Persistence of Hölder continuityfor non-local integro-differential  equations

Kyudong Choi

doi:10.3934/dcds.2013.33.1741

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2013, Volume 33, Issue 5: 1741-1771. Doi: 10.3934/dcds.2013.33.1741

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Persistence of Hölder continuity for non-local integro-differential equations

Kyudong Choi^1,

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Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, C1200, Austin, TX 78712

Received: November 30, 2011

Revised: March 31, 2012

Published: April 2013

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In this paper, we consider non-local integro-differential equations under certain natural assumptions on the kernel, and obtain persistence of Hölder continuity for their solutions. In other words, we prove that a solution stays in $C^\beta$ for all time if its initial data lies in $C^\beta$. This result has an application for a fully non-linear problem, which is used in the field of image processing. In addition, we show Hölder regularity for solutions of drift diffusion equations with supercritical fractional diffusion under the assumption $b\in L^\infty C^{1-\alpha}$ on the divergent-free drift velocity. The proof is in the spirit of [23] where Kiselev and Nazarov established Hölder continuity of the critical surface quasi-geostrophic (SQG) equation.

Keywords:

Image processing,
integro-differential equations,
nonlinear partial differential equations,
nonlocal operators,
drift diffusion equations,
super-critical fractional diffusion.

Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35B45, 45G05, 47G20.

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