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Stability estimates for resolvents, eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of elliptic operators on variable domains
We consider general second order uniformly elliptic operators subject to
homogeneous boundary conditions on open sets parametrized by
Lipschitz homeomorphisms defined on a fixed reference domain .
Given two open sets , we estimate the
variation of resolvents, eigenvalues and eigenfunctions via the Sobolev norm
for finite values of , under
natural summability conditions on eigenfunctions and their gradients. We prove
that such conditions are satisfied for a wide class of operators and open sets,
including open sets with Lipschitz continuous boundaries. We apply these
estimates to control the variation of the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions via
the measure of the symmetric difference of the open sets. We also discuss an
application to the stability of solutions to the Poisson problem.Comment: 34 pages. Minor changes in the introduction and the refercenes.
Published in: Around the research of Vladimir Maz'ya II, pp23--60, Int. Math.
Ser. (N.Y.), vol. 12, Springer, New York 201
Sharp two-sided heat kernel estimates for critical Schr\"odinger operators on bounded domains
On a smooth bounded domain \Omega \subset R^N we consider the Schr\"odinger
operators -\Delta -V, with V being either the critical borderline potential
V(x)=(N-2)^2/4 |x|^{-2} or V(x)=(1/4) dist (x,\partial\Omega)^{-2}, under
Dirichlet boundary conditions. In this work we obtain sharp two-sided estimates
on the corresponding heat kernels. To this end we transform the Scr\"odinger
operators into suitable degenerate operators, for which we prove a new
parabolic Harnack inequality up to the boundary. To derive the Harnack
inequality we have established a serier of new inequalities such as improved
Hardy, logarithmic Hardy Sobolev, Hardy-Moser and weighted Poincar\'e. As a
byproduct of our technique we are able to answer positively to a conjecture of
E.B.Davies.Comment: 40 page
Bethe-Sommerfeld conjecture for periodic operators with strong perturbations
We consider a periodic self-adjoint pseudo-differential operator
, , in which satisfies the following conditions:
(i) the symbol of is smooth in \bx, and (ii) the perturbation has
order less than . Under these assumptions, we prove that the spectrum of
contains a half-line. This, in particular implies the Bethe-Sommerfeld
Conjecture for the Schr\"odinger operator with a periodic magnetic potential in
all dimensions.Comment: 61 page
Simultaneous occurrence of cerebellar medulloblastoma and pituitary adenoma: A case report
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Statin Treatment, Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque Macrophage Infiltration and Circulating Inflammatory Markers
On the heat kernel of a class of fourth order operators in two dimensions: Sharp Gaussian estimates and short time asymptotics
We consider a class of fourth order uniformly elliptic operators in planar Euclidean domains and study the associated heat kernel. For operators with L∞ coefficients we obtain Gaussian estimates with best constants, while for operators with constant coefficients we obtain short time asymptotic estimates. The novelty of this work is that we do not assume that the associated symbol is strongly convex. The short time asymptotics reveal a behavior which is qualitatively different from that of the strongly convex case. © 201
Stability of weighted Laplace-Beltrami operators underL p-perturbation of the Riemannian metric
Differential immunohistochemical expression of CD44s, E-cadherin and β-catenin among hyperplastic and neoplastic lesions of the prostate gland
Introduction: CD44s, E-cadherin and β-catenin are cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) and appear to influence organ development, inflammation, cancer invasion and metastasis. We studied the expression of these CAMs in prostate cancer (PCa), high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN) and nodular adenomatous hyperplasia (NH). Materials and Methods: 135 paraffin blocks of radical prostatectomy specimens were assessed. CAMs were determined by immunohistochemistry. All sections included PCa, HGPIN and NH. The expression was semiquantitatively evaluated in three scores (1+, 2+, 3+). The markers' immunopositivity was statistically investigated with Gleason score and TNM stage. Results and Conclusions: CD44s had score 3+ in 41.5, 46.7 and 37.8% of areas with NH, HGPIN and PCa, respectively. E-cadherin immunostaining was highly detected in 71.1, 78.5 and 63.0% of NH, HGPIN and PCa areas while β-catenin score 3+ was exclusively membranous in 80.7% of NH and nuclear/cytoplasmic in 70.4 and 48.9% of HGPIN and PCa areas. No marker related to the Gleason score (p = 0.352). CD44s and E-cadherin expression was inversely associated with TNM stage (p = 0.021 and p = 0.042, respectively); no such association was observed for β-catenin (p = 0.556). The decreased expression of CD44s and E-cadherin is probably associated with the invasive potential of PCa. The β-catenin staining pattern in neoplastic lesions, either preinvasive or invasive, differs from that in non-neoplastic prostate lesions. Copyright © 2012 S. Karger AG, Basel
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