Inhomogeneous minimization problems for the \(p(x)\)-Laplacian (Q2633744)

This paper is devoted to the study of inhomogeneous minimization problems associated to the \(p(x)\)-Laplacian. The authors make a thorough analysis of the essential properties of their minimizers and establish a relationship with a suitable free boundary problem. The work here, for both minimization problems, consists in an exhaustive analysis of the properties of nonnegative local minimizers, namely, global regularity and behavior close to the free boundary In order to obtain the results the authors need to overcome deep technical difficulties and develop new strategies, not present in the previous literature for this type of problems.