{"title":"Non-constant functions with zero nonlocal gradient and their role in nonlocal Neumann-type problems","authors":"Carolin Kreisbeck, Hidde Schönberger","doi":"10.1016/j.na.2024.113642","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This work revolves around properties and applications of functions whose nonlocal gradient, or more precisely, finite-horizon fractional gradient, vanishes. Surprisingly, in contrast to the classical local theory, we show that this class forms an infinite-dimensional vector space. Our main result characterizes the functions with zero nonlocal gradient in terms of two simple features, namely, their values in a layer around the boundary and their average. The proof exploits recent progress in the solution theory of boundary-value problems with pseudo-differential operators. We complement these findings with a discussion of the regularity properties of such functions and give illustrative examples. Regarding applications, we provide several useful technical tools for working with nonlocal Sobolev spaces when the common complementary-value conditions are dropped. Among these, are new nonlocal Poincaré inequalities and compactness statements, which are obtained after factoring out functions with vanishing nonlocal gradient. Following a variational approach, we exploit the previous findings to study a class of nonlocal partial differential equations subject to natural boundary conditions, in particular, nonlocal Neumann-type problems. Our analysis includes a proof of well-posedness and a rigorous link with their classical local counterparts via <span><math><mi>Γ</mi></math></span>-convergence as the fractional parameter tends to 1.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":16.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0362546X24001615/pdfft?md5=553f4dd248401bdbae37ffd61c633f93&pid=1-s2.0-S0362546X24001615-main.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"100","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0362546X24001615","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This work revolves around properties and applications of functions whose nonlocal gradient, or more precisely, finite-horizon fractional gradient, vanishes. Surprisingly, in contrast to the classical local theory, we show that this class forms an infinite-dimensional vector space. Our main result characterizes the functions with zero nonlocal gradient in terms of two simple features, namely, their values in a layer around the boundary and their average. The proof exploits recent progress in the solution theory of boundary-value problems with pseudo-differential operators. We complement these findings with a discussion of the regularity properties of such functions and give illustrative examples. Regarding applications, we provide several useful technical tools for working with nonlocal Sobolev spaces when the common complementary-value conditions are dropped. Among these, are new nonlocal Poincaré inequalities and compactness statements, which are obtained after factoring out functions with vanishing nonlocal gradient. Following a variational approach, we exploit the previous findings to study a class of nonlocal partial differential equations subject to natural boundary conditions, in particular, nonlocal Neumann-type problems. Our analysis includes a proof of well-posedness and a rigorous link with their classical local counterparts via -convergence as the fractional parameter tends to 1.
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