Harnack inequality for non-uniformly elliptic equations in non-divergence form
Abstract
We study regularity properties for solutions to the nakedly degenerate elliptic equation , where the coefficients satisfy and the only assumption is that . We prove an improvement of oscillation and a Liouville theorem for , and a Harnack inequality for sufficiently large depending on dimension. Along the way, we obtain a new 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 . Finally, we construct examples showing that there cannot be Harnack or Weak Harnack inequalities in the regime , nor can there be power-type inequalities in the case of any .
Keywords
Cite
@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}
}
Comments
23 pages