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A proof of the $C^{p^\prime}$-regularity conjecture in the plane

Analysis of PDEs 2020-01-03 v1

Abstract

We establish a new oscillation estimate for solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations of elliptic, degenerate type. This new tool yields a precise control on the growth rate of solutions near their set of critical points, where ellipticity degenerates. As a consequence, we are able to prove the planar counterpart of the longstanding conjecture that solutions of the degenerate pp-Poisson equation with a bounded source are locally of class Cp=C1,1p1C^{p^\prime}=C^{1,\frac{1}{p-1}}; this regularity is optimal.

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@article{arxiv.1901.03827,
  title  = {A proof of the $C^{p^\prime}$-regularity conjecture in the plane},
  author = {Damião J. Araújo and Eduardo V. Teixeira and José Miguel Urbano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.03827},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

The proof of Theorem 6 has been slightly amended with respect to the published version; some minor typos were also corrected