Optimal \(W^{1,p}\) regularity theory for parabolic equations in divergence form (Q2463457)

The paper deals with weak solutions to the divergence form Cauchy--Dirichlet problem \[ \begin{cases} u_t-\text{ div\,} (A\nabla u)=\text{ div\,\textbf f} & \text{in}\;\Omega_T:=\Omega\times(0,T),\\ u=0 & \text{on}\;\partial\Omega\times[0,T],\\ u=0 & \text{on}\;\Omega\times\{t=0\}, \end{cases} \] where \(\Omega\) is a bounded domain in \(\mathbb R^n\) with sufficiently Reifenberg flat boundary, and the bounded and uniformly parabolic coefficients matrix \(A(x,t)\) is \((\delta,R)\)-vanishing with some small \(\delta>0.\) Under these conditions, the author proves the estimate \[ \| u\| _{W^{1,p}(\Omega_T)}\leq C \| \mathbf{f}\| _{L^p(\Omega_T)} \] for each weak solution of the problem under consideration.