Harnack's Inequality for Degenerate Parabolic Equations (Q3978331)

Let \(\Omega\) be a domain in \(R^ n\) and let \(u(x,t): \Omega\times(a,b)\to R\) be a solution of the linear degenerate parabolic equation \(v(x)u_ t=D_{x_ i}(a_{ij}(x,t)D_{x_ j}u)\), where the matrix \(A=(a_{ij})\) is symmetric and satisfies \(w_ 1(x,t)|\xi|^ 2\leq\langle A\xi,\xi\rangle\leq w_ 2(x,t)|\xi|^ 2\), \(\forall\xi\in R^ n\), \((x,t)\in\Omega\times(a,b)\). Under suitable hypotheses on the weight functions \(v\), \(w_ 1\) and \(w_ 2\), the authors obtain mean value inequalities for \(u\) and a Harnack's inequality. Using a method developed by the authors [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 323, No. 1, 263-281 (1991)] the mean value inequalities are derived from Sobolev interpolation inequalities on cylinders in \(R^{n+1}\). These inequalities are obtained by proving interpolation inequalities in \(x\) which are valid uniformly in \(t\) and which allow integration with respect to \(t\).