Global gradient estimates for degenerate parabolic equations in nonsmooth domains (Q731396)

The author studies the global regularity of the solutions of degenerate parabolic equations of the form \[ u_t=\operatorname{div}A(x,t,\nabla u), \] where \(A(x,t,\nabla u)\) satisfies the Carathédory-type conditions and the \(p\)-growth conditions. It is shown that the weak solutions belong to a higher Sobolev space than assumed a priori if the complement of the domain satisfies a capacity density condition and if the boundary values are sufficiently smooth. Integrability estimates for the gradient are obtained. The results are extended to parabolic systems as well.