TY - JOUR
T1 - The regularity problem for second order elliptic operators with complex-valued bounded measurable coefficients
AU - Hofmann, Steve
AU - Kenig, Carlos
AU - Mayboroda, Svitlana
AU - Pipher, Jill
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
PY - 2015/4
Y1 - 2015/4
N2 - The present paper establishes a certain duality between the Dirichlet and Regularity problems for elliptic operators with (Formula presented.)-independent complex bounded measurable coefficients ((Formula presented.) being the transversal direction to the boundary). To be precise, we show that the Dirichlet boundary value problem is solvable in (Formula presented.), subject to the square function and non-tangential maximal function estimates, if and only if the corresponding Regularity problem is solvable in (Formula presented.). Moreover, the solutions admit layer potential representations. In particular, we prove that for any elliptic operator with (Formula presented.)-independent real (possibly non-symmetric) coefficients there exists a (Formula presented.) such that the Regularity problem is well-posed in (Formula presented.).
AB - The present paper establishes a certain duality between the Dirichlet and Regularity problems for elliptic operators with (Formula presented.)-independent complex bounded measurable coefficients ((Formula presented.) being the transversal direction to the boundary). To be precise, we show that the Dirichlet boundary value problem is solvable in (Formula presented.), subject to the square function and non-tangential maximal function estimates, if and only if the corresponding Regularity problem is solvable in (Formula presented.). Moreover, the solutions admit layer potential representations. In particular, we prove that for any elliptic operator with (Formula presented.)-independent real (possibly non-symmetric) coefficients there exists a (Formula presented.) such that the Regularity problem is well-posed in (Formula presented.).
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U2 - 10.1007/s00208-014-1087-6
DO - 10.1007/s00208-014-1087-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85027923140
SN - 0025-5831
VL - 361
SP - 863
EP - 907
JO - Mathematische Annalen
JF - Mathematische Annalen
IS - 3-4
ER -