Global Sobolev inequalities and degenerate p-Laplacian equations

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Abstract: We prove that a local, weak Sobolev inequality implies a global Sobolev estimate using existence and regularity results for a family of p-Laplacian equations. Given OmegasubsetmathbbRn, let ho be a quasi-metric on Omega, and let Q be an nimesn semi-definite matrix function defined on Omega. For an open set ThetaSubsetOmega, we give sufficient conditions to show that if the local weak Sobolev inequality % [ Big(fint_B |f|^{psigma}dxBig)^frac{1}{psigma} leq CBig[ r(B)fint_B |sqrt{Q}

abla f|^pdx + fint_B |f|^pdxBig]^frac{1}{p} ] holds for some sigma>1, all balls BsubsetTheta, and functions finLip0(Theta), then the global Sobolev inequality [ Big(int_Theta |f|^{psigma}dxBig)^frac{1}{psigma} leq CBig(int_Theta |sqrt{Q} abla f(x)|^pdxBig)^frac{1}{p} ] also holds. Central to our proof is showing the existence and boundedness of solutions of the Dirichlet problem [ �egin{cases} mx_{p, au} u & = varphi ext{in} Theta \ u & = 0 ext{in} partial Theta, end{cases} ] where mxp,au is a degenerate p-Laplacian operator with a zero order term: [ mx_{p, au} u = ext{div}Big(�ig|sqrt{Q} abla u�ig|^{p-2}Q

abla uBig) - au |u|^{p-2}u. ]





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