Carleman estimates and boundedness of associated multiplier operators

TL;DR

This paper characterizes the optimal ranges of p and q for Carleman estimates involving the Laplacian, wave, and heat operators, by analyzing associated multiplier operators and establishing new boundedness results.

Contribution

It provides a complete characterization of admissible p,q ranges for Carleman estimates for key differential operators, extending previous uniform Sobolev estimates.

Findings

Complete characterization of p,q ranges for Carleman estimates.

Boundedness results for related multiplier operators.

Applications to unique continuation problems.

Abstract

Let $P(D)$ be the Laplacian $\Delta,$ or the wave operator $\square$. The following type of Carleman estimate is known to be true on a certain range of $p,q$: \[ \|e^{v\cdot x}u\|_{L^q(\mathbb{R}^d)} \le C\|e^{v\cdot x}P(D)u\|_{L^p(\mathbb{R}^d)} \] with $C$ independent of $v\in \mathbb{R}^d$. The estimates are consequences of the uniform Sobolev type estimates for second order differential operators due to Kenig-Ruiz-Sogge \cite{KRS} and Jeong-Kwon-Lee \cite{JKL}. The range of $p,q$ for which the uniform Sobolev type estimates hold was completely characterized for the second order differential operators with nondegenerate principal part. But the optimal range of $p,q$ for which the Carleman estimate holds has not been clarified before. When $P(D)=\Delta$, $\square$, or the heat operator, we obtain a complete characterization of the admissible $p,q$ for the aforementioned type of Carleman estimate. For this purpose we investigate $L^p$-$L^q$ boundedness of related multiplier operators. As applications, we also obtain some unique continuation results.