Support and smoothness of a cutoff's spatial multi-index derivatives #
The ball cutoff serrinBallCutoff x ρ, lifted to a time-independent function of
ParabolicPoint, is constant (1 near x, 0 past radius ρ) on the two open sets flanking
the annulus ρ/2 ≤ |y - x| ≤ ρ, so every nonzero spatial multi-index derivative of it vanishes
there and is supported in that compact annulus; every such derivative, including the zeroth, is
globally smooth. These are the facts that make the cutoff-times-kernel product in the interior
estimates of
lem:aniso:annulus a smooth, compactly supported function away from the Newtonian kernel's
singularity, ready for integration by parts.
Part 1: peeling one derivative off a multi-index #
A nonzero spatial multi-index derivative peels one derivative off the outermost nonvanishing exponent.
Part 2: the cutoff's derivatives vanish off the annulus #
Part 3: compact support of a nonzero cutoff derivative #
A nonzero derivative of the lifted cutoff is supported in the closed annulus
ρ/2 ≤ |y - x| ≤ ρ.
The compact annulus that carries a nonzero cutoff derivative.
A nonzero derivative of the lifted cutoff has compact support.
Part 4: global smoothness of a cutoff derivative #
Every spatial multi-index derivative of the lifted cutoff is smooth.