Hardy-type inequalities and Pohozaev-type identities for a class of \(p\)-degenerate subelliptic operators and applications. (Q1811793)

Degenerate subelliptic operators \( L_p u = \text{div}_L(| \nabla_Lu| ^{p-2}\nabla_Lu) \) are studied, where \(p>1\), \(\nabla_L = (X_1,\dots,X_n,Y_1,\dots,Y_n)\), \(X_j = \frac{\partial}{\partial x_j} + 2ky_j| z| ^{2k-2}\frac{\partial}{\partial t}\), \(Y_j = \frac{\partial}{\partial y_j} - 2kx_j| z| ^{2k-2}\frac{\partial}{\partial t}\), \(k\geq 1\), \(z_j=x_j+-1y_j \in \mathbb{C}\), \(j=1,\dots,n\), \(t \in \mathbb{R}\), \(\text{div}_L(u_1,\dots,u_{2n}) = \sum_{j=1}^n (X_ju_j+Y_ju_{n+j})\). Fundamental solutions at the origin are established with the aid of the properties of radial functions; a Picone-type identity and a Hardy-type inequality with respect to vector fields are proved. Some Pohozaev-type identities and an application to a simple nonexistence result for nonlinear equations are given. Moreover, a Carleman-type estimate and the unique continuation of the operator \(L_2\) are shown.