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The document outlines an assignment for an advanced PDE course, presenting a series of problems related to distributions, support, and fundamental solutions. It includes tasks such as finding specific functions, proving properties of differential operators, and demonstrating the existence of fundamental solutions. The assignment emphasizes the relationship between various function spaces and the behavior of distributions under different operations.

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adv pde ass 2

The document outlines an assignment for an advanced PDE course, presenting a series of problems related to distributions, support, and fundamental solutions. It includes tasks such as finding specific functions, proving properties of differential operators, and demonstrating the existence of fundamental solutions. The assignment emphasizes the relationship between various function spaces and the behavior of distributions under different operations.

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ASSIGNMENT 2

ADVANCED PDE (MTH 524/624)

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(1) Find all functions f ∈ E(R) such that f δ = 0.
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(2) Let T ∈ D (Rn ) and let α be a multi-index. Show that
supp(Dα T ) ⊂ supp(T ).
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(3) Let T ∈ D (Rn ) and ϕ ∈ D(Rn ). Show that ϕT ∈ E (Rn ).
(4) Find the set sing. supp (H), where H is the Heaviside function.
(5) Show that the inclusion D(Rn ) ⊂ E(Rn ) is dense.
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(6) Let T ∈ D (R) and let x ∈ R. If δx (ϕ) = ϕ(x) for ϕ ∈ D(R), compute T ∗ δx .
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(7) If T ∈ D (Rn ) and {ρϵ } the family of mollifiers, show that T ∗ ρϵ → T in D (Rn ).
(8) Show that the function
(
e−λx , x ⩾ 0
E(x) =
0, x<0
d

is a fundamental solution to the operator
 2 dx
+ λ on R.
d d
(9) Consider the differential operator dx 2 + a dx + b = L, a, b constants. Let f and
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g satisfy Lf = 0, Lg = 0, f (0) = g(0), f (0) − g (0) = 1. Consider the function

f (x), x ⩽ 0
F (x) =
g(x), x > 0
Show that −F P is a fundamental solution for L.
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(10) (a) Let L = |α|⩽m aα D be a differential operator with constant coefficients
such that L has a fundamental solution E which is C ∞ on Rn \{0}. Let
ϕ ∈ D (Rn ) with ϕ = 1 in a neighbourhood of 0. Show that P = ϕE is a
distribution with compact support and such that
L(P ) = δ + ζ
ζ ∈ D (Rn ). (Such a distribution P is called a Parametrix.)
(b) Deduce that if T ∈ D′ (Rn ) with L(T ) ∈ E (Rn ) then T ∈ E (Rn ).
(c) Deduce that every fundamental solution of L is C ∞ on Rn \{0}.

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