Local and global norm comparison theorems for solutions to the nonhomogeneous A-harmonic equation (Q2642185)

Let \(\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n\) be a connected open subset, \(D' (\Omega,\Lambda^1)\) be the space of differential 1-forms (deRham currents) on \(\Omega\), \(L^p(\Omega, \Lambda^1)\subset D'(\Omega, \Lambda^1)\) be the Banach subspace (with the standard \(L^p\) norm). The article involves a large number of local and global \(L^r\)-norm inequalities (the inequalities between norm of \(du\) and \(d^*v)\) for the solution of the equation \[ A(x,g+du)=h+d^*v \] where \(g,h\in D' (\Omega,\Lambda^1)\) are given and operator \(A:\Omega\times \Lambda^1\to\Lambda^1\) satisfies \[ |A(x,\xi)|\leq a|\xi|^{p-1},\langle A(x,\xi),\xi\rangle\geq|\xi|^p\;(a>0,1<p<\infty). \] Here \(d^*:D'(\Omega, \Lambda^{l+1})\to D'(\Omega,\Lambda^1)\) is the adjoint operator to the exterior derivative \(d\). The inequalities are extended to involve the \(A_r\)-weighted versions with weights \(w>0\) satisfying \[ \sup_B\left( \frac{1}{|B|}\int_Bw\,dx\right) \left(\frac{1}{|B|} \int_B\left|\frac{1}{w}\right|^{1/(r-1)}dx\right)^{r-1}<\infty \] for any ball \(B\subset \Omega\). Applications to Sobolev-Poincaré type embedding theorems and to \(L^p\)-norm estimates of the homotopy operator are briefly mentioned.