An elliptic theory of indicial weights and applications to non-linear geometry problems (Q1694689)

The paper deals with an elliptic theory of indicial weights and some applications to geometry. To be more precise, we shall say several words on the subject. As it is well-known, the elliptic theory on weighted Sobolev (Schauder) spaces concern a discrete set of real numbers. A number belonging to this set is called indicial root. An elliptic operator \(P\) on a non-compact manifold with proper asymptotic conditions is Fredholm between weighted Sobolev spaces iff the weight is not indicial. The author develops an elliptic theory even if the weight is indicial for first- and second-order operators. To do this he adds polynomial weights refining the space and considers graph norms with respect to the model operator. Simple applications to Yang-Mills theory and to minimal surfaces are given in Section 6.