Discrete Fourier multipliers and cylindrical boundary value problems

Abstract

We consider operator-valued boundary value problems in $(0,2\pi)^n$ with periodic or, more generally, $\nu$-periodic boundary conditions. Using the concept of discrete vector-valued Fourier multipliers, we give equivalent conditions for the unique solvability of the boundary value problem. As an application, we study vector-valued parabolic initial boundary value problems in cylindrical domains $(0,2\pi)^n\times V$ with $\nu$-periodic boundary conditions in the cylindrical directions. We show that under suitable assumptions on the coefficients, we obtain maximal $L^q$-regularity for such problems.