On linear differential \(\Phi _{+}\)-operators of elliptic type in Sobolev-Stepanov spaces (Q642002)

For a Banach space \(X\), the Stepanov space \(M^p({\mathbb{R}}^n,X)\) is the set of all strongly measurable functions \(u:{\mathbb{R}}^n\to X\) for which \[ \|u\|_{M^p}= \sup_{x\in \mathbb{R}^n}\|u\|_{L^p(\Omega _x)}<\infty , \] where \(\Omega _x=x+\Omega _0\) and \(\Omega _0\) is the unit cube in \({\mathbb{R}}^n\). The Sobolev-Stepanov space \(W^m(M^p)\) of order \(m\) consists of all \(u\in M^p({\mathbb{R}}^n,X)\) whose generalized derivates \(D^\alpha u\) belong to \(M^p({\mathbb{R}}^n,X)\) when \(|\alpha |\leq m\), with the norm \[ \|u\|_{W^m(M^p)}= \sum_{|\alpha |\leq m}\|D^\alpha u\|_{M^p}<\infty . \] Let \(P\) be an elliptic operator of linear type. Using a priori estimates, it is shown that \(P\) is a \(\Phi _+\)-operator (upper semi-Fredholm) in the Sobolev-Stepanov space if and only if it is a \(\Phi _+\)-operator in the Sobolev space.