2019/12/11 by Mourad Choulli, Choulli, Mourad
Computer Science · Mathematics · #35-01 #35J15 #35J25 #Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering #Analysis of PDEs (math.AP) #Differential Equations and Boundary Problems #Differential Equations and Numerical Methods #FOS: Mathematics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1912.05497
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This course is intended as an introduction to the analysis of elliptic partial differential equations. The objective is to provide a large overview of the different aspects of elliptic partial differential equations and their modern treatment. Besides variational and Schauder methods we study the unique continuation property and the stability for Cauchy problems. The derivation of the unique continuation property and the stability for Cauchy problems relies on a Carleman inequality. This inequality is efficient to establish three-ball type inequalities which are the main tool in the continuation argument. We know that historically a central role in the analysis of partial differential equations is played by their fundamental solutions. We added an appendix dealing with the construction of a fundamental solution by the so-called Levi parametrix method. We tried as much as possible to render this course self-contained. Moreover each chapter contains many exercices and problems. We have provided detailed solutions of these exercises and problems. The most parts of this course consist in an enhanced version of courses given by the author in both undergraduate and graduate levels during several years. Remarks and comments that can help to improve this course are welcome.