A degenerate operator in non divergence form

In this paper we consider a fourth order operator in nondivergence form Au := au′′′′, where a : [0, 1] → R+ is a function that degenerates somewhere in the interval. We prove that the operator generates an analytic semigroup, under suitable assumptions on the function a. We extend these results to a general operator Anu := au .

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