Elliptic unique continuation below the Lipschitz threshold

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contents In this article, we investigate unique continuation principles for solutions $u$ of uniformly elliptic equations of the form $-\mathrm{div}(A \nabla u) = 0$ when $A$ is less regular than Lipschitz. For general matrices $A$, we prove that strong unique continuation holds provided that $A$ has modulus of continuity $ω$ satisfying the Osgood condition $\int_0^1 ω(t)^{-1}dt = \infty$, plus some other mild hypotheses. Along with the counterexamples of Mandache, this shows that the sharp condition on $A$ that guarantees unique continuation is essentially that $A$ is log-Lipschitz.
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spellingShingle Elliptic unique continuation below the Lipschitz threshold
Jeznach, Cole
Analysis of PDEs
35A02, 35J15, 35J10
In this article, we investigate unique continuation principles for solutions $u$ of uniformly elliptic equations of the form $-\mathrm{div}(A \nabla u) = 0$ when $A$ is less regular than Lipschitz. For general matrices $A$, we prove that strong unique continuation holds provided that $A$ has modulus of continuity $ω$ satisfying the Osgood condition $\int_0^1 ω(t)^{-1}dt = \infty$, plus some other mild hypotheses. Along with the counterexamples of Mandache, this shows that the sharp condition on $A$ that guarantees unique continuation is essentially that $A$ is log-Lipschitz.
title Elliptic unique continuation below the Lipschitz threshold
topic Analysis of PDEs
35A02, 35J15, 35J10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.23614