On a class of non-uniformly elliptic equations (Q442557)

Let \(\Omega\) be a bounded domain of \(\mathbb R^N\), \(N\geq 2\) with Lipschitz boundary \(\partial \Omega\). The authors study the existence and uniqueness of both weak solutions and entropy solutions for the Dirichlet boundary value problem of a class of non-uniformly elliptic equations \[ -{\text{div}}\, (D_\xi\Phi(\nabla u))=f-{\text{div}}\, g \,\,\,\text{in} \,\,\,\Omega, \] \[ u=0\,\,\,\text{on}\,\,\,\partial \Omega, \] where \(\Phi:\mathbb R^N\to \mathbb R_+\) is a \(C^1\) nonnegative, strictly convex function, \(D_\xi\Phi : \mathbb R^N\to \mathbb R\) represents the gradient of \(\Phi(\xi)\) with respect to \(\xi\) and \(\nabla u\) represents the gradient with respect to the spatial variables \(x\). A comparison result is also discussed. Some well-known elliptic equations are the special cases of this equation.