Harnack inequality for a class of strongly degenerate elliptic operators formed by Hörmander vector fields (Q634808)

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Harnack inequality for a class of strongly degenerate elliptic operators formed by Hörmander vector fields
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    Harnack inequality for a class of strongly degenerate elliptic operators formed by Hörmander vector fields (English)
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    16 August 2011
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    This paper deals with the following strongly degenerate elliptic equation in divergence form \[ -X_j^*(a_{ij}X_iu+d_ju)+b_iX_iu+cu=f-X_i^*h_i. \] The authors prove the local boundedness of solutions and deduce a Harnack-type inequality. These properties enable them to show that the weak solutions to the above equation are continuous with respect to the Carnot-Carathéodory metric.
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    strongly degenerate elliptic operator
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    Harnack inequality
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    Hörmander vector field
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