On Divergence-free Drifts

Details On Divergence-free Drifts On Divergence-free Drifts

2010-10-28

arxiv.org/abs/1010.6025v1

Mathematics

Analysis of PDEs

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We investigate the validity and failure of Liouville theorems and Harnack inequalities for parabolic and elliptic operators with low regularity coefficients. We are particularly interested in operators of the form $\partial_t - \Delta +b\cdot\nabla$ and $-\Delta +b\cdot\nabla$ with a divergence-free drift $b$. We prove the Liouville theorem and Harnack inequality when $b\in L_\infty(BMO^{-1})$ resp. $b\in BMO^{-1}$ and provide a counterexample to such results demonstrating sharpness of our conditions on the drift. Our results generalize to divergence-form operators with an elliptic symmetric part and a BMO skew-symmetric part. We also prove the existence of a modulus of continuity for solutions to the elliptic problem in two dimensions, depending on the non-scale-invariant norm $\|b\|_{L_1}$. In three dimensions, on the other hand, bounded solutions with $L_1$ drifts may be discontinuous.

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