Nonuniqueness for some linear oblique derivative problems for elliptic equations

Gary M. Lieberman

Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae (1999)

  • Volume: 40, Issue: 3, page 477-481
  • ISSN: 0010-2628

Abstract

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It is well-known that the “standard” oblique derivative problem, Δ u = 0 in Ω , u / ν - u = 0 on Ω ( ν is the unit inner normal) has a unique solution even when the boundary condition is not assumed to hold on the entire boundary. When the boundary condition is modified to satisfy an obliqueness condition, the behavior at a single boundary point can change the uniqueness result. We give two simple examples to demonstrate what can happen.

How to cite

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Lieberman, Gary M.. "Nonuniqueness for some linear oblique derivative problems for elliptic equations." Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae 40.3 (1999): 477-481. <http://eudml.org/doc/248391>.

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References

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  1. Gilbarg D., Trudinger N.S., Elliptic Partial Differential Equations of Second Order, Springer-Verlag Berlin-Heidelberg-New York (1983). (1983) Zbl0562.35001MR0737190
  2. Lieberman G.M., Local estimates for subsolutions and supersolutions of oblique derivative problems for general second-order elliptic equations, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 304 (1987), 343-353. (1987) Zbl0635.35037MR0906819
  3. Lieberman G.M., Oblique derivative problems in Lipschitz domains I. Continuous boundary values, Boll. Un. Mat. Ital. 1-B (1987), 1185-1210. (1987) MR0923448
  4. Lieberman G.M., Oblique derivative problems in Lipschitz domains II. Discontinuous boundary values, J. Reine Angew. Math. 389 (1988), 1-21. (1988) MR0953664

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