Session 34. SPDE: stochastic analysis and dynamics

\(L^p\)-parabolic regularity and non-degenerate Ornstein- Uhlenbeck type operators

Enrico Priola, University of Torino, Italy
We prove \(L^p\)-parabolic a-priori estimates for \(\partial_t u + \sum_{i,j=1}^d c_{ij}(t)\partial_{x_i x_j}^2 u = f \) on \(R^{d+1}\) when the coefficients \(c_{ij}\) are locally bounded functions on \(R\) and \(p \in (1, \infty)\). We slightly generalize the usual parabolicity assumption and show that still \(L^p\)-estimates hold for the second spatial derivatives of \(u\). We also investigate the dependence of the constant appearing in such estimates from the parabolicity constant. When \(p \not = 2\) the proof requires the use of the stochastic integral. Finally we extend our estimates to parabolic equations involving non-degenerate Ornstein-Uhlenbeck type operators.
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