A pointwise comparison for solutions of linear elliptic equations (Q1092227)
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A pointwise comparison for solutions of linear elliptic equations (English)
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1985
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Comparison theorems are proved for solutions of two Dirichlet problems for second-order linear elliptic equations (1) \(Lu=f\) in a bounded domain \(G\subset {\mathbb{R}}^ n\), \(n\geq 2\). A weak solution \(u\in W_ 0^{1,2}(G)\) of (1) is compared with the solution v of a problem with radial symmetry. In particular, a pointwise comparison \(u^{\#}(x)\leq v(x)\) is obtained a.e. in a ball, where \(u^{\#}\) denotes the symmetric decreasing rearrangement of u.
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Comparison
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Dirichlet problems
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weak solution
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radial symmetry
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symmetric decreasing rearrangement
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