Chapter 8: Problem 6
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Suppose \(u\) is a distribution in \(R^{*}\) whose first derivatives \(D_{1} u, \ldots, D_{n} u\) are locally \(L^{2}\). Prove that \(u\) is then locally \(L^{2}\). Hint: If \(\psi \in \mathscr{S}\left(R^{n}\right)\) is 1 in a neighborhood of the origin and if \(\Delta E=\delta\), then \(\Delta(\psi E)-\delta \in \mathscr{D}\left(R^{n}\right)\). Hence $$ u-\sum_{i=1}^{n}(D, u)+D_{i}(\psi E) $$ is in \(C^{\infty}\left(R^{*}\right)\), Each \(D_{1}(\psi E)\) is an \(L^{1}\)-function with compact support.
Show that the equation $$ \frac{\partial^{2} u}{\partial x_{1}^{2}}-\frac{\partial^{2} u}{\partial x_{2}^{2}}=0 $$ is satisfied (in the distribution sense) by every locally integrable function \(u\) of the form $$ u\left(x_{1}, x_{2}\right)=f\left(x_{1}+x_{2}\right) \quad \text { or } \quad u\left(x_{1}, x_{2}\right)=f\left(x_{1}-x_{2}\right) $$ and that even classical solutions (i.e., twice continuously differentiable functions) need not be in \(C^{n}\). Note the contrast between this and the Laplace equation.
Suppose \(u\) is a distribution in \(R^{n}\) whose Laplacian \(\Delta u\) is a continuous function. Prove that \(u\) is then a continuous function. Hint: As in Exercise 11. $$ u-(\psi E) *(\Delta u) \in C^{\infty}\left(R^{n}\right). $$
The following simple properties of holomorphic functions of several variables were tacitly used in this chapter. Prove them. (a) If \(f\) is entire in \(Q^{*}\), if \(w \in C^{n}\), and if \(\phi(\lambda)=f(\lambda w)\), then \(\phi\) is an entire function of one complex variable. (b) If \(P\) is a polynomial in \(C^{n}\) and if $$ \int_{r=}|P| d \sigma_{n}=0 $$ then \(P\) is identically 0 . Hint: Compute \(\int_{r^{n}}|P|^{2} d \sigma_{n}\). (c) If \(P\) is a polynomial (not identically 0 ) and \(g\) is an entire function in \(C^{n}\), then there is at most one entire function \(f\) that satisfies \(P f=g\). Find generalizations of these three properties.
Suppose \(L\) is an elliptic linear operator in some open set \(\Omega \subset R^{n}\), and suppose that the order of \(L\) is odd. (a) Prove that then \(n=1\) or \(n=2\). (b) If \(n=2\), prove that the coefficients of the characteristic polynomial of \(L\) cannot all be real. In view of \((a)\), the Cauchy-Riemann operator is not a very typical example of an elliptic operator.
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