Regularity for solutions of nonlinear elliptic equations with degenerate coercivity

We prove regularity results for solutions of some nonlinear Dirichlet problems for an equation in the form

On coercivity and irregularity for some nonlinear degenerate elliptic systems

We study the ‘universal’ strong coercivity problem for variational integrals of degenerate p-Laplacian type by mixing finitely many homogenous systems. We establish the equivalence between universal p-coercivity and a generalized notion of p-quasiconvex extreme points. We then give sufficient conditions and counterexamples for universal coercivity. In the case of noncoercive systems we give examples showing that the corresponding variational integral may have infinitely many non-trivial minimizers in W ₀^1,p which are nowhere C ¹ on their supports. We also give examples of universally p-coercive variational integrals in W ₀^1,p for p ⩾ with L ^∞ coefficients for which uniqueminimizers under affine boundary conditions are nowhere C ¹.      

Higher integrability for nonlinear elliptic equations with variable growth and discontinuous coefficients

In this paper, based on the theory of variable exponent spaces, we study the higher integrability for a class of nonlinear elliptic equations with variable growth and discontinuous coefficients. Under suitable assumptions, we obtain a local gradient estimate in Orlicz space for weak solution.     

Existence of solutions for nonlinear elliptic degenerate equations

In this paper, we study the problem$\text{−div}\text{a(x,u,}\text{∇}\text{u)−div}\text{φ(u)+g(x,u)=f}\text{in}\text{Ω}$in the setting of the weighted sobolev space $\text{W}{}_0{}^{\mathrm{1,p}}\text{(Ω,ν)}$. The main novelty of our work is L^∞ estimates on the solutions, and the existence of a weak and renormalized solution.     

On Harnack inequality for degenerate nonlinear higher-order elliptic equations

In this article we establish Harnack type inequality and derive a result of local Hölder continuity for solutions of degenerate nonlinear higher-order elliptic equations where the degeneracy is of Muckenhoupt kind.     

Strong comparison principles for some nonlinear degenerate elliptic equations

In this paper, we obtain the strong comparison principle and Hopf Lemma for locally Lipschitz viscosity solutions to a class of nonlinear degenerate elliptic operators of the form ▽~2ψ + L(x, ▽ψ), including the conformal hessian operator.     

Solutions for systems of nonlinear elliptic equations with nonlinear boundary conditions

We look for solutions of systems of nonlinear elliptic equations with nonlinear boundary conditions and values in some compact convex set M. If the nonlinear terms satisfy a sign condition on the boundary of M and the inhomogeneous terms assume their values in this set existence of solutions is proved. The proof is based on the homotopy invariance of the Leray-Schauder degree and Weinberger's strong maximum principle.     

Global bifurcation for a class of degenerate elliptic equations with variable exponents

We are concerned with the following nonlinear problem

     

Strongly nonlinear degenerate elliptic equations with discontinuous coefficients. I

This paper is concerned with the existence and uniqueness of variational solutions of the strongly nonlinear equation $$ - \sum\limits_1^m {_i \frac{\partial }{{\partial x_i }}\left( {\sum\limits_1^m {_j a_{i,j} (x, u(x))\frac{{\partial u(x)}}{{\partial x_j }}} } \right) + g(x, u(x)) = f(x)} $$ with the coefficients a _i,j (x, s) satisfying an eHipticity degenerate condition and hypotheses weaker than the continuity with respect to the variable s. Furthermore, we establish a condition on f under which the solution is bounded in a bounded open subset Ω of R^m.     

Strongly nonlinear degenerate elliptic equations with discontinuous coefficients. II

We use energy methods to prove the existence and uniqueness of solutions of the Dirichlet problem for an elliptic nonlinear second-order equation of divergence form with a superlinear tem [i.e., g(x, u)=v(x) a(x)⋎u⋎ ^p−1u,p>1] in unbounded domains. Degeneracy in the ellipticity condition is allowed. Coefficients a _i,j(x,r) may be discontinuous with respect to the variable r. University of Catania, Italy. Published in Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 49, No. 12, pp. 1601–1609, December, 1997.     

The Dirichlet problem for nonlinear elliptic equations with variable exponent

In this paper we study the Dirichlet problem for nonlinear elliptic equations with variable exponents in Sobolev spaces with variable exponent. We show that for every continuous function $g$ on the boundary there exists a unique continuous extension of $g$.     

Results for degenerate nonlinear elliptic equations involving a Hardy potential

Consider the problem

     

On the boundedness of solutions for degenerate nonlinear elliptic equations

We establish the boundedness of solutions of Dirichlet Problem for a class of degenerate nonlinear elliptic equations. To prove the result we follow a modification of Moser's method.     

A maximum rank problem for degenerate elliptic fully nonlinear equations

The solutions to the Dirichlet problem for two degenerate elliptic fully nonlinear equations in n + 1 dimensions, namely the real Monge–Ampère equation and the Donaldson equation, are shown to have maximum rank in the space variables when n ≤ 2. A constant rank property is also established for the Donaldson equation when n = 3.     

Comparison principles and Lipschitz regularity for some nonlinear degenerate elliptic equations

We establish interior Lipschitz regularity for continuous viscosity solutions of fully nonlinear, conformally invariant, degenerate elliptic equations. As a by-product of our method, we also prove a weak form of the strong comparison principle, which we refer to as the principle of propagation of touching points, for operators of the form \(\nabla ^2 \psi + L(x,\psi ,\nabla \psi )\) which are non-decreasing in \(\psi \).     

Boundedness of solutions for anisotropic degenerate elliptic equations with nonstandard growth

Under nonstandard growth conditions, following Moser's iteration technique, we prove boundedness of solutions for fourth order nonlinear elliptic equation in divergence form.