Problem E for an elliptic equation with two lines of degeneracy (Q1062206)

In the present note we investigate in particular cases the problem E for the equation \[ (1)\quad L(u)\equiv x^ 2u_{xx}+y^ 2u_{yy}+xa(x,y)u_ x+yb(x,y)u_ y+c(x,y)u=0 \] with two lines of degeneracy of second kind \(x=0\). Here D denotes a bounded open domain whose boundary consists of a finite number of segments of the axis 0x or 0y and a finite number of the curves \(\Gamma_ j\) that lie in the quadrant \(x>0\), \(y>0\), have tangents at all the points, and are such that the angle between the tangent of each curve \(\Gamma_ j\) and the axis 0x satisfies the uniform Hölder condition. We denote the union of all the curves \(\Gamma_ j\) by \(\Gamma\). The problem E for (1) under these conditions is to determine a solution of (1) in D such that 1) it is continuous and bounded in \(D\cup \Gamma\); 2) all its derivatives of orders up to and including two, exist and are continuous in D; and 3) it takes preassigned values on \(\Gamma\). Theorem 1. If a(x,y), b(x,y), and c(x,y) are real-valued analytic functions in the closure \(\bar D\) of the domain D and satisfy the conditions a(x,y), b(x,y)\(\geq 1\), c(x,y)\(\leq 0\) in it, then the problem E for (1) has a unique solution. Theorem 2. If a(x,y), b(x,y), and c(x,y) are real-valued analytic functions in the closure \(\bar D\) of the domain D and the condition \(c(x,y)\leq C<0\), \(C=const\). is satisfied in \(\bar D,\) then the problem E for (1) has a unique solution.