\(G\)-convergence for non-divergence elliptic operators with VMO coefficients in \(\mathbb R^3\) (Q1734793)

In the paper under review, the authors study reverse Hölder inequalities and the $G$-convergence for non-divergence elliptic operators with VMO coefficients in $\mathbb{R}^3$. More precisely, they consider the operator $N$ defined as \[ N[v]=\sum_{i,j=1}^3\frac{\partial^2(a_{ij}v)}{\partial x_i \partial x_j}, \] which is the formal adjoint of the operator (in ``non divergence form'') \[ L[u]=\sum_{i,j=1}^3a_{ij}(x)\frac{\partial^2 u}{\partial x_i \partial x_j}=\mathrm{Tr}(AD^2u). \] First, for non-negative solutions $v\in L^p_{\mathrm{loc}}(\Omega)$ of the adjoint equation $N[v]=0$ for $3/2<p\leq 2$, they prove the following reverse Hölder inequality \[ \Bigg(\frac{1}{\int_{B_r}dx}\int_{B_r}v^q\, dx\Bigg)^{1/q}\leq c \Bigg(\frac{1}{\int_{B_r}dx}\int_{B_r}v\, dx\Bigg), \] for balls $B_r\subseteq \Omega$, with $2\leq q<3$. Then, they characterize the $G$-limit of a sequence of elliptic operators of non-divergence form.