On some consequences of the solvability of the Caffarelli-Silvestre extension problem (Q1980927)

This paper considers the Caffarelli-Silvestre extension problem \((P_\alpha(x))\): For \(x\) in Banach space \(X\), find \(u\in C_b([0,\infty\), \(\mathcal{D}(A))\cap C^2((0,\infty),X)\) such that \(u(0)=x\) and \[u^\prime{^\prime} t) +\frac{1-2\alpha}{t}u^\prime(t)=Au(t),\ t>0, \] where \(A\) is a closed and unbounded operator. Under the assumption of unique solvability of \(P_\alpha(x)\) for \(x \in \mathcal{D}(A)\), the conjugated problem \(P_{1-\alpha}(x)\) is also uniquely solvable for all \(\mathcal{D}(A)\). The main result of this paper is as follows. Let \(x \in \mathcal{D}(A^2)\). Then \[t^{1-2\alpha}\frac{d}{dt}U_\alpha x(t)=U_{1-\alpha}B_\alpha x(t) \text{ for all } t\in[0,\infty),\] where \(U_\alpha x\) will be the solution to \(P_\alpha(x)\) while \(U_{1-\alpha}x\) solves \(P_{1-\alpha}(x)\), and \[B_\alpha x:=\lim\limits_{t\to 0^+}t^{1-2\alpha}\frac{d}{dt}U_\alpha x(t).\] Furthermore, this paper formulates an open problem which states that sectoriality of \(A\) yields analyticity of the solution of \(P_\alpha(x)\). For the entire collection see [Zbl 1471.47002].