The Dirichlet problem for the biharmonic equation in a Lipschitz domain (Q1074017)

We study and give optimal estimates for the Dirichlet problem for the biharmonic operator \(\Delta^ 2\), on an arbitrary bounded Lipschitz domain D in \({\mathbb{R}}^ n\). We establish existence and uniqueness results when the boundary values have first derivatives in \(L^ 2(\partial D)\), and the normal derivative is in \(L^ 2(\partial D)\). The resulting solution u takes the boundary values in the sense of non-tangential convergence, and the non-tangential maximal function of \(\nabla u\) is shown to be in \(L^ 2(\partial D)\).