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A non-smooth Brezis-Oswald uniqueness result

Analysis of PDEs 2023-05-03 v3

Abstract

We classify the non-negative critical points in W01,p(Ω)W^{1,p}_0(\Omega) of J(v)=ΩH(Dv)F(x,v)dx J(v)=\int_\Omega H(Dv)-F(x, v)\, dx where HH is convex and positively pp-homogeneous, while ttF(x,t)/tp1t\mapsto \partial_tF(x, t)/t^{p-1} is non-increasing. Since HH may not be differentiable and FF has a one-sided growth condition, JJ is only l.s.c. on W01,p(Ω)W^{1,p}_0(\Omega). We employ a weak notion of critical point for non-smooth functionals, derive sufficient regularity of the latter without an Euler-Lagrange equation available and focus on the uniqueness part of the results in \cite{BO}, through a non-smooth Picone inequality.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2212.07353,
  title  = {A non-smooth Brezis-Oswald uniqueness result},
  author = {Sunra Mosconi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.07353},
  year   = {2023}
}

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