The \(p\)-ellipticity condition for second order elliptic systems and applications to the Lamé and homogenization problems (Q2232187)

In this interesting paper, the authors extend the notion of \(p\)-ellipticity to second order elliptic systems. When one considers \textit{ellipticity} for systems, no single notion exists, but rather various ellipticity conditions of various strengths exist. A similar phenomenon happens when one considers \textit{\(p\)-ellipticity}. In this paper, the authors define three new notions of \(p\)-ellipticity. Relationships between them are established, and the authors demonstrate how each of them can be used to solve boundary value problems. In particular, the authors obtain extrapolation results for solvability of the \(L^p\) Dirichlet problem for elliptic systems, along with applications of this result both in the context of homogenization, and for the Lame system of linear elasticity.