inequality holds:
DjkuGkx0
Fkj
≤C u Wp,γl G;E0,E. 4.5
Proof. It is clear that
Wp,γl G;E0, E Wp,γlkk0, bk;Yk, Xk. 4.6
Then, by applying the trace theorem27, Section 1.8.2to the spaceWp,γlkk0, bk;Yk, Xk, we obtain the assertion.
Condition 1. Assume that the following conditions are satisfied:
1Eis a Banach space satisfying the multiplier condition with respect top ∈ 1,∞ and the weight functionγ !n
k1xγkk, 0≤γk<1−1/p;
2Ais anR-positive operator inEforϕ∈0, π/2;
3ak/0, and argωkj−π≤ π
2 −ϕ, j1,2, . . . , dk, argωkj≤ π
2 −ϕ, jdk 1, . . . , lk 4.7 for 0< dk< lk,k1,2, . . . , n.
LetBdenote the operator inLpG;Egenerated by BVP4.1. In15, Theorem 5.1the following result is proved.
Theorem A6. Let Condition1be satisfied. Then,
athe problem4.1forf ∈LpG;Eand|argλ| ≤ϕwith sufficiently large|λ|has a unique solutionuthat belongs toWplG;EA, Eand the following coercive uniform estimate holds:
n k1 lk
i0
|λ|1−i/lkDik u
LpG;E Au LpG;E≤Mf
LpG;E, 4.8
bthe operatorBisR-positive inLpG;E.
From Theorems A5 and A6 we have.
Theorem A7. Suppose that Condition1is satisfied. Then, for sufficiently large|λ|with|argλ| ≤ϕ the problem4.1has a unique solutionu ∈Wp,γlG;EA, Efor allf ∈ LpG;Eandfkj ∈ Fkj. Moreover, the following uniform coercive estimate holds:
n k1
lk
i0
|λ|1−i/lkDik u
LpG;E Au LpG;E≤Mf
LpG;E
n k1
lk
j1
fkj
Fkj. 4.9
Consider BVP3.11. Letωk1x, ωk2x, . . . , ωklkxbe roots of the characteristic equations akxωlk 10, k1,2, . . . , n. 4.10 Condition 2. Suppose the following conditions are satisfied:
1ak/0 and
argωkj−π≤ π
2 −ϕ, j1,2, . . . , dk, argωkj≤ π
2 −ϕ, jdk 1, . . . , lk,
4.11
for
0< dk< lk, k1,2, . . . , n, ϕ∈ 0,π
2
, 4.12
2Eis a Banach space satisfying the multiplier condition with respect top ∈ 1,∞ and the weighted functionγ!n
k1xγkkbk−xkγk, 0≤γk<1−1/p.
Remark 4.1. Letl 2mk andak −1mkbkx, wherebk are real-valued positive functions.
Then, Condition2is satisfied forϕ∈0, π/2.
Consider the inhomogenous BVP3.1-3.2; that is,
L λuf, Lkjufkj. 4.13 Lemma 4.2. Assume that Condition2is satisfied and the following hold:
1Axis a uniformlyR-positive operator inEforϕ ∈0, π/2, andakxare continuous functions onG,λ∈Sϕ,
2AxA−1x∈CG;BEandA∞A1−|α:l|−μ∈L∞G;BEfor 0< μ <1− |α:l|.
Then, for allλ ∈ Sϕand for sufficiently large|λ|the following coercive uniform estimate holds:
n k1
lk
i0
|λ|1−i/lkDiku
Lp,γG;E Au Lp,γG;E≤Cf
Lp,γG;E
n k1
lk
j1
fkj
Fkj, 4.14
for the solution of problem4.13.
Proof. Let G1,G2, . . . , GN be regions covering G and let ϕ1, ϕ2, . . . , ϕN be a corresponding partition of unity; that is, ϕj ∈ C∞0, σj suppϕj ⊂ Gj and "N
j1ϕjx 1. Now, for u∈Wp,γl G;EA, Eandujx uxϕjx, we get
L λujn
k1
akxDlkkujx Aλxujx fjx, Lkiuj Φki, 4.15
where
fj fϕj n k1
ak
|α:l|<1
Aαxn
k1 αk−1
i0
CαikDαkk−iϕjDiku−
|α:l|<1
ϕjAαxDαux, ΦkiϕjLkiu Bki
ϕj
Lkiu,
4.16
here, Lki and Bki are boundary operators which orders less than mki − 1. Freezing the coefficients of4.15, we have
n k1
ak x0j
Dlkkujx Aλ x0j
ujx Fj, Lkiuj Φki, i1,2, . . . , lk, k 1,2, . . . , n,
4.17
where
Fjfj
#A x0j
−Ax$ uj
n k1
#akx−a x0j
$Dlkkujx. 4.18
It is clear thatγx∼!n
k1xγkkon neighborhoods ofGj∩Gk0and
γx∼n
k1
bk−xkνk, 4.19
on neighborhoods of Gj ∩Gkb and γx ∼ Cj on other parts of the domains Gj, where Cj are positive constants. Hence, the problems4.17are generated locally only on parts of the boundary. Then, by Theorem A7 problem4.17has a unique solutionujand for|argλ| ≤ϕ the following coercive estimate holds:
n k1
lk
i0
|λ|1−i/lkDikuj
Gj,p,γ Auj
Gj,p,γ≤C
%Fj
Gj,p,γ
n k1
lk
i1
Φkj
Fki
&
. 4.20
From the representation ofFj,Φkiand in view of the boundedness of the coefficients, we get Fj
Gj,p,γ≤fj
Gj,p,γ #A x0j
−Ax$ uj
Gj,p,γ
n k1
#
akx−a x0j$
Dklkujx
Gj,p,γ, Φkj
Fki≤ϕjLkiu
Fki Bj ϕj
Lkiu
Fki ≤M
Lkiu Fki Lkiu
Fki
.
4.21 Now, applying Theorem A1 and by using the smoothness of the coefficients of4.16,4.18 and choosing the diameters ofσjso small, we see there is anε >0 andCεsuch that
Fj
Gj,p,γ ≤fj
Gj,p,γ εA x0j
uj
Gj,p,γ ε n k1
Dklkujx
Gj,p,γ
≤fϕj
Gj,p,γ M
|α:l|<1
AαxDαujx
Gj,p,γ εuj
Wp,γl Gj;EA,E
≤fϕj
Gj,p,γ εuj
Wp,γl Gj;EA,E Cεuj
Gj,p,γ.
4.22
Then, using Theorem A5 and using the smoothness of the coefficients of4.16,4.18, we get Φki Fkj ≤M
Lkiu Fki Lkiu
Fki
≤M
Lkiu Fki uj
Wp,γlk−10,bkj;Yk,Xk
. 4.23
Now, using Theorem A1, we get that there is anε >0 andCεsuch that uj
Wp,γklk−10,bkj;Yk,Xk≤εuj
Wp,γklk 0,bkj;Yk,Xk Cεuj
Lp,γk
≤εuj
Wp,γl Gj;EA,E Cεuj
Gj,p,γ,
4.24
where
0, bkj
0, bk∩Gj. 4.25
Using the above estimates, we get Φkj
Fki≤M Lkiu Fki εuj
Wp,γl Gj;EA,E Cεuj
Gj,p,γ. 4.26
Consequently, from4.22–4.26, we have n
k1 lk
i0
|λ|1−i/lkDikuj
Gj,p,γ
Auj
Gj,p,γ
≤Cf
Gj,p,γ εuj
Wp,γ2 Mεuj
Gj,p,γ C n k1
lk
i1
fki
Fki.
4.27
Choosingε <1 from the above inequality, we obtain n
k1 lk
i0
|λ|1−i/lkDkiuj
Gj,p,γ
Auj
Gj,p,γ ≤C
%f
Gj,p,γ uj
Gj,p,γ
n k1
lk
i1
fki
Fki
&
. 4.28
Then, by using the equalityux "N
j1ujxand the above estimates, we get4.14.
Condition 3. Suppose that part1.1of Condition1is satisfied and thatEis a Banach space satisfying the multiplier condition with respect top∈1,∞and the weighted functionγ
!n
k1xγkkbk−xkνk, 0≤γk,νk<1−1/p.
Consider the problem3.11. Reasoning as in the proof ofLemma 4.2, we obtain.
Proposition 4.3. Assume Condition3hold and suppose that
1Ax is a uniformly R-positive operator in E for ϕ ∈ 0, π/2, and that akx are continuous functions onG,λ∈Sϕ,
2AxA−1x∈CG;BEandA∞A1−|α:l|−μ∈L∞G;BEfor 0< μ <1− |α:l|.
Then, for allλ ∈ Sϕand for sufficiently large|λ|, the following coercive uniform estimate holds
n k1
lk
i0
|λ|1−i/lkDiku
Lp,γG;E Au Lp,γG;E ≤Cf
Lp,γG;E, 4.29
for the solution of problem3.11.
LetOdenote the operator generated by problem3.11forλ0; that is, DO Wp,γl
G;EA, E, Lkj
,
Oun
k1
akxDklku Axu
|α:l|<1
AαxDαu. 4.30
Theorem 4.4. Assume that Condition3is satisfied and that the following hold:
1Axis a uniformlyR-positive operator inE, andakxare continuous functions onG, 2AxA−1x∈CG;BE, andAαA1−|α:l|−μ∈L∞G;BEfor 0< μ <1− |α:l|.
Then, problem3.11has a unique solutionu ∈ Wp,γl G;EA, Eforf ∈ Lp,γG;Eand λ∈Sϕwith large enough|λ|. Moreover, the following coercive uniform estimate holds:
n k1
lk
i0
|λ|1−i/lkDiku
Lp,γG;E Au Lp,γG;E ≤Cf
Lp,γG;E. 4.31
Proof. ByProposition 4.3foru∈Wp,γl G;EA, E, we have n
k1 lk
i0
|λ|1−i/lkDiku
p,γ Au p,γ ≤C
L λu p,γ u p,γ
. 4.32
It is clear that u p,γ 1
|λ| L λu−Lu p,γ ≤ 1
|λ|
L λu p,γ Lu p,γ
. 4.33
Hence, by using the definition ofWp,γl G;EA, Eand applying Theorem A1, we obtain
u p,γ ≤ 1
|λ|
L λu p,γ u Wp,γl G;EA,E
. 4.34
From the above estimate, we have n
k1 lk
i0
|λ|1−i/lkDiku
p,γ Au p,γ ≤C L λu p,γ. 4.35
The estimate4.35implies that problem3.11has a unique solution and that the operator O λhas a bounded inverse in its rank space. We need to show that this rank space coincides with the spaceLp,γG;E; that is, we have to show that for allf ∈Lp,γG;E, there is a unique solution of the problem3.11. We consider the smooth functionsgj gjxwith respect to a partition of unityϕj ϕjyon the regionGthat equals one on suppϕj, where suppgj ⊂Gj
and |gjx| < 1. Let us construct for allj the functions uj that are defined on the regions ΩjG∩Gjand satisfying problem3.11. The problem3.11can be expressed as
n k1
ak x0j
Dklkujx Aλ x0j
ujx
gj
⎧⎨
⎩f # A
x0j
−Ax$ uj
n k1
#akx−ak x0j$
Dklkuj−
|α:l|<1
AαxDαuj
⎫⎬
⎭, Lkiuj0, j 1,2, . . . , N.
4.36
Consider operatorsOjλinLp,γGj;Ethat are generated by the BVPs4.17; that is, D
Ojλ
Wp,γl
Gj;EA, E, Lki
, i1,2, . . . , lk, k1,2, . . . , n,
Ojλun
k1
ak x0j
Dlkkujx Aλ x0j
ujx, j1, . . . , N. 4.37