Equivalence between Regularity Theorems and Heat Kernel Estimates for Higher Order Elliptic Operators and Systems under Divergence Form

Journal of Functional Analysis

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 310-364

  Auscher, P ^a   Qafsaoui, M ^a  

^a Faculté de Mathématiques et d Informatique   (France)

Author keywords

Elliptic operators and systems; Gaussian upper bounds; G rding inequality; Heat kernels; Gaussian upper bounds; Local elliptic regularity; Morrey Campanato spaces; heat kernels; Gaussian upper bounds; Morrey Campanato spaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000794929     PISSN: 00221236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfan.2000.3643     Document Type: Article

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