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m-dissipative in LP(l ). The case E = C(l) (Cr(S2) if Dirichlet boundary
conditions are used) is handled in the same way. It remains to prove the
duality relations (4.8.6). From the Lagrange identity (4.5.40) we deduce that
Ao(/3) c Ao(/3')*, thus Ao(/3) c A' (ft')* =Ao (/i')*. However, we know
that AO (/3) is m-dissipative, and so is Ao (,6) * after Theorem 2.3.10, since
LP(Q) is reflexive for 1 < p < oo. Hence the resolvent of both operators
exists for A > 0 and they must then coincide (see the end of the proof of
Lemma 2.3.9). This completes the proof.
The precedent LP theory is not entirely satisfactory. In fact, the
characterization of the domain of
AP(/3)= Ao(/3) (=Ao(f')*ifE=L"(SZ), 1<p<oo) (4.8.7)
is somewhat imprecise (compare with the L2 case in Corollary 4.7.8). This
objection will be surmounted with the help of the following result.
4.8.4
Theorem. Let 0 be a bounded domain of class C(2), and let
Aou= EEajk(x)DJDku+Y_ bj (x) Diu + c(x) u, (4.8.8)
where the coefficients ajk, bj, c, are continuous in S2; assume AO is uniformly
elliptic, that is, there exists K>tt t0 such that
LLajk(x)SjEk>KI512 (xE0,EERm)
(4.8.9)
and let 8 be the Dirichlet boundary condition. Finally, let I < p < cc. Then
there exists a constant C (depending only on p, K, 0, the modulus of continuity
of ajk on 0 and the maximum of I ajk I
'
I bj 1,
1 c I
on S2) such that
Ilullw2,P(,Q)<C(IIAouIILP(a)+IIuIIW1'P(si))
(4.8.10)
for all u in C(2)( 9),8, the set of all u E C(2)(S2) that satisfy l3 everywhere on F.
The same conclusion holds for boundary conditions /3 of type (I) with the added
assumption that the ajk are continuously differentiable in S2 and that y is
continuously differentiable on F. In this case the constant C depends on p, K, 0,
the modulus of continuity of ajk and of D`a jk, the maximum of I y I and I D"y I
on r (Dµ any first-order derivative on F) and the maximum of I ajk 1,
I D'ajk I
lbjl, Icl on 2.
The basic ingredient in the proof will be the following result on
Fourier multipliers. We denote by f u the Fourier transform of u (see
Section 8 for definition and properties).
4.8.5 Theorem.
Let m = m(a) be a function k times continuously
differentiable for a 0 in R a , with k > in /2. Assume that for every differen-
tial monomial D", a = (a,_., a,,,) with I a I = a, + + am < k, we have
IDam(a)l < Blal - ICI. (4.8.11)
Finally, let 1 < p < oo. Then there exists a constant C (depending only on B