Existence of infinite energy solutions of degenerate elliptic equations (Q692841)

The main aim of this article is to establish the existence of infinite energy solutions for degenerate elliptic equations of the form \[ \text{div}A(x,Du)=\text{div}f\;\text{in}\;\mathbb R^n, \] where \(A: \mathbb R^n\times \mathbb R^n\to \mathbb R\) is a Caratheodory function satisfying a Lipschitz condition and an elliptic condition, with \(A(x,0)\equiv 0\), and the nonlinearity \(f\) is assumed to belong to an Orlicz-Zygmund class. It is Theorem 1.2, the main result in this article, that establishes the existence of a solution \(u\) for which \(Du\in L^2\log^{-\alpha-1}L(\mathbb R^n) \). Also, the regularity of solutions is studied when \(f\) belongs to some suitable Lebesgue space.