Partial regularity for degenerate parabolic systems with nonstandard growth and discontinuous coefficients (Q2147808)

Main goal of the author is to study qualitative properties of weak solutions to certain degenerate parabolic systems whose model is the parabolic \(p(x,t)\)-Laplacian system. It is pointed out that the coefficients are discontinuous, and the vector field \(A(z, Du)\) exhibits nonstandard \(p(x,t)\)-growth conditions. Firstly, the author gives the characterization of the singular sets, then derives an estimate for gradients of solutions in \(L^p log^\gamma L \) space by using the higher integrability estimates. Moreover, the paper is devoted to the study of Poincaré-type inequality for the weak solution. Furthermore, is obtained an alternative characterization of the regular points from the Poincaré inequality. Finally, the author establishes the Caccioppoli-type estimate, which is a reverse Poincaré inequality, uses the A-caloric approximation method to derive a decay estimate and then, the proof of the partial regularity result is presented by using an iteration method.