Eunhee Jeong

Let $P(D)$ be the Laplacian $\Delta,$ or the wave operator $\square$. The following type of Carleman estimate is known to be true on a certain range of $p,q$: \[ \|e^{v\cdot x}u\|_{L^q(\mathbb{R}^d)} \le C\|e^{v\cdot x}P(D)u\|_{L^p(\mathbb{R}^d)} \] with $C$ independent of $v\in \mathbb{R}^d$. The estimates are consequences of the uniform Sobolev type estimates for second order differential operators due to Kenig-Ruiz-Sogge \cite{KRS} and Jeong-Kwon-Lee \cite{JKL}. The range of $p,q$ for which the uniform Sobolev type estimates hold was completely characterized for the second order differential operators with nondegenerate principal part. But the optimal range of $p,q$ for which the Carleman estimate holds has not been clarified before. When $P(D)=\Delta$, $\square$, or the heat operator, we obtain a complete characterization of the admissible $p,q$ for the aforementioned type of Carleman estimate. For this purpose we investigate $L^p$-$L^q$ boundedness of related multiplier operators. As applications, we also obtain some unique continuation results.

We study $L^p\times L^q\to L^r$ bounds for the bilinear Bochner-Riesz operator $\mathcal{B}^\alpha$, $\alpha>0$ in $\mathbb{R}^d,$ $d\ge2$, which is defined by \[ {\mathcal B}^{\alpha}(f,g)=\iint_{\mathbb{R}^d\times\mathbb{R}^d} e^{2\pi i x\cdot(\xi+\eta)} (1-|\xi|^2-|\eta|^2 )^{\alpha}_+ ~ \widehat{f}(\xi)\,\widehat{g}(\eta)\,d\xi d\eta.\] We make use of a decomposition which relates the estimates for $\mathcal{B}^\alpha$ to those of the square function estimates for the classical Bochner-Riesz operators. In consequence, we significantly improve the previously known bounds.

We study uniform Sobolev inequalities for the second order differential operators $P(D)$ of non-elliptic type. For $d\ge3$ we prove that the Sobolev type estimate $\|u\|_{L^q(\mathbb{R}^d)}\le C \|P(D)u\|_{L^p(\mathbb{R}^d)}$ holds with $C$ independent of the first order and the constant terms of $P(D)$ if and only if $1/p-1/q=2/d$ and $\frac{2d(d-1)}{d^2+2d-4}<p<\frac{2(d-1)}d$. We also obtain restricted weak type endpoint estimates for the critical $(p,q)=(\frac{2(d-1)}{d},\frac{2d(d-1)}{(d-2)^2})$, $(\frac{2d(d-1)}{d^2+2d-4}, \frac{2(d-1)}{d-2})$. As a consequence, the result extends the class of functions for which the unique continuation for the inequality $|P(D)u|\le|Vu|$ holds.