Università di Parma

6d N=(2,0) superconformal field theories have natural surface operators similar in many ways to Wilson lines in gauge theories. In this talk, I will discuss how they can be studied using conformal bootstrap techniques, including connection to W-algebras and the so-called inversion formula, focusing on the limit of large central charge.

So-called Schauder estimates are a standard tool in the analysis of linear elliptic and parabolic PDE. They have been originally obtained by Hopf (1929, interior case), and by Schauder and Caccioppoli (1934, global estimates). The nonlinear case is a more recent achievement from the ’80s (Giaquinta & Giusti, Ivert, Lieberman, Manfredi). All these classical results hold in the uniformly elliptic framework. I will present the solution to the longstanding problem, open since the ‘70s, of proving estimates of such kind in the nonuniformly elliptic setting. I will also cover the case of nondifferentiable functionals and provide a complete regularity theory for a new double phase model. From joint work with Giuseppe Mingione (University of Parma).

Nonuniform Ellipticity is a classical topic in PDE, and regularity of solutions to nonuniformly elliptic and parabolic equations has been studied at length. I will present some recent results in this direction, including the solution to the longstanding issue of the validity of Schauder estimates in the nonuniformly elliptic case obtained in collaboration with Cristiana De Filippis. 

We present some regularity estimates for viscosity solutions to a class of possible degenerate and singular integro-differential equations whose leading operator switches between two different types of fractional elliptic phases, according to the zero set of a modulating coefficient a = a(·, ·). The model case is driven by the following nonlocal double phase operator,

$$\int \frac{|u(x) − u(y)|^{p−2} (u(x) − u(y))} {|x − y|^{n+sp}} dy+ \int a(x, y) \frac{|u(x) − u(y)|^{ q−2} (u(x) − u(y))} {|x − y|^{n+tq}} dy$$

where $q ≥ p$ and $a(·, ·) = 0$. Our results do also apply for inhomogeneous equations, for very general classes of measurable kernels. By simply assuming the boundedness of the modulating coefficient, we are able to prove that the solutions are Hölder continuous, whereas similar sharp results for the classical local case do require a to be Hölder continuous. To our knowledge, this is the first (regularity) result for nonlocal double phase problems.

I am going to report on some developments in regularity theory of nonlinear, degenerate equations, with special emphasis on estimates involving linear and nonlinear potentials. I will cover three main cases: degenerate nonlinear equations, systems, non-uniformly elliptic operators.