Pointwise Hadamard variational formula for the fractional Laplacian

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author Djitte, Sidy M.
Sueur, Franck
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Sueur, Franck
contents We establish pointwise formulas for the shape derivative of solutions to the Dirichlet problem associated with the fractional Laplacian. Specifically, we consider the equation $(-Δ)^s u = h$ in $Ω$ and $u=0$ in $Ω^c$, where the right-hand side $h$ is either a Dirac delta distribution or a Lipschitz function. In both cases, we prove that the corresponding solution is shape differentiable in every direction and we derive a formula for the pointwise value of its shape derivative. These formulas involve integral on the domain's boundary and fractional Neumann's traces. This extends to the case of the fractional Laplacian the well-known Hadamard variational formula for the standard Laplacian. Our argument is in the spirit of \cite{Ushikoshi, Kozono-Ushikoshi} and is based on PDEs techniques.
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spellingShingle Pointwise Hadamard variational formula for the fractional Laplacian
Djitte, Sidy M.
Sueur, Franck
Analysis of PDEs
We establish pointwise formulas for the shape derivative of solutions to the Dirichlet problem associated with the fractional Laplacian. Specifically, we consider the equation $(-Δ)^s u = h$ in $Ω$ and $u=0$ in $Ω^c$, where the right-hand side $h$ is either a Dirac delta distribution or a Lipschitz function. In both cases, we prove that the corresponding solution is shape differentiable in every direction and we derive a formula for the pointwise value of its shape derivative. These formulas involve integral on the domain's boundary and fractional Neumann's traces. This extends to the case of the fractional Laplacian the well-known Hadamard variational formula for the standard Laplacian. Our argument is in the spirit of \cite{Ushikoshi, Kozono-Ushikoshi} and is based on PDEs techniques.
title Pointwise Hadamard variational formula for the fractional Laplacian
topic Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.07214