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Besov regularity of solutions to the Dirichlet problem for the Bessel $(p,s)$-Laplacian

Analysis of PDEs 2026-03-06 v1

Abstract

We study the Dirichlet problem for a class of fractional pp-Laplacian operators of order s(0,1)s \in (0,1) defined through the Riesz fractional gradient, which differs fundamentally from the standard fractional pp-Laplacian. Our analysis combines the framework of Lions-Calder\'on spaces, Besov embeddings, and an adaptation of Nirenberg's difference quotient method, originally developed by Savar\'e, to the fractional Riesz setting. As a main result, we establish global Besov regularity estimates for weak solutions. Concretely, in the superquadratic regime p2p \geq 2, we prove uB˙p,s+1/p(Ω)u \in \dot{B}_{p,\infty}^{s+1/p}(\Omega) for s[1p,1)s \in [\frac{1}{p'},1), and uB˙p,s+sp1(Ω)u \in \dot{B}_{p,\infty}^{s+\frac{s}{p-1}}(\Omega) for s(0,1p)s \in (0,\frac{1}{p'}). In the subquadratic case 1<p<21<p<2, we show uB˙p,s+1/2(Ω)u \in \dot{B}_{p,\infty}^{s+1/2}(\Omega) for s[12,1)s \in [\frac{1}{2},1), and uB˙p,2s(Ω)u \in \dot{B}_{p,\infty}^{2s}(\Omega) for s(0,12)s \in (0,\frac12), with quantitative bounds depending on the source data.

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@article{arxiv.2603.05298,
  title  = {Besov regularity of solutions to the Dirichlet problem for the Bessel $(p,s)$-Laplacian},
  author = {Juan Pablo Borthagaray and Leandro M. Del Pezzo and José Camilo Rueda Niño},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.05298},
  year   = {2026}
}