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Localized boundary-domain singular integral equations of the Robin type problem for self-adjoint second-order strongly elliptic PDE systems

  • Otar Chkadua EMAIL logo , Sergey Mikhailov and David Natroshvili

Abstract

The paper deals with the three-dimensional Robin type boundary-value problem (BVP) for a second-order strongly elliptic system of partial differential equations in the divergence form with variable coefficients. The problem is studied by the localized parametrix based potential method. By using Green’s representation formula and properties of the localized layer and volume potentials, the BVP under consideration is reduced to the a system of localized boundary-domain singular integral equations (LBDSIE). The equivalence between the original boundary value problem and the corresponding LBDSIE system is established. The matrix operator generated by the LBDSIE system belongs to the Boutet de Monvel algebra. With the help of the Vishik–Eskin theory based on the Wiener–Hopf factorization method, the Fredholm properties of the corresponding localized boundary-domain singular integral operator are investigated and its invertibility in appropriate function spaces is proved.

Award Identifier / Grant number: FR-18-126

Funding statement: This research was supported by the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia (SRNSF) (Grant number FR-18-126).

A Classes of cut-off functions

Definition A.1.

We say χ X k for an integer k 0 if

χ ( x ) = χ ˘ ( | x | ) ,
χ ( 0 ) = 1 ,
χ ˘ W 1 k ( 0 , ) ,
ϱ χ ˘ ( ϱ ) L 1 ( 0 , ) .

We say χ X + k for an integer k 1 if χ X k and σ χ ( ω ) > 0 for all ω , where

σ χ ( ω ) := { χ ^ s ( ω ) ω > 0 for  ω { 0 } , 0 ϱ χ ˘ ( ϱ ) 𝑑 ϱ for  ω = 0 ,    χ ^ s ( ω ) := 0 χ ˘ ( ϱ ) sin ( ϱ ω ) 𝑑 ϱ .

We say χ X 1 + k for an integer k 1 if χ X + k and ω χ ^ s ( ω ) 1 for all ω .

Evidently, we have the following imbeddings: X k 1 X k 2 , X + k 1 X + k 2 and X 1 + k 1 X 1 + k 2 for k 1 > k 2 (for details see [9]). An example of a cut-off function χ 1 k X 1 + k for k 2 is

χ 1 k ( x ) = { [ 1 - | x | ε ] k for  | x | < ε , 0 for  | x | ε .

B Properties of localized potentials

Here we collect some theorems describing the mapping properties of the localized potentials (2.10), (2.11) and (2.15)–(2.17). The proofs can be found in [9].

Theorem B.1.

Let χ X k with k 3 have a compact support, and let t < k - 1 , and - 1 2 < s < k - 1 2 . Then the following localized operators are continuous:

𝐕 : [ H t ( S ) ] 3 [ H t + 3 2 ( Ω ± ) ] 3 , 𝐖 : [ H t ( S ) ] 3 [ H t + 1 2 ( Ω ± ) ] 3 , 𝒫 : [ H s ( Ω ) ] 3 [ H s + 2 ( Ω ) ] 3 .

Moreover, if χ X 1 + 3 , then the operator P : [ H r ( R 3 ) ] 3 [ H r + 2 ( R 3 ) ] 3 is invertible for all r R and the inverse operator P - 1 is representable in the form

𝐏 - 1 = Δ 𝐈 - 𝐌 χ 𝐈 ,

where Δ is the Laplace operator, I is the unit operator and M χ is a scalar pseudodifferential operator with the symbol m ^ χ ( ξ ) satisfying the inequality

(B.1) 0 m ^ χ ( ξ ) C < for all  ξ 3 ,

with some positive constant C.

Theorem B.2.

Let χ X 3 , ψ H - 1 / 2 ( S ) , and φ H 1 / 2 ( S ) . Then the following jump relations hold on S:

γ + 𝐕 ψ = γ - 𝐕 ψ = 𝓥 ψ , γ ± 𝐖 φ = 𝐝 φ + 𝓦 φ , T ± 𝐕 ψ = ± 𝐝 ψ + 𝓦 ψ ,

where

(B.2) 𝐝 ( y ) = [ 𝐝 p q ( y ) ] 3 × 3 := 1 2 [ a k j p q ( y ) n k ( y ) n j ( y ) ] 3 × 3 , y S ,

and d ( y ) is positive definite due to (2.1).

Theorem B.3.

Let χ X k with k 3 and 1 < t < k - 1 . Then the following operators are continuous:

𝓥 : [ H t ( S ) ] 3 [ H t + 1 ( S ) ] 3 ,
𝓦 : H t ( S ) H t ( S ) ,
𝓦 : [ H t ( S ) ] 3 [ H t ( S ) ] 3 ,
𝓛 ± : [ H t ( S ) ] 3 [ H t - 1 ( S ) ] 3 .

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Received: 2019-11-12
Accepted: 2020-03-19
Published Online: 2020-11-12
Published in Print: 2021-10-01

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