Inhomogeneous minimization problems for the p(x)-Laplacian

DOI10.1016/J.JMAA.2019.02.049zbMATH Open1429.49005arXiv1901.01165OpenAlexW2907225333WikidataQ128351328 ScholiaQ128351328MaRDI QIDQ2633744FDOQ2633744

Noemí Wolanski, Claudia Lederman

Publication date: 10 May 2019

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study an inhomogeneous minimization problems associated to the $p(x)$-Laplacian. We make a thorough analysis of the essential properties of their minimizers and we establish a relationship with a suitable free boundary problem. On the one hand, we study the problem of minimizing the functional $J(v)=in{t}_{O}megaBig(frac|ablav{|}^{p(x)}p(x)+lambda(x)ch{i}_{v>0}+fvBig),dx$. We show that nonnegative local minimizers $u$ are solutions to the free boundary problem: $uge0$ and �egin{equation} label{fbp-px} ag{$P(f,p,{lambda}^{*})$} �egin{cases} Delta_{p(x)}u:=mbox{div}(|

abla u(x)|^{p(x)-2} abla u)= f & mbox{in }{u>0}\ u=0, |

abla u| = lambda^*(x) & mbox{on }partial{u>0} end{cases} end{equation} with $lambd{a}^{*}(x)=Big(fracp(x)p(x)-1,lambda(x)Big{)}^{1/p(x)}$ and that the free boundary is a $C^{1,alpha}$ surface. On the other hand, we study the problem of minimizing the functional $J_{varepsilon}(v)=in{t}_{O}megaBig(frac|ablav{|}^{p_{v}arepsilon(x)}{p}_{v}arepsilon(x)+B_{varepsilon}(v)+f_{v}arepsilonvBig),dx$, where $$, $varepsilon>0$, $$, with $$ a Lipschitz function satisfying $$ in $(0,1)$, $$ outside $(0,1)$. We prove that if $u_{v}arepsilon$ are nonnegative local minimizers, then any limit function $u$ ($varepsilono0$) is a solution to the free boundary problem $P(f,p,{lambda}^{*})$ with $lambd{a}^{*}(x)=Big(fracp(x)p(x)-1,MBig{)}^{1/p(x)}$, $$, $p=lim{p}_{v}arepsilon$, $f=lim{f}_{v}arepsilon$, and that the free boundary is a $C^{1,alpha}$ surface. In order to obtain our results we need to overcome deep technical difficulties and develop new strategies, not present in the previous literature for this type of problems.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.01165

zbMATH Keywords

free boundary problemminimization problemsingular perturbationvariable exponent spacesinhomogeneous problemregularity of the free boundary

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Medical applications (general) (92C50) Existence theories for optimal control problems involving partial differential equations (49J20)

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