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We show that solutions to the mixed problem on a Lipschitz domain Ω can be approximated in the Sobolev space H1(Ω) by solutions to a family of related mixed Dirichlet-Robin boundary value problems which converge in H1(Ω), and we give a rate of convergence. Further, we propose a method of solving the related problem using layer potentials.

Consider a domain Ω ⊂ RN with Lipschitz boundary and let d(x) = dist(x, ∂Ω). It is well known for p ∈ (1, ∞) that u ∈ W1,p 0 (Ω) if and only if u/d ∈ Lp (Ω) and ∇u ∈ Lp (Ω). Recently a new characterization appeared: it was proved that u ∈ W1,p 0 (Ω) if and only if u/d ∈ L1 (Ω) and ∇u ∈ Lp (Ω). In the author's bachelor thesis the condition u/d ∈ L1 (Ω) was weakened to the condition u/d ∈ L1,p (Ω), but only in the case N = 1. In this master thesis we prove that for N ≥ 1, p ∈ (1, ∞) and q ∈ [1, ∞) we have u ∈ W1,p 0 (Ω) if and only if u/d ∈ L1,q (Ω) and ∇u ∈ Lp (Ω). Moreover, we present a counterexample to this equivalence in the case q = ∞. 1

This thesis concerns the boundary behavior of solutions to parabolic equations. It consists of a comprehensive summary and four scientific papers. The equations concerned are different generalizations of the heat equation. Paper I concerns the solutions to non-linear parabolic equations with linear growth. For non-negative solutions that vanish continuously on the lateral boundary of an NTA cylinder the following main results are established: a backward Harnack inequality, the doubling property for the Riesz measure associated with such solutions, and the Hölder continuityof the quotient of two such solutions up to the boundary. Paper 2 concerns the solutions to linear degenerate parabolic equations, where the degeneracy is controlled by a Muckenhoupt weight of class 1+2/n. For non-negative solutions that vanish continuously on the lateral boundary of an NTA cylinder the following main results are established: a backward Harnack inequality, the doubling property for the parabolic measure, and the Hölder continuity of the quotient of two such solutions up to the boundary. Paper 3 concerns a fractional heat equation. The first main result is that a solution to the fractional heat equation in Euclidean space of dimension n can be extended as a solution to a certain linear degenerate parabolic equation in the upper half space of dimension n+1. The second main result is the Hölder continuity of quotients of two non-negative solutions that vanish continuously on the latteral boundary of a Lipschitz domain. Paper 4 concerns the solutions to uniformly parabolic linear equations with complex coefficients. The first main result is that under certain assumptions on the opperator the bounds for the single layer potentials associated to the opperator are bounded. The second main result is that these bounds always hold if the opperator is realvalued and symmetric.

Given a rearrangement-invariant Banach function space Y (Ω), we consider the problem of the existence of an optimal (largest) domain Or- licz space LA (Ω) satisfying the Sobolev embedding Wm LA (Ω) !Y (Ω). We present a complete solution of this problem within the class of Marcinkiewicz endpoint spaces which covers several important examples.

This thesis consists of a comprehensive summary and six scientific papers dealing with the boundary behaviour of functions related to parabolic partial differential equations and several complex variables. Paper I concerns solutions to non-linear parabolic equations of linear growth. The main results include a backward Harnack inequality, and the Hölder continuity up to the boundary of quotients of non-negative solutions vanishing on the lateral boundary of an NTA cylinder. It is also shown that the Riesz measure associated with such solutions has the doubling property. Paper II is concerned with solutions to linear degenerate parabolic equations, where the degeneracy is controlled by a weight in the Muckenhoupt class 1+2/n. Two main results are that non-negative solutions which vanish continuously on the lateral boundary of an NTA cylinder satisfy a backward Harnack inequality and that the quotient of two such functions is Hölder continuous up to the boundary. Another result is that the parabolic measure associated to such equations has the doubling property. In Paper III, it is shown that a bounded pseudoconvex domain whose boundary is α-Hölder for each 0<α<1, is hyperconvex. Global estimates of the exhaustion function are given. In Paper IV, it is shown that on the closure of a domain whose boundary locally is the graph of a continuous function, all plurisubharmonic functions with continuous boundary values can be uniformly approximated by smooth plurisubharmonic functions defined in neighbourhoods of the closure of the domain. Paper V studies  Poletsky’s notion of plurisubharmonicity on compact sets. It is shown that a function is plurisubharmonic on a given compact set if, and only if, it can be pointwise approximated by a decreasing sequence of smooth plurisubharmonic functions defined in neighbourhoods of the set. Paper VI introduces the notion of a P-hyperconvex domain. It is shown that in such a domain, both the Dirichlet problem with respect to functions plurisubharmonic on the closure of the domain, and the problem of approximation by smooth plurisubharmoinc functions in neighbourhoods of the closure of the domain have satisfactory answers in terms of plurisubharmonicity on the boundary.

Cette thèse est consacrée à l'étude de la régularité des solutions des équations de Monge-Ampère complexes ainsi que des équations hessiennes complexes dans un domaine borné de Cn. Dans le premier chapitre, on donne des rappels sur la théorie du pluripotentiel. Dans le deuxième chapitre, on étudie le module de continuité des solutions du problème de Dirichlet pour les équations de Monge-Ampère lorsque le second membre est une mesure à densité continue par rapport à la mesure de Lebesgue dans un domaine strictement hyperconvexe lipschitzien. Dans le troisième chapitre, on prouve la continuité hölderienne des solutions de ce problème pour certaines mesures générales. Dans le quatrième chapitre, on considère le problème de Dirichlet pour les équations hessiennes complexes plus générales où le second membre dépend de la fonction inconnue. On donne une estimation précise du module de continuité de la solution lorsque la densité est continue. De plus, si la densité est dans Lp , on démontre que la solution est Hölder-continue jusqu'au bord. / In this thesis we study the regularity of solutions to the Dirichlet problem for complex Monge-Ampère equations and also for complex Hessian equations in a bounded domain of Cn. In the first chapter, we give basic facts in pluripotential theory. In the second chapter, we study the modulus of continuity of solutions to the Dirichlet problem for complex Monge-Ampère equations when the right hand side is a measure with continuous density with respect to the Lebesgue measure in a bounded strongly hyperconvex Lipschitz domain. In the third chapter, we prove the Hölder continuity of solutions to this problem for some general measures. In the fourth chapter, we consider the Dirichlet problem for complex Hessian equations when the right hand side depends on the unknown function. We give a sharp estimate of the modulus of continuity of the solution as the density is continuous. Moreover, for the case of Lp-density we demonstrate that the solution is Hölder continuous up to the boundary.