A bilinear estimate for biharmonic functions in Lipschitz domains

Joel Kilty, Zhongwei Shen

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Abstract

We show that a bilinear estimate for biharmonic functions in a Lipschitz domain Ω is equivalent to the solvability of the Dirichlet problem for the biharmonic equation in Ω. As a result, we prove that for any given bounded Lipschitz domain Ω in ℝd and 1 < q < ∞, the solvability of the Lq Dirichlet problem for Δ2u = 0 in Ω with boundary data in WA1,q(∂Ω) is equivalent to that of the Lp regularity problem for Δ2u = 0 in Ω with boundary data in WA2,p(∂Ω), where 1/p + 1/q = 1. This duality relation, together with known results on the Dirichlet problem, allows us to solve the Lp regularity problem for d ≥ 4 and p in certain ranges.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)367-394
Number of pages28
JournalMathematische Annalen
Volume349
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2011

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Mathematics

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