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A note on fractional spaces generated by the positive operator with periodic conditions and applications
Boundary Value Problems volume 2015, Article number: 31 (2015)
Abstract
In this study, the second order differential operator \(A^{x}\) defined by the formula \(A^{x}u=-u_{xx}(x)+\delta u(x)\), \(\delta \geq 0\), with domain \(D(A^{x})= \{ u(x):u(x),u^{\prime }(x),u^{\prime \prime } (x)\in C(R^{1}), u(x)=u(x+2\pi ),x\in R^{1}, \int_{0}^{2\pi}u(x)\,dx=0 \} \) is considered. The Green function of the differential operator \(A^{x}\) is constructed. The estimates for the Green function are obtained. It is proved that for any \(\alpha\in(0,\frac{1}{2})\), the norms in the spaces \(E_{\alpha }=E_{\alpha}(\mathring{C} (R^{1} ),A^{x})\) and \(\mathring{C}^{2\alpha} (R^{1} )\) are equivalent.
The positivity of the operator \(A^{x}\) in Hölder spaces of \(\mathring{C}^{2\alpha} (R^{1} )\), \(\alpha\in (0,\frac{1}{2})\), is proved. In the applications, theorems on well-posedness of local and nonlocal boundary value problems for elliptic equations in the Hölder spaces are obtained.
1 Introduction
Various problems for partial differential equations can be considered as an abstract boundary value problem for an ordinary differential equation in a Banach space E with a densely defined unbounded space operator A. The role played by positivity of the differential and difference operators in a Banach space in the study of various properties of boundary value problems for partial differential equations, of stability of difference schemes for partial differential equations and summation of Fourier series is well known [1–5]. The positivity of a wider class of differential and difference operators in Banach spaces has been studied by many researchers [6–25].
Let E be a Banach space and \(A:D(A)\subset E\rightarrow E\) be a linear unbounded operator densely defined in E. A is called a positive operator in the Banach space if the operator \((\lambda I+A)\) has a bounded inverse in E and for any \(\lambda \geq 0\), the following estimate holds:
Throughout the present paper, M denotes positive constants, which may differ in time and thus is not a subject of precision. However, we will use \(M(\alpha ,\beta ,\ldots)\) to stress the fact that the constant depends only on \(\alpha ,\beta ,\ldots \) .
For a positive operator A in the Banach space E, let us introduce the fractional spaces \(E_{\alpha }=E_{\alpha }(E,A) \) (\(0<\alpha <1\)) consisting of those \(v\in E\) for which the norm
is finite.
Let us introduce the Banach space \(C^{\beta } ( R^{1} ) \), \(\beta \in (0,\frac{1}{2})\), of all continuous 2π periodic functions \(\varphi (x)\) defined on \(R^{1}\) and satisfying a Hölder condition for which the following norm is finite:
where \(\mathring{C} ( R^{1} ) \) is the Banach space of all continuous 2π periodic functions \(\varphi (x)\) defined on \(R^{1}\) with the norm
In [3], a new method of summations of Fourier series converging in
is presented. It is based on the following result on the positivity of the differential operator \(A^{x}\) defined by the formula
with domain
Theorem 1.1
[3]
The operator \(( A^{x}+\lambda )\) has a bounded in \(\mathring{C} ( R^{1} ) \) inverse for \(\delta =0\), \(\lambda \geq 0\) and the following estimate holds:
It is easy to see that (2) is true for all \(\delta >0\).
In the present study, the resolvent equation of the operator \(A^{x}\)
or
will be investigated. The Green function of \(A^{x}\) is constructed. The estimates for the Green function are obtained. It is proved that for any \(\alpha \in (0,\frac{1}{2})\), the norms in the spaces \(E_{\alpha }=E_{\alpha }(\mathring{C} ( R^{1} ) ,A^{x})\) and \(\mathring{C}^{2\alpha } ( R^{1} ) \) are equivalent. Here, \(\mathring{C}^{2\alpha } ( R^{1} ) \) is the subspace of \(C^{2\alpha } ( R^{1} ) \) such that \(\int_{0}^{2\pi }\varphi (x)\,dx=0\). The positivity of the operator \(A^{x}\) in the Hölder spaces \(\mathring{C}^{2\alpha } ( R^{1} )\), \(\alpha \in (0,\frac{1}{2})\), is proved. The structure of fractional spaces generated by this operator is investigated. In the applications, theorems on well-posedness of local and nonlocal boundary value problems for elliptic equations in Hölder spaces are obtained.
2 The Green function of \(A^{x}\)
Lemma 2.1
Assume that \(\varphi \in C ( R^{1} ) \) and \(\varphi (x)=\varphi (x+2\pi )\), \(x\in R^{1}\), \(\int_{0}^{2\pi }\varphi (x)\,dx=0\). For any \(\lambda \geq 0\), problem (4) is uniquely solvable and the following formula holds:
where
Proof
Let \(x\in [ 0,2\pi ] \). From (3) there follows the problem
We will try to obtain a formula for (7). It is clearly
is the solution of the following problem:
Using (8) and the conditions \(\int_{0}^{2\pi}u(x)\,dx=0\), \(u(0)=u(2\pi )\), we get
Then
By using the assumption \(\int_{0}^{2\pi } \varphi (x)\,dx=0\), we have
From (8) and (9) it follows that
Therefore,
Let \(x\in R^{1}\). Then, from \(u(x)=u(x+2\pi )\), \(x\in R^{1}\) it follows that \(G(2\pi +x,s;\lambda )=G(x,s;\lambda )\). Lemma 2.1 is proved. □
Note that the following pointwise estimates for \(G(x,s ;\lambda )\) and its first order derivatives hold:
Here, \(M=\frac{1}{1-e^{-\sqrt{\delta +\lambda }2\pi }}\).
3 The structure of fractional spaces generated by \(A^{x}\) and positivity of \(A^{x}\) in Hölder spaces
Clearly, the operator \(A^{x}\) and its resolvent \(( A^{x}+\lambda ) ^{-1}\)commute. By the definition of the norm in the fractional space \(E_{\alpha }=E_{\alpha }(\mathring{C} ( R^{1} ) ,A^{x})\), we get
Thus, from Theorem 1.1 it follows that \(A^{x}\) is a positive operator in the fractional spaces \(E_{\alpha }(\mathring{C} ( R^{1} ) ,A^{x})\). Moreover, we have the following result.
Theorem 3.1
For \(\alpha \in (0,\frac{1}{2})\), the norms of the spaces \(E_{\alpha }(\mathring{C} (R^{1} ),A^{x})\) and the Hölder space \(\mathring{C}^{2\alpha } ( R^{1} ) \) are equivalent.
Proof
For any \(\lambda \geq 0\) we have the obvious equality
By (5), we can write
By (5) and identity (12), we can write
Then
where
Using the definition of the norm of space \(C^{2\alpha } (R^{1} ) \) and \(\frac{\lambda ^{\alpha }\delta ^{1-\alpha }}{\delta +\lambda }\leq 1\), we can write
for any \(x\in [ 0,2\pi ] \). Then
or
Then, using estimate (10), we get
where
Here \(M( \delta ) =\frac{1}{1-e^{-\sqrt{\delta }2\pi }}\).
Clearly, using the condition \(\varphi (s)=\varphi (s+2\pi )\), \(P_{21}(x)\) can be rewritten as
for any \(x\in [ 0,2\pi ] \). Then
Let us estimate \(P_{22}(x)\).
for any \(x\in [ 0,2\pi ] \). Then
Let us estimate \(P_{23}(x)\).
for any \(x\in [ 0,2\pi ] \). Then
Clearly, using the condition \(\varphi (x)=\varphi (x+2\pi )\), \(P_{24}(x)\) can be rewritten as
for any \(x\in [ 0,2\pi ] \). Then
Combining estimates (15)-(18), we have
Using estimate (14) and (19), we get
for any \(\lambda \geq 0\). Thus,
Now, let us prove the opposite inequality. For any positive operator \(A^{x}\) in the Banach space, we can write
From this relation and (5), it follows that
Consequently,
Therefore,
Let
Then, for any \(x_{1},x_{2} \in [ 0,2\pi ] \) such that \(x_{2}\geq x_{1}\), we have
Now, we will prove that
Using (6), we get
Then
Let us estimate the expression
For \(0\leq s\leq x_{1}-\pi \), using the estimates
we can write
Using the substitutions \(\sqrt{\lambda }=\tau \) and \(\pi -x_{2}+x_{1}=a\), we get
Using (22), we get
Now, let us estimate the expression
Using
and the substitution
we have
Then
Using the substitutions \(\sqrt{\lambda }=\tau \) and \(\pi -x_{2}+x_{1}=a\), we get
Using (24), we obtain
Now, let us estimate the expression
We have
Using the substitution \(\sqrt{\lambda } ( x_{2}-x_{1} ) =\tau \), we get
Let \(0\leq s\leq \infty \) and \(s\leq \tau \leq \infty \). Then
Using (26), we obtain
Let us estimate the expression
We have
Using the substitution \(\sqrt{\lambda } ( \frac{x_{2}-x_{1}}{2} ) =\tau \), we get
Let \(0\leq s\leq \infty \) and \(s\leq \tau \leq \infty \). Then
Using (28), we have
Let us estimate the expression
We have
Using the substitution \(\sqrt{\lambda } ( \frac{x_{2}-x_{1}}{2} ) =\tau \), we get
Let \(0\leq s\leq \infty \) and \(s\leq \tau \leq \infty \). Then
From (30) it follows that
Let us estimate the expression
We have
Using the substitution \(\sqrt{\lambda } ( x_{2}-x_{1} ) =\tau \), we get
Let \(0\leq s\leq \infty \) and \(s\leq \tau \leq \infty \). Then
Using (32), we have
Let us estimate the expression
Using
and the substitution
we obtain
Let us estimate the expression
Using the substitutions \(\sqrt{\lambda }=\tau \) and \((\pi -x_{2}+x_{1})=a\), we get
Using (34), we get
Let us estimate the expression
For \(x_{2}+\pi \leq s\leq 2\pi \), using the estimates
we can write
Using the substitutions \(\sqrt{\lambda }=\tau \) and \(x_{1}=a\), we get
Equation (36) yields
Applying the triangle inequality and estimates (21), (23), (25), (27), (29), (31), (33), (35), and (37), we get
So, (21) is proved. Thus, for any \(x_{1},x_{2}\in [ 0,2\pi ]\) we have
This means that the following inequality holds:
Estimates (20) and (38) finish the proof of Theorem 3.1. □
Since \(A^{x}\) is a positive operator in the fractional spaces \(E_{\alpha }(\mathring{C} ( R^{1} ) ,A^{x})\), from the result of Theorem 3.1 it follows also it is positive operator in the Hölder space \(\mathring{C}^{2\alpha } ( R^{1} ) \). Namely, we have the following.
Theorem 3.2
The operator \((A^{x}+\lambda )\) has an inverse bounded in \(\mathring{C}^{2\alpha } ( R^{1} ) \) for any \(\lambda \geq 0\) and the following estimate holds:
4 Applications
First, we consider the boundary value problem
Here, \(\varphi (x)\), \(\psi (x)\), and \(f(t,x)\) are sufficiently smooth 2π-periodic functions in x and they satisfy any compatibility conditions which guarantee problem (39) has a smooth solution \(u(t,x)\).
Theorem 4.1
Let \(0<2\alpha <1\). Then, for the solution of the boundary value problem (39), we have the following coercive stability inequality:
The proof of Theorem 4.1 is based on Theorem 3.1 on the structure of the fractional spaces \(E_{\alpha }=E_{\alpha }(C ( R^{1} ) ,A^{x})\), Theorem 1.1 on the positivity of the operator \(A^{x}\), on the following theorems on coercive stability of boundary value for the abstract elliptic equation and on the structure of the fractional space \(E_{\alpha }^{\prime }=E_{\alpha }(E,A^{1/2})\) which is the Banach space consisting of those \(v\in E\) for which the norm
is finite.
Theorem 4.2
[5]
The spaces \(E_{\alpha}(E,A)\) and \(E_{2\alpha}^{\prime}(E,A^{1/2})\) coincide for any \(0<\alpha<\frac{1}{2}\), and their norms are equivalent.
Theorem 4.3
[8]
Let A be positive operator in a Banach space E and \(f\in C([0,T],E_{\alpha }^{\prime })\), \(0<\alpha <1\). Then, for the solution of the nonlocal boundary value problem
in a Banach space E with positive operator A, we have the coercive inequality
Second, we consider the nonlocal boundary value problem for the elliptic equation
Here, \(f(t,x)\) is a sufficiently smooth 2π-periodic function in x and it satisfies any compatibility conditions which guarantee problem (41) has a smooth solution \(u(t,x)\).
Theorem 4.4
Let \(0<2\alpha <1\). Then, for the solution of boundary value problem (39), we have the following coercive stability inequality:
The proof of Theorem 4.4 is based on Theorem 3.1 on the structure of the fractional spaces \(E_{\alpha }=E_{\alpha }(\mathring{C} ( R^{1} ) ,A^{x})\), Theorem 1.1 on the positivity of the operator \(A^{x}\), Theorem 3.2 on the structure of the fractional space \(E_{\alpha }^{\prime }=E_{\alpha }(E,A^{1/2})\) and on the following theorem on the coercive stability of the nonlocal boundary value for the abstract elliptic equation.
Theorem 4.5
[25]
Let A be a positive operator in a Banach space E and \(f\in C([0,T],E_{\alpha }^{\prime })\), \(0<\alpha <1\). Then, for the solution of the nonlocal boundary value problem
in a Banach space E with positive operator A the coercive inequality
holds.
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Ashyralyev, A., Tetikoglu, F.S. A note on fractional spaces generated by the positive operator with periodic conditions and applications. Bound Value Probl 2015, 31 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13661-015-0293-9
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