Carleman Estimates for Second Order Elliptic Operators with Limiting Weights, an Elementary Approach

2023/10/01 by Li, Zengyu, Lü, Qi
#35R30 #Analysis of PDEs (math.AP) #FOS: Mathematics #Optimization and Control (math.OC)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2310.00700

Abstract

By using some deep tools from microlocal analysis, the authors of the papers (Ann. of Math., 165 (2007), 567--591, J. Amer. Math. Soc., 23 (2010), 655--691; Invent. Math., 178 (2009), 119--171; Duke Math. J., 158(2011), 83--120) have successfully established various Carleman estimates for elliptic operators that possess limiting Carleman weight. In this study, we revisit these problems and present a unified and fundamental approach for deriving these estimates. The main tool we employ is an elementary pointwise estimate for second-order elliptic operators.

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