Existence of solutions for degenerated problems in \(L^1\) having lower order terms with natural growth (Q2427603)

Summary: We prove the existence of a solution for a strongly nonlinear degenerated problem associated to the equation \(Au + g(x,u,\nabla u) = f,\) where \(A\) is a Leray-Lions operator from the weighted Sobolev space \(W_0^{1,p}(\Omega,w)\) into its dual \(W^{-1,p'}(\Omega,w^*)\). While \(g(x,s,\xi)\) is a nonlinear term having natural growth with respect to \(\xi\) and no growth with respect to \(s\), it satisfies a sign condition on \(s\), i.e., \(g(x,s,\xi)\cdot s \geq 0\) for every \(s\in\mathbb R\). The right-hand side \(f\) belongs to \(L^1(\Omega)\).