Weak reverse Hölder inequalities and imbedding inequalities for solutions to the \(A\)-harmonic equation (Q1849004)

Let \(\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^n\) be a bounded domain. A weight \(w(x)\) is called an \(A_r(\lambda, \Omega)\)-weight \((r>1,\lambda>0)\) if \[ \sup_B\left( {1\over|B|} \int_Bw^\lambda dx\right) \left({1\over|B|} \int_B w^{-1/(r-1)} dx\right)^{r-1} <\infty \] for any ball \(B\subset\Omega\). The main results concern the \(A_r(\lambda, \Omega)\)-weighted embedding inequalities and weak reverse Hölder inequalities for solutions of the equation \(d^*A(x,d \omega) =0\), where the operator \(A:\Omega \times \Lambda^l (\mathbb{R}^n) \to\Lambda^l (\mathbb{R}^n)\) satisfies \[ \bigl|A(x,\xi) \bigr|\leq a|\xi |^{p-1}, \bigl\langle A(x,\xi),\xi \bigr\rangle \geq|\xi|^p\;(a<0,\;1<p< \infty). \] The embedding inequality ensures the existence of a constant \(C\) such that \[ \bigl\|u-T(du) \bigr\|_{W^{1,s}(B),\;w^{\alpha,\lambda}} \leq C|B |\|du\|_{s,\rho} B,w^s \] for all balls \(B\) with \(\rho B\subset \Omega\) (a fixed \(\rho >1)\), where \(T\) is a homotopy operator. The reverse Hölder inequality reads \[ \Bigl(\int_B|u|^sw^{\alpha \lambda} dx\Bigr)^{1/s} \leq C|B |^{(t-s)/st} \Bigl(\int_{\sigma B} |u|^tw^{\alpha t/s} dx \Bigr)^{ 1/s}, \] for all balls \(B\) with \(\sigma B\subset\Omega\) and any \(\alpha\), \(0< \alpha <1\).