Harmonic analysis methods in partial differential equations (Q7029464)

This book is a monograph on harmonic analysis methods for partial differential equations, emphasizing in particular the core role played by harmonic analysis methods in the study of nonlinear evolution equations, with a particular focus on well-known problems in mathematical physics such as parabolic equations, the Navier-Stokes equations, the nonlinear Schrödinger equations, and the nonlinear wave equations.\N\NThe monograph consists of six chapters. The first chapter gives a general review of the classical spaces of differentiable functions as well as several classical results in harmonic analysis, and briefly discusses the research methods and progress in elliptic boundary value problems, .then provides a general overview of the research background of harmonic analysis methods for evolution equations, multipliers estimates and the multiplier characterization of operator semigroups, the relationship between the restriction estimates on compact smooth surfaces or surfaces with nonzero Gaussian curve of Fourier transforms and the space-time estimates of solutions to linear evolution equations, conjecturing and constructing well-suited space-time Banach spaces for nonlinear evolution equations by use of the scaling arguments. \N\NChapter 2 is concerned with the well-posedness of the Cauchy problem for semilinear parabolic equations. The authors first establish the space-time estimates for the corresponding linear parabolic equations, and then propose an effective and unified method to deal with semilinear parabolic equations with quite general nonlinear terms, and establish the local and small global well-posedness theory. Chapter 3 focuses on the Navier-Stokes equations, which provides the classical theory of the Navier-Stokes equations and the methods of space-time estimates, and establishes the local well-posedness in the so-called well-suited Banach space by using Littlewood-Paley theory for all the Navier-Stokes equations in noncritical solution spaces as well as the corresponding results for the Navier-Stokes equations in critical spaces. \N\NChapter 4 deals with the well-posedness and scattering theory of the Cauchy problems for the nonlinear Schrödinger equations, including the space-time estimates for linear Schrödinger equations, progress in classical studies of nonlinear Schrödinger equations, well-posedness and scattering theory below energy norm, I-method, global well-posedness and scattering theory for the energy-critical nonlinear Schrödinger equations. Chapter 5 studies the well-posedness and scattering theory of the Cauchy problems for the wave equations, which includes the restriction estimates and classical Strichartz estimates, bilinear method and endpoint Strichartz estimates, energy solution for nonlinear Klein-Gordon equations. In Chapter 6, the authors discuss the well-posedness and scattering theory of the Cauchy problem for the defocusing energy-critical Schrödinger equation with inverse square potential, including the local well-posedness and stability, embedding nonlinear profiles, existence of the minimal blowup solution and precluding the minimal blowup solution as well as the analogue of focusing cases.\N\NThis book is written in a concise style, but is detailed enough for a good understanding of techniques and proofs. Most of the materials is self-contained only requiring elements of real analysis and partial differential equations.\N\NThis monograph is useful to graduate students and researchers who are interested in harmonic analysis in the study of partial differential equations.