On the equation 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑌=𝑓 and application to control of phases

Bourgain, Jean¹ ; Brezis, Haïm^2, 3

¹ Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
² Analyse Numérique, Université P. et M. Curie, B.C. 187, 4 Pl. Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
³ Department of Mathematics, Rutgers University, Hill Center, Busch Campus, 110 Frelinghuysen Rd., Piscataway, New Jersey 08854

Journal of the American Mathematical Society, Tome 16 (2003) no. 2, pp. 393-426

Résumé

The main result is the following. Let $\Omega$ be a bounded Lipschitz domain in $\mathbb {R}^{d}$, $d\geq 2$. Then for every $f\in L^{d}(\Omega )$ with $\int f =0$, there exists a solution $u\in C^{0}(\bar \Omega )\cap W^{1, d}(\Omega )$ of the equation div $u=f$ in $\Omega$, satisfying in addition $u=0$ on $\partial \Omega$ and the estimate \begin{equation*}\Vert u\Vert _{L^{\infty }}+\Vert u\Vert _{W^{1, d}}\leq C\Vert f\Vert _{L^{d}} \end{equation*} where $C$ depends only on $\Omega$. However one cannot choose $u$ depending linearly on $f$. Our proof is constructive, but nonlinear—which is quite surprising for such an elementary linear PDE. When $d=2$ there is a simpler proof by duality—hence nonconstructive.

Détail

DOI : 10.1090/S0894-0347-02-00411-3

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