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June  2016, 9(3): 697-715. doi: 10.3934/dcdss.2016023

## Generalized Wentzell boundary conditions for second order operators with interior degeneracy

 1 Department of Mathematics, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Via E.Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy 2 The University of Memphis, Mathematical Sciences, 373 Dunn Hall, Memphis, TN 38152-3240 3 Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Memphis, 373 Dunn Hall, Memphis, TN 38152-3240, United States 4 Dipartimento di Matematica, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, via E. Orabona 4, 70125 Bari

Received  April 2015 Revised  September 2015 Published  April 2016

We consider operators in divergence form, $A_1u=(au')'$, and in nondivergence form, $A_2u=au''$, provided that the coefficient $a$ vanishes in an interior point of the space domain. Characterizing the domain of the operators, we prove that, under suitable assumptions, the operators $A_1$ and $A_2$, equipped with general Wentzell boundary conditions, are nonpositive and selfadjoint on spaces of $L^2$ type.
Citation: Genni Fragnelli, Gisèle Ruiz Goldstein, Jerome Goldstein, Rosa Maria Mininni, Silvia Romanelli. Generalized Wentzell boundary conditions for second order operators with interior degeneracy. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - S, 2016, 9 (3) : 697-715. doi: 10.3934/dcdss.2016023
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