Fractional variable exponents Sobolev trace spaces and Dirichlet problem for the regional fractional \(p(.)\)-Laplacian (Q6098239)

The author considers fractional variable exponent Sobolev spaces. Variable exponent spaces were introduced by \textit{W.~Orlicz} [Stud. Math. 3, 200--211 (1931; JFM 57.0251.02)] and their properties were further developed by Nakano as special cases of the theory of modular spaces. The main results of the paper are Theorems~1.1, 1.3 and 1.4, where the author applies the relative capacity to characterize completely the zero trace fractional variable exponents Sobolev spaces and presents a relative capacity criterion for removable sets. In fact, the author proves relations between traces in various senses and capacities, i.e., he uses the fractional relative \((s, q(\cdot), p(\cdot, \cdot))\)-capacity to characterize completely the space \(H^{s,q(\cdot),p(\cdot,\cdot)}_0 (\Omega)\). He presents a necessary and sufficient condition for the equality \(H^{s,q(\cdot),p(\cdot,\cdot)}_0 (\Omega) =\tilde{W}^{s,q(\cdot),p(\cdot,\cdot)}_0 (\Omega)\). By the above argument one can study the existence of weak solutions for the Dirichlet problem for the regional fractional \(p(\cdot)\)-Laplacian.