Carleman estimates for elliptic operators with jumps at an interface: Anisotropic case and sharp geometric conditions

Jérôme Le Rousseau[1]; Nicolas Lerner[2]

  • [1] MAPMO, UMR CNRS 6628, Route de Chartres, Université d’Orléans B.P. 6759 – 45067 Orléans cedex 2 France
  • [2] Projet analyse fonctionnelle, Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu, UMR CNRS 7586, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie (Paris 6), Boîte 186 - 4, Place Jussieu - 75252 Paris cedex 05, France

Journées Équations aux dérivées partielles (2010)

  • page 1-23
  • ISSN: 0752-0360

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We consider a second-order selfadjoint elliptic operator with an anisotropic diffusion matrix having a jump across a smooth hypersurface. We prove the existence of a weight-function such that a Carleman estimate holds true. We moreover prove that the conditions imposed on the weight function are necessary.

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Le Rousseau, Jérôme, and Lerner, Nicolas. "Carleman estimates for elliptic operators with jumps at an interface: Anisotropic case and sharp geometric conditions." Journées Équations aux dérivées partielles (2010): 1-23. <http://eudml.org/doc/116379>.

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affiliation = {MAPMO, UMR CNRS 6628, Route de Chartres, Université d’Orléans B.P. 6759 – 45067 Orléans cedex 2 France; Projet analyse fonctionnelle, Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu, UMR CNRS 7586, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie (Paris 6), Boîte 186 - 4, Place Jussieu - 75252 Paris cedex 05, France},
author = {Le Rousseau, Jérôme, Lerner, Nicolas},
journal = {Journées Équations aux dérivées partielles},
keywords = {Carleman estimate; elliptic operator; non-smooth coefficient; sharp condition; quasi-mode},
language = {eng},
month = {6},
pages = {1-23},
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title = {Carleman estimates for elliptic operators with jumps at an interface: Anisotropic case and sharp geometric conditions},
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