A Harnack inequality for a degenerate parabolic equation (Q2507511)

The degenerate parabolic equation \[ u_t - \sum_{i=0}^n \Big( | u_{x_i}| ^{p-2} u_{x_i}\Big)_{x_i}=0, \qquad p>2, \] is considered. The approach, already developed for the equation \(u_t- \text{div} (| Du| ^{p-2}Du)=0\), fails by no explicit expression for the fundamental solution. The Harnack inequality is established. The main ingredients of proof are: 1) \(L_\infty\) estimates; 2) measure theoretic estimates; 3) non increasing nature of suitable Rayleigh quotient \(E(t)\); 4) comparison principle.