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Harnack inequality for non-uniformly elliptic equations in non-divergence form

Analysis of PDEs 2026-04-16 v1

Abstract

We study regularity properties for solutions to the nakedly degenerate elliptic equation aijiju=0a_{ij}\partial_{ij}u =0, where the coefficients satisfy Iaij(x)λ(x)II \ge a_{ij}(x) \ge \lambda(x) I and the only assumption is that λ1Lp\lambda^{-1} \in L^p. We prove an improvement of oscillation and a Liouville theorem for p>d1p>d-1, and a Harnack inequality for pp sufficiently large depending on dimension. Along the way, we obtain a new logLε\log-L^\varepsilon Weak Harnack inequality for supersolutions. Then, touching subsolutions by double exponential blow-up barriers, we also derive a logarithmic local maximum principle that is new even in the uniformly elliptic case. Both of these results hold for p>d1p>d-1. Finally, we construct examples showing that there cannot be Harnack or Weak Harnack inequalities in the regime p<d1p<d-1, nor can there be power-type LεL^\varepsilon inequalities in the case of any p<p<\infty.

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@article{arxiv.2604.13303,
  title  = {Harnack inequality for non-uniformly elliptic equations in non-divergence form},
  author = {David Bowman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.13303},
  year   = {2026}
}

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23 pages