Nonlinear commutators for the fractional \(p\)-Laplacian and applications (Q330875)

The author proves a nonlinear commutator estimate regarding the transfer of derivatives onto testfunctions for the fractional \(p\)-Laplacian operator. This implies that solutions to certain degenerate nonlocal equations are higher differentiable. Moreover, weakly fractional \(p\)-harmonic functions that are a priori less regular than the variational solutions, are in fact classical. As an application of these results, the author shows that sequences of uniformly bounded \(\frac{n}{s}\)-harmonic maps converge strongly outside at most finitely many points.