On a fixed smooth bounded domain, zero-boundary solutions with forcing in a bounded subset of are uniformly bounded in by a maximum-principle barrier and the global Schauder estimate. The Arzela-Ascoli theorem gives convergence in . A closed Hölder-norm constraint passes to the limit by lower semicontinuity of a Hölder seminorm, so the constrained solution set is compact rather than merely relatively compact.
Lower semicontinuity of a Hölder seminorm 2026-10-06
If uniformly and the Hölder seminorms are uniformly bounded, each fixed difference quotient converges. Taking the supremum over point pairs gives . The supremum norms converge, so the full Hölder norm has the same lower semicontinuity of a Hölder seminorm.