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Sharp regularity estimates for second order fully nonlinear parabolic equations

Analysis of PDEs 2016-01-25 v1

Abstract

We prove sharp regularity estimates for viscosity solutions of fully nonlinear parabolic equations of the form \begin{equation}\label{Meq}\tag{Eq} u_t- F(D^2u, Du, X, t) = f(X,t) \quad \mbox{in} \quad Q_1, \end{equation} where FF is elliptic with respect to the Hessian argument and fLp,q(Q1)f \in L^{p,q}(Q_1). The quantity κ(n,p,q):=np+2q\kappa(n, p, q):=\frac{n}{p}+\frac{2}{q} determines to which regularity regime a solution of \eqref{Meq} belongs. We prove that when 1<κ(n,p,q)<2ϵF1< \kappa(n,p,q) < 2-\epsilon_F, solutions are parabolic-H\"{o}lder continuous for a sharp, quantitative exponent 0<α(n,p,q)<10< \alpha(n,p,q) < 1. Precisely at the critical borderline case, κ(n,p,q)=1\kappa(n,p,q)= 1, we obtain sharp Log-Lipschitz regularity estimates. When 0<κ(n,p,q)<10< \kappa(n,p,q) <1, solutions are locally of class C1+σ,1+σ2C^{1+ \sigma, \frac{1+ \sigma}{2}} and in the limiting case κ(n,p,q)=0\kappa(n,p,q) = 0, we show C1,Log-LipC^{1, \text{Log-Lip}} regularity estimates provided FF has "better" \textit{a priori} estimates.

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@article{arxiv.1601.06099,
  title  = {Sharp regularity estimates for second order fully nonlinear parabolic equations},
  author = {João Vitor da Silva and Eduardo V. Teixeira},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.06099},
  year   = {2016}
}
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