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On the absence of rapidly decaying solutions for parabolic operators whose coefficients are non-Lipschitz continuous in time

Author(s): Daniele Del Santo; Martino Prizzi
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 135 (2007), 383-391.
MSC (2000): Primary 35K10, 35B40
Posted: August 2, 2006
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Abstract: We find minimal regularity conditions on the coefficients of a parabolic operator, ensuring that no nontrivial solution tends to zero faster than any exponential.


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Additional Information:

Daniele Del Santo
Affiliation: Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica, Università di Trieste, Via Valerio 12/1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
Email: delsanto@univ.trieste.it

Martino Prizzi
Affiliation: Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica, Università di Trieste, Via Valerio 12/1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
Email: prizzi@dsm.univ.trieste.it

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-06-08465-6
PII: S 0002-9939(06)08465-6
Keywords: Parabolic operator, rapidly decaying solution, modulus of continuity, Osgood condition
Received by editor(s): September 7, 2004
Received by editor(s) in revised form: August 22, 2005
Posted: August 2, 2006
Communicated by: David S. Tartakoff
Copyright of article: Copyright 2006, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.


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