Gradient estimates for a class of quasilinear elliptic equations with measure data

We study a class of non-homogeneous quasilinear elliptic equations with measure data to obtain an optimal regularity estimate. We prove that the gradient of a weak solution to the problem is as integrable as the first order maximal function of the associated measure in the Orlicz spaces up to a correct power.     

Wiener criterion and potential estimates for obstacle problems relative to degenerate elliptic operators

Summary We give a Wiener's type criterion for the continuity of the local solutions of obstacle problems relative to a degenerate elliptic operator. Moreover, we give an estimate on the modulus of continuity of the solutions and we also estimate the «energy decay» at a point.

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Sunto Si dà un criterio di Wiener per la continuità in un punto delle soluzioni locali di problemi d'ostacolo relativi ad un operatore ellittico degenere. Si ottiene inoltre una stima del modulo di continuità della soluzione e del «decay» dell'«energia» in un punto.

     

Residual type a posteriori error estimates for elliptic obstacle problems

Summary. A posteriori error estimators of residual type are derived for piecewise linear finite element approximations to elliptic obstacle problems. An instrumental ingredient is a new interpolation operator which requires minimal regularity, exhibits optimal approximation properties and preserves positivity. Both upper and lower bounds are proved and their optimality is explored with several examples. Sharp a priori bounds for the a posteriori estimators are given, and extensions of the results to double obstacle problems are briefly discussed. Received June 19, 1998 / Published online December 6, 1999     

Entropy solutions of anisotropic elliptic nonlinear obstacle problem with measure data

We prove the existence of an entropy solution for a class of nonlinear anisotropic elliptic unilateral problem associated to the following equation $$\begin{aligned} -\sum _{i=1}^{N} \partial _i a_i(x,u, \nabla u) -\sum _{i=1}^{N}\partial _{i}\phi _{i}( u)=\mu , \end{aligned}$$where the right hand side $$\mu $$ belongs to $$L^{1}(\Omega )+ W^{-1, \vec {p'}}(\Omega )$$. The operator $$-\sum _{i=1}^{N} \partial _i a_i(x,u, \nabla u) $$ is a Leray–Lions anisotropic operator and $$\phi _{i} \in C^{0}({\mathbb {R}}, {\mathbb {R}})$$.     

On a class of nonlinear obstacle problems with measure data

We study the notion of solution to an obstacle problem for a strongly monotone and Lipschitz operator A, when the forcing term is a bounded Radon measure. We obtain existence and uniqueness results. We study also some properties of the obstacle reactions associated with the solutions of the obstacle problems, obtaining the Lcwy­Stampacchia inequality. Moreover we investigate the interaction between obstacle and data and the complementarity conditions     

On some nonlinear elliptic problems with an unknown measure data

We prove the existence of a solution of some nonlinear elliptic problems with a Radon measure data. In contrast with the usual elliptic problem, this measure will be an unknown of the problem depending on the solution. We shall use a Minimax Ambrosetti–Rabinowitz argument. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Marcinkiewicz estimates for solutions of some elliptic problems with nonregular data

The method introduced by Ennio De Giorgi and Guido Stampacchia for the study of the regularity (L ^p , Marcinkiewicz or C ^0,α ) of the weak solutions of Dirichlet problems hinges on the handle of inequalities concerning the integral of on the subsets where |u(x)| is greater than k. In this framework, here we give a contribution with the study of the Marcinkiewicz regularity of the gradient of infinite energy solutions of Dirichlet problems with nonregular data. Dedicated to Juan Luis Vazquez for his 60th birthday (“El verano del Patriarca”, see [19]).     

Gradient estimates for solutions to quasilinear elliptic equations with critical sobolev growth and hardy potential

This note is a continuation of the work[17].We study the following quasilinear elliptic equations(■)where 1 p N,0 ≤μ ((N-p)/p)~p and Q ∈ L~∞(R~N).Optimal asymptotic estimates on the gradient of solutions are obtained both at the origin and at the infinity.     

Gradient estimates for elliptic systems in non-smooth domains

We obtain the global W ^1,p , 1 < p < ∞, estimate for the weak solution of an elliptic system with discontinuous coefficients in non-smooth domains without using maximal function approach. It is assumed that the boundary of a bounded domain is well approximated by hyperplanes at every point and at every scale, and that the tensor coefficients belong to BMO space with their BMO semi-norms sufficiently small. S.-S. Byun was supported in part by KRF-2006-C00034 and L. Wang was supported in part by NSF Grant 0701392.     

Nonlinear elliptic equations with measure data

In this paper we prove the existence of solutions of nonlinear equations of the type-div(a(x, u, Du)+H(x, u, Du)=f, wherea andH are Caratheodory functions andf is a bounded Radon measure. We remark that the operator can be not coercive. We give also some regularity results.     

Semilinear elliptic systems with measure data

Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata (1923 -) - We study the Dirichlet problem for systems of the form $$-varDelta u^k=f^k(x,u)+mu ^k,,xin varOmega ,,k=1,ldots ,n$$ , where $$varOmega...     

Gradient estimates for elliptic systems with measurable coefficients in nonsmooth domains

We consider an elliptic system in divergence form with measurable coefficients in a nonsmooth bounded domain to find a minimal regularity requirement on the coefficients and a lower level of geometric assumption on the boundary of the domain for a global W ^1,p , 1 < p < ∞, regularity. It is proved that such a W ^1,p regularity is still available under the assumption that the coefficients are merely measurable in one variable and have small BMO semi-norms in the other variables while the domain can be locally approximated by a hyperplane, a so called δ-Reifenberg domain, which is beyond the Lipschitz category. This regularity easily extends to a certain Orlicz-Sobolev space.     

Gradient estimates in Orlicz space for nonlinear elliptic equations

In this paper we generalize gradient estimates in Lp space to Orlicz space for weak solutions of elliptic equations of p-Laplacian type with small BMO coefficients in δ-Reifenberg flat domains. Our results improve the known results for such equations using a harmonic analysis-free technique.     

Gradient estimates in Orlicz spaces for quasilinear elliptic equation

In this paper we generalize classical L^q$L^q$, q≥p$q\ge p$, estimates of the gradient to the Orlicz space for weak solutions of quasilinear elliptic equations of p-Laplacian type.     

Gradient estimates for a class of elliptic systems

Summary Gradient bounds are proved for solutions to a class of second order elliptic systems in divergence form. The main condition on this class is a generalization of the assumption that the system be the Euler-Lagrange system of equations for a functional depending only on the modulus of the gradient of the solution.     

Anisotropic error estimates for elliptic problems

Summary.  Moving from the anisotropic interpolation error estimates derived in [12], we provide here both a-priori and a-posteriori estimates for a generic elliptic problem. The a-priori result is deduced by following the standard finite element theory. For the a-posteriori estimate, the analysis extends to anisotropic meshes the theory presented in [3–5]. Numerical test-cases validate the derived results. Received July 22, 2001 / Revised version received March 20, 2002 / Published online July 18, 2002 Mathematics Subject Classification (1991): 65N15, 65N50     

Effect of numerical integration for elliptic obstacle problems

Summary. An elliptic obstacle problem is approximated by piecewise linear finite elements with numerical integration on the penalty and forcing terms. This leads to diagonal nonlinearities and thereby to a practical scheme. Optimal error estimates in the maximum norm are derived. The proof is based on constructing suitable super and subsolutions that exploit the special structure of the penalization, and using quite precise pointwise error estimates for an associated linear elliptic problem with quadrature via the discrete maximum principle. Received March 19, 1993