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A quantitative second order Sobolev regularity for (inhmogeneous) normalized $p(\cdot)$-Laplace equations

Analysis of PDEs 2024-03-07 v1

Abstract

Let Ω\Omega be a domain of Rn\mathbb R^n with n2n\ge 2 and p()p(\cdot) be a local Lipschitz funcion in Ω\Omega with 1<p(x)<1<p(x)<\infty in Ω\Omega. We build up an interior quantitative second order Sobolev regularity for the normalized p()p(\cdot)-Laplace equation Δp()Nu=0-\Delta^N_{p(\cdot)}u=0 in Ω\Omega as well as the corresponding inhomogeneous equation Δp()Nu=f-\Delta^N_{p(\cdot)}u=f in Ω\Omega with fC0(Ω)f\in C^0(\Omega). In particular, given any viscosity solution uu to Δp()Nu=0-\Delta^N_{p(\cdot)}u=0 in Ω\Omega, we prove the following: (i) in dimension n=2n=2, for any subdomain UΩU\Subset\Omega and any β0\beta\ge 0, one has DuβDuL2+δ(U)|Du|^\beta Du\in L^{2+\delta}(U) locally with a quantitative upper bound, and moreover, the map (x1,x2)Duβ(ux1,ux2)(x_1,x_2)\to |Du|^\beta(u_{x_1},-u_{x_2}) is quasiregular in UU in the sense that |D[|Du|^\beta Du]|^2\leq -C\det D[|Du|^\beta Du] \quad \mbox{a.e. in $U$}. (ii) in dimension n3n\geq3, for any subdomain UΩU\Subset\Omega with infUp(x)>1 \inf_U p(x)>1 and supUp(x)<3+2n2\sup_Up(x)<3+\frac2{n-2}, one has D2uL2+δ(U)D^2u\in L^{2+\delta}(U) locally with a quantitative upper bound, and also with a pointwise upper bound |D^2u|^2\le -C\sum_{1\leq i<j\le n}[u_{x_ix_j}u_{x_jx_i}-u_{x_ix_i}u_{x_jx_j}] \quad \mbox{a.e. in $U$}. Here constants δ>0\delta>0 and C1C\geq 1 are independent of uu. These extend the related results obtaind by Adamowicz-H\"ast\"o \cite{AH2010} when n=2n=2 and β=0\beta=0.

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@article{arxiv.2403.03784,
  title  = {A quantitative second order Sobolev regularity for (inhmogeneous) normalized $p(\cdot)$-Laplace equations},
  author = {Yuqing Wang and Yuan Zhou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.03784},
  year   = {2024}
}
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