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In mathematics, Nemytskii operators are a class of nonlinear operators on L^p spaces with good continuity and boundedness properties. They take their name from the mathematician Viktor Vladimirovich Nemytskii.

Definition

Let Ω be a domain (an open and connected set) in n-dimensional Euclidean space. A function f : Ω × R^m → R is said to satisfy the Carathéodory conditions if

f(x, u) is a continuous function of u for almost all x ∈ Ω;

f(x, u) is a measurable function of x for all u ∈ R^m.

Given a function f satisfying the Carathéodory conditions and a function u : Ω → R^m, define a new function F(u) : Ω → R by

F ( u ) ( x ) = f ( x , u ( x ) ) .

The function F is called a Nemytskii operator.

Boundedness theorem

Let Ω be a domain, let 1 < p < +∞ and let g ∈ L^q(Ω; R), with

1 p + 1 q = 1.

Suppose that f satisfies the Carathéodory conditions and that, for some constant C and all x and u,

| f ( x , u ) | ≤ C | u | p − 1 + g ( x ) .

Then the Nemytskii operator F as defined above is a bounded and continuous map from L^p(Ω; R^m) into L^q(Ω; R).

References

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Definition

Boundedness theorem

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