Kernel representations of fractional gradient bilinear forms. Part II. Variable coefficients
Abstract
This paper investigates the existence and properties of interaction kernels representing nonlocal energies associated with the Riesz fractional gradient and variable, uniformly elliptic matrix fields A(x). Building on our previous analysis of constant matrices in [DSV26], we establish necessary conditions on the singularity and decay of such kernels, derive an explicit representation formula under suitable regularity assumptions, and prove uniqueness of the kernel representation. We also obtain sharp asymptotics and positivity criteria near the diagonal, averaged decay estimates at infinity, and characterize the divergence free property of A(x) through the decay of the kernel. Finally, we show that the associated energy may fail the truncation property and that arbitrarily small smooth perturbations of constant matrices can destroy the nonnegativity of the representing kernel. These results provide negative answers to both [SS18, Open Problems 1.9 and 1.10].
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BibTeX
@misc{dipierro2026kernel,
title = {{Kernel representations of fractional gradient bilinear forms. Part II. Variable coefficients}},
author = {Serena Dipierro and Caterina Sportelli and Enrico Valdinoci},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.38010},
eprint = {2610.38010},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.38010},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Kernel representations of fractional gradient bilinear forms. Part II. Variable coefficients
AU - Serena Dipierro
AU - Caterina Sportelli
AU - Enrico Valdinoci
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/27
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.38010
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.38010
AB - This paper investigates the existence and properties of interaction kernels representing nonlocal energies associated with the Riesz fractional gradient and variable, uniformly elliptic matrix fields A(x). Building on our previous analysis of constant matrices in [DSV26], we establish necessary conditions on the singularity and decay of such kernels, derive an explicit representation formula under suitable regularity assumptions, and prove uniqueness of the kernel representation. We also obtain sharp asymptotics and positivity criteria near the diagonal, averaged decay estimates at infinity, and characterize the divergence free property of A(x) through the decay of the kernel. Finally, we show that the associated energy may fail the truncation property and that arbitrarily small smooth perturbations of constant matrices can destroy the nonnegativity of the representing kernel. These results provide negative answers to both [SS18, Open Problems 1.9 and 1.10].
ER -