Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations

Date: April 22, 2025

Time: 3:00PM - 4:00PM

Location: Blocker 302

Speaker: Ugur G. Abdulla, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

Title: Kolmogorov Problem and Wiener-type Criteria for the Removability of the Fundamental Singularity for the Elliptic and Parabolic PDEs

Abstract: This talk will address the major problem in the Analysis of PDEs on the nature of singularities reflecting the natural phenomena. I will present my solution of the "Kolmogorov's Problem" (1928) expressed in terms of the new Wiener-type criterion for the removability of the fundamental singularity for the heat equation. The new concept of regularity or irregularity of singularity point for the parabolic (or elliptic) PDEs is defined according to whether or not the caloric (or harmonic) measure of the singularity point is null or positive. The new Wiener-type criterion precisely characterizes the uniqueness of boundary value problems with singular data, reveal the nature of the harmonic or caloric measure of the singularity point, asymptotic laws for the conditional Brownian motion, and criteria for thinness in minimal-fine topology. The talk will end with the description of some outstanding open problems and perspectives of the development of the potential theory of nonlinear elliptic and parabolic PDEs.