We determine sufficient conditions for the occurrence of a pointwise gradient estimate for the ev... more We determine sufficient conditions for the occurrence of a pointwise gradient estimate for the evolution operators associated to nonautonomous second order parabolic operators with (possibly) unbounded coefficients. Moreover we exhibit a class of operators which satisfy our conditions.
Given a class of nonautonomous elliptic operators $\A(t)$ with unbounded coefficients, defined in... more Given a class of nonautonomous elliptic operators $\A(t)$ with unbounded coefficients, defined in $\overline{I \times \Om}$ (where $I$ is a right-halfline or $I=\R$ and $\Om\subset \Rd$ is possibly unbounded), we prove existence and uniqueness of the evolution operator associated to $\A(t)$ in the space of bounded and continuous functions, under Dirichlet and first order, non tangential homogeneous boundary conditions. Some qualitative properties of the solutions, the compactness of the evolution operator and some uniform gradient estimates are then proved.
ABSTRACT Under suitable conditions, we obtain some characterization of supercontractivity, ultrab... more ABSTRACT Under suitable conditions, we obtain some characterization of supercontractivity, ultraboundedness and ultracontractivity of the evolution operator $G(t,s)$ associated to a class of nonautonomous second order parabolic equations with unbounded coefficients defined in $I\times\R^d$, where $I$ is a right-halfline. For this purpose, we establish an Harnack type estimate for $G(t,s)$ and a family of logarithmic Sobolev inequalities with respect to the unique tight evolution system of measures $\{\mu_t: t \in I\}$ associated to $G(t,s)$. Sufficient conditions for the supercontractivity, ultraboundedness and ultracontractivity to hold are also provided.
We study the Cauchy problem for the semilinear nonautonomous parabolic equation $u_t=\mathcal{A}(... more We study the Cauchy problem for the semilinear nonautonomous parabolic equation $u_t=\mathcal{A}(t)u+\psi(t,u)$ in $[s,\tau]\times {{\mathbb R}^d}$, $\tau> s $, in the spaces $C_b([s, \tau]\times{{\mathbb R}^d})$ and in $L^p((s, \tau)\times{{\mathbb R}^d}, \nu)$. Here $\nu$ is a Borel measure defined via a tight evolution system of measures for the evolution operator $G(t,s)$ associated to the family of time depending second order uniformly elliptic operators $\mathcal{A}(t)$. Sufficient conditions for existence in the large and stability of the null solution are also given in both $C_b$ and $L^p$ contexts. The novelty with respect to the literature is that the coefficients of the operators $\mathcal{A}(t)$ are allowed to be unbounded.
We determine sufficient conditions for the occurrence of a pointwise gradient estimate for the ev... more We determine sufficient conditions for the occurrence of a pointwise gradient estimate for the evolution operators associated to nonautonomous second order parabolic operators with (possibly) unbounded coefficients. Moreover we exhibit a class of operators which satisfy our conditions.
Given a class of nonautonomous elliptic operators $\A(t)$ with unbounded coefficients, defined in... more Given a class of nonautonomous elliptic operators $\A(t)$ with unbounded coefficients, defined in $\overline{I \times \Om}$ (where $I$ is a right-halfline or $I=\R$ and $\Om\subset \Rd$ is possibly unbounded), we prove existence and uniqueness of the evolution operator associated to $\A(t)$ in the space of bounded and continuous functions, under Dirichlet and first order, non tangential homogeneous boundary conditions. Some qualitative properties of the solutions, the compactness of the evolution operator and some uniform gradient estimates are then proved.
ABSTRACT Under suitable conditions, we obtain some characterization of supercontractivity, ultrab... more ABSTRACT Under suitable conditions, we obtain some characterization of supercontractivity, ultraboundedness and ultracontractivity of the evolution operator $G(t,s)$ associated to a class of nonautonomous second order parabolic equations with unbounded coefficients defined in $I\times\R^d$, where $I$ is a right-halfline. For this purpose, we establish an Harnack type estimate for $G(t,s)$ and a family of logarithmic Sobolev inequalities with respect to the unique tight evolution system of measures $\{\mu_t: t \in I\}$ associated to $G(t,s)$. Sufficient conditions for the supercontractivity, ultraboundedness and ultracontractivity to hold are also provided.
We study the Cauchy problem for the semilinear nonautonomous parabolic equation $u_t=\mathcal{A}(... more We study the Cauchy problem for the semilinear nonautonomous parabolic equation $u_t=\mathcal{A}(t)u+\psi(t,u)$ in $[s,\tau]\times {{\mathbb R}^d}$, $\tau> s $, in the spaces $C_b([s, \tau]\times{{\mathbb R}^d})$ and in $L^p((s, \tau)\times{{\mathbb R}^d}, \nu)$. Here $\nu$ is a Borel measure defined via a tight evolution system of measures for the evolution operator $G(t,s)$ associated to the family of time depending second order uniformly elliptic operators $\mathcal{A}(t)$. Sufficient conditions for existence in the large and stability of the null solution are also given in both $C_b$ and $L^p$ contexts. The novelty with respect to the literature is that the coefficients of the operators $\mathcal{A}(t)$ are allowed to be unbounded.
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