Liouville type theorems for dual nonlocal evolution equations involving Marchaud derivatives

TL;DR

This paper proves a Liouville type theorem for dual nonlocal fractional parabolic equations involving Marchaud derivatives, showing solutions must be constant under certain conditions, and introduces sharp decay estimates for related operators.

Contribution

The paper establishes a novel Liouville theorem for dual fractional parabolic equations with Marchaud derivatives, extending previous harmonic function results and providing new decay estimates for analysis.

Findings

Solutions are constant under specified asymptotic conditions.

Derived optimal decay estimates for dual fractional operators.

Extended Liouville theorems to dual nonlocal parabolic equations.

Abstract

In this paper, we establish a Liouville type theorem for the homogeneous dual fractional parabolic equation \begin{equation} \partial^\alpha_t u(x,t)+(-\Delta)^s u(x,t) = 0\ \ \mbox{in}\ \ \mathbb{R}^n\times\mathbb{R} . \end{equation} where $0<\alpha,s<1$. Under an asymptotic assumption $$\liminf_{|x|\rightarrow\infty}\frac{u(x,t)}{|x|^\gamma}\geq 0 \; ( \mbox{or} \; \leq 0) \,\,\mbox{for some} \;0\leq\gamma\leq 1, $$ in the case $\frac{1}{2}<s < 1$, we prove that all solutions in the sense of distributions of above equation must be constant by employing a method of Fourier analysis. Our result includes the previous Liouville theorems on harmonic functions \cite{ABR} and on $s$-harmonic functions \cite{CDL} as special cases and it is still novel even restricted to one-sided Marchaud fractional equations, and our methods can be applied to a variety of dual nonlocal parabolic problems. In the process of deriving our main result, through very delicate calculations, we obtain an optimal estimate on the decay rate of $\left[D_{\rm right}^\alpha+(-\Delta)^s\right] \varphi(x,t)$ for functions in Schwartz space. This sharp estimate plays a crucial role in defining the solution in the sense of distributions and will become a useful tool in the analysis of this family of equations.