The polynomial property of self-adjoint elliptic boundary-value problems and an algebraic description of their attributes (Q4493316)

A wide class of boundary value problems for which the application of elliptic theory can be reduced to elementary algebraic operations, and which is characterized by the polynomial property (the sesquilinear form corresponding to the problem degenerates only on some finite-dimensional linear space \(P\) of vector polynomials) is described. Under this condition the boundary value problem is elliptic, and its kernel and cokernel can be expressed in terms of \(P\). For domains with piecewise smooth boundary or infinite ends are also given: fragments of asymptotic formulae for the solutions; specific versions of general conditional theorems on the Fredholm property; computation of the index of the operator corresponding to the boundary value problem. Asymptotic analysis of boundary value problems in thin domains and junction of such domains is discussed. Simple manipulations with \(P\) permit to find the size of the system obtained by dimensional reduction as well as the orders of the differential operators occurring in that system and permit to provide complete information on the boundary layer structure. The results are illustrated by examples from elasticity and hydromechanics. The paper is organized as follows: In \S 1 the polynomial property is described; \S 2 is devoted to boundary value problems in domains with piecewise smooth boundary; in \S 3 boundary value problems in domains with infinite cylindrical ends are considered; and \S 4 is devoted to boundary value problems in thin domains. In the last \S 5, boundary layers for thin domains and junctions of thin domains are investigated.