A density result for Sobolev spaces in dimension two, and applications to stability of nonlinear Neumann problems

dc.creatorGiacomini, Alessandro
dc.creatorTrebeschi, Paola
dc.date2005-10-27
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:47:59Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:47:59Z
dc.descriptionWe prove that if $\Om \subseteq \R^2$ is bounded and $\R^2 \setminus \Om$ satisfies suitable structural assumptions (for example it has a countable number of connected components), then $W^{1,2}(\Om)$ is dense in $W^{1,p}(\Om)$ for every $1\le p<2$. The main application of this density result is the study of stability under boundary variations for nonlinear Neumann problems of the form $$ \begin{cases} -{\rm div} A(x,\nabla u)+B(x,u)=0 & \text{in}\Om, \\ A(x,\nabla u)\cdot ν=0 & \text{on}\partial \Om, \end{cases} $$ where $A:\R^2\times \R^2 \to \R^2$ and $B:\R^2 \times \R \to \R$ are Carathéodory functions which satisfy standard monotonicity and growth conditions of order $p$.
dc.description24 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0510590
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0510590
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/103836
dc.subjectAnalysis of PDEs
dc.subjectFunctional Analysis
dc.subject35J65, 31A15, 47H05, 49J45
dc.titleA density result for Sobolev spaces in dimension two, and applications to stability of nonlinear Neumann problems
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