Robust nonlocal trace spaces and Neumann problems

Abstract

We prove trace and extension results for fractional Sobolev spaces of order s∈(0,1). These spaces are used in the study of nonlocal Dirichlet and Neumann problems on bounded domains. The results are robust in the sense that the continuity of the trace and extension operators is uniform as s approaches 1 and our trace spaces converge to H1/2(∂Ω). We apply these results in order to study the convergence of solutions of nonlocal Neumann problems as the integro-differential operators localize to a symmetric, second order operator in divergence form.