A new method of proving a priori bounds for superlinear elliptic PDE (Q2193432)

In this paper, the author describes a new method of proving a priori bounds for positive supersolutions and solutions of elliptic PDE, in divergence or non-divergence form, with superlinear growth in the unknown function. This new approach is based on global weak Harnack inequalities and a quantitative Hopf lemma. The advantage of this approach is that is not necessary to assume that \(f\) has precise power growth and that the equation is satisfied in a domain with a Dirichlet condition on the whole boundary, the estimates for subsolutions and supersolutions are separated and the proofs are very short. This method works also for systems of inequalities with opposite sign.