Pointwise estimates of solutions to nonlinear equations for nonlocal operators

TL;DR

This paper investigates pointwise bounds of positive solutions to nonlinear integral equations related to fractional Laplace equations with measure data, providing new estimates applicable to nonlocal operators on various domains.

Contribution

It introduces novel pointwise estimates for solutions to nonlinear integral equations associated with nonlocal operators, extending understanding of fractional Laplace equations with measure coefficients.

Findings

Derived explicit pointwise bounds for solutions.

Extended estimates to Riemannian manifolds.

Applicable to equations with measure data.

Abstract

We study pointwise behavior of positive solutions to nonlinear integral equations, and related inequalities, of the type \begin{equation*} u(x) - \int_\Omega G(x, y) \, g(u(y)) d \sigma (y) = h, \end{equation*} where $(\Omega, \sigma)$ is a locally compact measure space, $G(x, y)\colon \Omega\times \Omega \to [0, +\infty]$ is a kernel, $h \ge 0$ is a measurable function, and $g\colon [0, \infty)\to [0, \infty)$ is a monotone function. This problem is motivated by the semilinear fractional Laplace equation \begin{equation*} (-\Delta)^{\frac{\alpha}{2}} u - g(u) \sigma = \mu \quad \text{in} \, \, \Omega, \quad u=0 \, \, \, \text{in} \, \, \Omega^c, \end{equation*} with measure coefficients $\sigma$, $\mu$, where $g(u)=u^q$, $q \in \mathbb{R} \setminus\{0\}$, and $0<\alpha<n$, in domains $\Omega \subseteq\mathbb{R}^n$, or Riemannian manifolds, with positive Green's function $G$.