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Some sharp Sobolev regularity for inhomogeneous $\infty$-Laplace equation in plane

Analysis of PDEs 2018-06-07 v1

Abstract

Suppose ΩR2\Omega\Subset \mathbb R^2 and fBVloc(Ω)C0(Ω)f\in BV_{loc}(\Omega)\cap C^0(\Omega) with f>0|f|>0 in Ω\Omega. Let uC0(Ω)u\in C^0(\Omega) be a viscosity solution to the inhomogeneous \infty-Laplace equation Δu:=12i=12(Du2)iui=i,j=12uiujuij=fin Ω. -\Delta_{\infty} u :=-\frac12\sum_{i=1}^2(|Du|^2)_iu_i= -\sum_{i,j=1}^2u_iu_ju_{ij} =f \quad {\rm in}\ \Omega. The following are proved in this paper. (i) For α>3/2 \alpha > 3/2, we have DuαWloc1,2(Ω)|Du|^{\alpha}\in W^{1,2}_{loc}(\Omega), which is (asymptotic) sharp when α3/2 \alpha \to 3/2. Indeed, the function w(x1,x2)=x14/3w(x_1,x_2)=-x_1^ {4/3} is a viscosity solution to Δw=4334-\Delta_\infty w=\frac{4^3}{3^4} in R2\mathbb R^2. For any p>2p> 2, DwαWloc1,p(R2)|Dw|^\alpha \notin W^{1,p}_{loc}(\mathbb R^2) whenever α(3/2,33/p)\alpha\in(3/2,3-3/p). (ii) For α(0,3/2] \alpha \in(0, 3/2] and p[1,3/(3α))p\in[1, 3/(3-\alpha)), we have DuαWloc1,p(Ω)|Du|^{\alpha}\in W^{1,p}_{loc}(\Omega), which is sharp when p3/(3α)p\to 3/(3-\alpha). Indeed, DwαWloc1,3/(3α)(R2) |Dw|^\alpha \notin W^{1,3/(3-\alpha)}_{loc}(\mathbb R^2). (iii) For ϵ>0 \epsilon > 0, we have Du3+ϵLloc1(Ω)|Du|^{-3+\epsilon }\in L^1_{loc}(\Omega ), which is sharp when ϵ0\epsilon\to0. Indeed, Dw3Lloc1(R2)|Dw|^{-3} \notin L^1_{loc}(\mathbb R^2). (iv) For α>0 \alpha > 0, we have -(|Du|^{\alpha})_iu_i= 2\alpha|Du|^{{ \alpha-2}}f \ \mbox{ almost everywhere in $\Omega$}. Some quantative bounds are also given.

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@article{arxiv.1806.01987,
  title  = {Some sharp Sobolev regularity for inhomogeneous $\infty$-Laplace equation in plane},
  author = {Herbert Koch and Yi Ru-Ya Zhang and Yuan Zhou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.01987},
  year   = {2018}
}
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