Weighted Poincaré-type estimates for conjugate \(A\)-harmonic tensors (Q2569953)

Let \(\Omega\) be a connected open subset of \(\mathbb R^n\), \(n\geq 2\), \(\Lambda^l({\mathbb R}^n)\) the linear space of all \(l\)-forms on \(\mathbb R^n\), \(l\in\{0,\ldots,n\}\). Let the map \(A:\Omega\times\Lambda^l({\mathbb R}^n)\rightarrow \Lambda^l({\mathbb R}^n)\) satisfy the conditions \(\mid A(x,\xi)\mid\leq a\mid\xi\mid^{p-1}\) and \(\langle A(x,\xi),\xi\rangle\geq\mid\xi\mid^p\) for almost every \(x\in\Omega\), all \(\xi\in \Lambda^l({\mathbb R}^n)\) and a fixed \(p\in\, ]1,\infty[\). Forms \(u\) and \(v\) are called conjugate \(A\)-harmonic tensors in \(\Omega\) if they satisfy the equation \(A(x,du)=d^*v\), where the so-called Hodge codifferential operator \(d^*\), acting on \((l+1)\)-forms by \((-1)^{nl+1} *d*\) (\(*\) being the Hodge star operator), is the formal adjoint of the exterior derivative \(d\). The author proves two Poincaré-type inequalities involving the Hodge codifferential operator and Green's operator acting on conjugate \(A\)-harmonic tensors. Crucial estimates that are used are taken from \textit{S. Ding} [Z. Anal. Anwend. 22 No. 4, 939--957 (2003; Zbl 1044.58002)].