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This paper presents a survey of recent results, methods, and open problems in the theory of higher-order elliptic boundary value problems on Lipschitz and more general non-smooth domains. The main topics include the maximum principle and pointwise estimates on solutions in arbitrary domains, analogues of the Wiener test governing continuity of solutions and their derivatives at a boundary point, and well-posedness of boundary value problems in domains with Lipschitz boundaries.
Mathematics Subject Classification (2010). Primary 35-02; Secondary 35B60, 35B65, 35J40, 35J55.
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Barton, A., Mayboroda, S. (2014). Boundary-value Problems for Higher-order Elliptic Equations in Non-smooth Domains. In: Cepedello Boiso, M., Hedenmalm, H., Kaashoek, M., Montes Rodríguez, A., Treil, S. (eds) Concrete Operators, Spectral Theory, Operators in Harmonic Analysis and Approximation. Operator Theory: Advances and Applications, vol 236. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-0648-0_4
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