Classical Cᵏ coefficients satisfy Guo's W^{k,∞} hypothesis #
EllipticPdes.Regularity.IsCkCoeff states the coefficient hypothesis of Evans, Partial
Differential Equations (2nd ed.), §6.3.1, Theorem 2: every entry is Cᵏ with a uniform bound
on each iteratedFDeriv. EllipticPdes.Regularity.IsWkInftyCoeff states the weaker hypothesis
of Guo, Partial Differential Equations (Course Lecture Notes), Theorem VIII.3.2
(p. 65): weak derivatives up to order k, essentially bounded. This file connects them, so
that a theorem proved under Guo's hypothesis applies to smooth coefficients with no further
work.
The bridge needs two facts and nothing else. A classical partial derivative of a C¹ function
is a weak partial derivative, which is integration by parts against a compactly supported test
function. A classical iterated partial derivative is a value of iteratedFDeriv on unit
vectors, so the operator-norm bound of IsCkCoeff transfers to it pointwise, and a pointwise
bound is in particular an essential bound.
Iterated classical partial derivative #
iterPartial f α applies partialD once per entry of α, outermost first, so that
iterPartial f (l :: α) = ∂_l (iterPartial f α). This is the cons convention of
IsWkInftyCoeff.D, which is what makes iterPartial a legal choice of D.
Main declarations #
iterPartial: the iterated classical partial derivative along a list of directions.iterPartial_eq_iteratedFDeriv: it isiteratedFDerivevaluated on the unit vectors of the list.hasWeakPartial_partialD: a classical partial derivative of aC¹function is a weak one.IsCkCoeff.toIsWkInftyCoeff: the bridge.
Unit vectors along a list of directions #
The tuple of coordinate unit vectors named by a list of directions, in the order the list
gives them. This is the argument iteratedFDeriv is evaluated at to produce an iterated
partial derivative.
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Iterated classical partial derivative #
The iterated classical partial derivative along a list of directions, outermost first:
iterPartial f (l :: α) = ∂_l (iterPartial f α). The cons convention matches
IsWkInftyCoeff.D, whose D_step differentiates the head.
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Each differentiation spends one order of smoothness: f ∈ C^{n + |α|} gives
iterPartial f α ∈ Cⁿ.
Iterated partial derivative as a value of iteratedFDeriv. Applying partialD
once per entry of α produces iteratedFDeriv ℝ |α| f x evaluated on the unit vectors α
names. The proof peels the head with iteratedFDeriv_succ_apply_left, which differentiates
the |α|-th derivative once more, and commutes that derivative past the evaluation at a
fixed tuple, which is a continuous linear map.
The iterated partial derivative is bounded by the operator norm of the corresponding
iteratedFDeriv, because it is that multilinear map evaluated on unit vectors.
Classical derivative as a weak derivative #
Integration by parts for a C¹ function against a test function. The classical
partial derivative of a continuously differentiable function is its weak partial derivative.
No decay is asked of f, because the test function has compact support and puts every
integrand into L¹.
Bridge #
Cᵏ coefficient bundle as a W^{k,∞} bundle. The classical iterated
partial derivatives serve as the weak derivative family, each step is integration by parts,
and the pointwise iteratedFDeriv bound of IsCkCoeff is in particular an essential bound.
Guo, Partial Differential Equations (Course Lecture Notes), Theorem VIII.3.2
(p. 65) is therefore no weaker than Evans, Partial Differential Equations (2nd ed.), §6.3.1,
Theorem 2 as far as the coefficients go, and a result proved under IsWkInftyCoeff applies
to smooth coefficients through this map.
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