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The solution of the Kato square root problem for second order elliptic operators on ℝn

  • Pascal Auscher*
  • , Steve Hofmann
  • , Michael Lacey
  • , Alan McIntosh
  • , Philippe Tchamitchian
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    We prove the Karo conjecture for elliptic operators on ℝn. More precisely, we establish that the domain of the square root of a uniformly complex elliptic operator L = -div (A∇) with bounded measurable coefficients in ℝn is the Sobolev space H1(ℝn) in any dimension with the estimate ||√Lf|| 2 ∼ ||∇f|| 2.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)633-654
    Number of pages22
    JournalAnnals of Mathematics
    Volume156
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Sept 2002

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