Integral inequalities for linear elliptic operators of second order (Q921243)

If A and B are two linear second order elliptic operators, sufficient conditions are found, which ensure the ``angle'' between the operators to be acute, this is: \[ \int_{\Omega}Au\cdot Bu\geq \alpha \| u\|^ 2_{H^ 2}-\beta \| u\|^ 2_{L^ 2} \] for all \(u\in H^ 1_ 0(\Omega)\cap H^ 2\), where \(\Omega\) is smooth and bounded in \({\mathbb{R}}^ n\), \(n\geq 2.\) The above inequality is proved under regularity assumptions for the coefficients of A and B, for the general case, or in the case in which A and B have only second order terms, for assumptions on the eigenvalues of A and B. The case \(n=2\) is separately considered.