Nonlinear elliptic equations having a gradient term with natural growth (Q2490008)

The authors deal with a class of nonlinear elliptic Dirichlet problems whose simplest model example is \[ -\Delta_p u= g(x)|\nabla u|^p+ f\quad\text{in }\Omega, \] \[ u= 0\quad\text{on }\partial\Omega, \] where \(\Omega\) is a bounded open set in \(\mathbb{R}^N\), \(N\geq 2\), \(g\) is a continuous real function and \(\Delta_p\) denotes the so-called \(p\)-Laplacian \((p> 1)\). Under some natural assumptions on \(g\), \(f\) the authors prove the \(L^\infty\)-estimate and deduce the existence of bounded solutions. Moreover, the authors study the existence of unbounded solutions (and their regularity); in this context they use the more general framework of entropy solutions, which can be applied to the full range \(f\in L^m(\Omega)\), \(m> 1\). Furthermore, the authors present several examples concerning the optimality their results in the range of assumptions appeared in the paper.