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Lipschitz solvability of prescribed Jacobian and divergence for singular measures

Analysis of PDEs 2026-04-01 v1 Functional Analysis

Abstract

Let μ\mu be a finite Radon measure on an open set ΩRd\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^d, singular with respect to the Lebesgue measure. We prove Lusin-type solvability results for the prescribed divergence equation and the prescribed Jacobian equation with Lipschitz solutions. More precisely, for every ε>0\varepsilon>0 and every Borel datum f ⁣:ΩRf \colon \Omega \to \mathbb{R} there exists a vector field VCc1(Ω;Rd)V\in C^1_c(\Omega;\mathbb{R}^d) such that divV=f\operatorname{div} V=f on a compact set KΩK\subset\Omega with μ(ΩK)<ε\mu(\Omega\setminus K)<\varepsilon, and Lip(V)(1+ε)fL(Ω,μ)\operatorname{Lip}(V)\le (1+\varepsilon)\|f\|_{L^\infty(\Omega,\mu)}. Similarly, for every Borel datum g ⁣:ΩRg\colon \Omega \to \mathbb{R} there exists a map Φ\Phi with ΦIdCc1(Ω;Rd)\Phi-\operatorname{Id}\in C^1_c(\Omega;\mathbb{R}^d) such that detDΦ=g\det D\Phi=g on a compact set KΩK\subset\Omega with μ(ΩK)<ε\mu(\Omega\setminus K)<\varepsilon, and Lip(ΦId)(1+ε)g1L(Ω,μ)\operatorname{Lip}(\Phi-\operatorname{Id})\le (1+\varepsilon)\|g-1\|_{L^\infty(\Omega,\mu)}. The maps VV and ΦId\Phi-\operatorname{Id} can be chosen arbitrarily small in supremum norm.

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@article{arxiv.2603.28912,
  title  = {Lipschitz solvability of prescribed Jacobian and divergence for singular measures},
  author = {Luigi De Masi and Andrea Marchese},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.28912},
  year   = {2026}
}