Partial differential equations. 3: Nonlinear equations (Q1914101)

The third and final volume consists of Chapter 13 through 18, covering a selection of nonlinear equations. In Chapter 13 we meet a further development of function space and operator theory. This includes the theory of Hölder spaces, \(L^p\)-Sobolev spaces and \(H^{s,p}\)-spaces, Zygmund and Hardy spaces. There are also Gagliardo-Nirenberg-Moser estimates, Trudinger's inequalities, singular integral operators, PSD-operators with non-regular symbols and paradifferential operators. Chapter 14 is devoted to nonlinear elliptic PDEs, with an emphasis on second-order equations. The chapter contains: local solvability of nonlinear elliptic equations, elliptic regularity (interior and boundary estimates, De Giorgi-Nash-Moser theory, and Krylov-Safanov estimates), isometric imbedding of Riemannian manifolds, minimal surfaces, Monge-Ampère equations. Chapter 15, Nonlinear parabolic equations, is devoted to: semilinear parabolic equations, reaction-diffusion equations, the Stefan problem, quasilinear equations with Nash-Moser estimates. Nonlinear hyperbolic equations are the topic of Chapter 16. We have here: quasilinear symmetric hyperbolic systems, second-order and higher-order systems, equations in the complex domain and the Cauchy-Kowalewskaya theorem, compressible fluid motion, the viscosity method, Riemann problems, entropy-flux pairs and Riemann invariants, global weak solutions of some \(2\times 2\) systems. Chapter 17 is devoted to the study of incompressible fluid flow. This is governed by the Euler equation in the absence of viscosity, and by the Navier-Stokes equation in the presence of viscosity. Existence, uniqueness, and regularity of solutions to these equations are discussed on regions with or without boundary. The last Chapter 18 is concerned with Einstein's gravitational equations. We find here: spherically symmetric spacetimes, the Schwarzschild solution and orbits in Schwarzschild spacetime, coupled Maxwell-Einstein equations, relativistic fluids, gravitational collapse, the initial-value problem, geometry of initial surfaces, time slices and their evolution.