Carleman inequalities for the Dirac operator and strong unique continuation

Kim, Yonne Mi

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1995-1242093-6

Carleman inequalities for the Dirac operator and strong unique continuation
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by Yonne Mi Kim

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 123 (1995), 2103-2112

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1995-1242093-6

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Abstract:

Using a Carleman inequality, we prove a strong unique continuation theorem for the Schrödinger operator $D + V$, where D is the Dirac operator and V is a potential function in some ${L^p}$ space.

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