On the maximum principles and the quantitative version of the Hopf lemma for uniformly elliptic integro-differential operators (Q2048589): Difference between revisions

In this paper the authors prove estimates on subsolutions of the equation \[-Av + c(x)v = 0,\] where \(x \in D\), \(D \subset \mathbb{R}^d\) is a domain and \(A \) is an integro-differential operator of the Waldenfels type, whose differential part satisfies the uniform ellipticity condition on compact sets. The coefficients of the operator are assumed only bounded and Borel measurable. The authors prove a ``quantitative'' versions of the Hopf lemma, providing the lower bound on the outward normal directional derivative at the maximum point of a subsolution in terms of its value at the point. Lower bounds on the subsolution around its maximum point by the principal eigenfunction associated with \(A\) and the domain are also proved. Lastly, as additional results, the authors prove that weak and strong maximum principles and weak Harnack inequality hold for such kind of operators.