A Liouville type result for fractional Schrödinger operators in 1D

The aim of this master's thesis is to obtain an alternative and original proof of a Liouville type result for fractional Schrödinger operators in 1D without using a local extension problem, in the spirit of the recent work of Hamel et al. Thanks to this new proof we can extend the Liouville the...

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Author: Felipe Navarro, Juan Carlos|||0000-0001-7630-6661
Format: master thesis
Publication Date:2017
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repository:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/100464
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/100464
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Differential equations, Partial
Nonlocal equations
Integral operators
Schrödinger operator
Fractional Laplacian
Liouville type result
De Giorgi conjecture
Equacions en derivades parcials
Classificació AMS::35 Partial differential equations::35B Qualitative properties of solutions
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Equacions diferencials i integrals::Equacions en derivades parcials
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Summary:The aim of this master's thesis is to obtain an alternative and original proof of a Liouville type result for fractional Schrödinger operators in 1D without using a local extension problem, in the spirit of the recent work of Hamel et al. Thanks to this new proof we can extend the Liouville theorem to other nonlocal operators that do not have a local extension problem, being the first time that a result of this kind is proven. First, we introduce Schrödinger operators, the fractional Laplacian and its local extension problem. Then, we present a recent work about a nonlocal and nonlinear problem, where the prior study of fractional Schrödinger operators is needed. We also present the most important motivation for the study of Liouville type results: the conjecture of De Giorgi, and we review some Liouville type results both with local and nonlocal operators. Finally, we give the proof of the main theorems of the thesis.