Quasi-norm interpolation error estimates for the piecewise linear finite element approximation of \(p\)-Laplacian problems (Q2575159)

This work studies the continuous piecewise linear finite element approximation of the following quasilinear equation \[ -\text{div}(k(k|\nabla u|)\nabla u)= f\quad\text{in }\Omega,\qquad u= g\quad\text{on }\partial\Omega \] specially when \(k\) is degenerate, for example, when \(k(t)= t^{p-2}\) with \(p> 1\) and \(p\neq 2\) (the \(p\)-Laplacian case). The authors introduce new interpolation error estimates for some well-known interpolators in the quasi-norms. In this way, they derive some optimal a priori error bounds for the \(p\)-Laplacian with regularity requirements achievable for sufficiently smooth data.