A unified framework for parabolic equations with mixed boundary conditions and diffusion on interfaces

In this paper we consider scalar parabolic equations in a general non-smooth setting with emphasis on mixed interface and boundary conditions. In particular, we allow for dynamics and diffusion on a Lipschitz interface and on the boundary, where diffusion coefficients are only assumed to be bounded, measurable and positive semidefinite. In the bulk, we additionally take into account diffusion coefficients which may degenerate towards a Lipschitz surface. For this problem class, we introduce a unified functional analytic framework based on sesquilinear forms and show maximal regularity for the corresponding abstract Cauchy problem.Comment: 27 pages, 4 figure

Fractional elliptic equations, Caccioppoli estimates and regularity

Let $L=-\operatorname{div}_x(A(x)\nabla_x)$ be a uniformly elliptic operator in divergence form in a bounded domain $\Omega$. We consider the fractional nonlocal equations $$\begin{cases} L^su=f,&\hbox{in}~\Omega,\\ u=0,&\hbox{on}~\partial\Omega, \end{cases}\quad \hbox{and}\quad \begin{cases} L^su=f,&\hbox{in}~\Omega,\\ \partial_Au=0,&\hbox{on}~\partial\Omega. \end{cases}$$ Here $L^s$, $0<s<1$, is the fractional power of $L$ and $\partial_Au$ is the conormal derivative of $u$ with respect to the coefficients $A(x)$. We reproduce Caccioppoli type estimates that allow us to develop the regularity theory. Indeed, we prove interior and boundary Schauder regularity estimates depending on the smoothness of the coefficients $A(x)$, the right hand side $f$ and the boundary of the domain. Moreover, we establish estimates for fundamental solutions in the spirit of the classical result by Littman--Stampacchia--Weinberger and we obtain nonlocal integro-differential formulas for $L^su(x)$. Essential tools in the analysis are the semigroup language approach and the extension problem.Comment: 37 page