Inhomogeneous minimization problems for the p(x)-Laplacian

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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)=intOmegaBig(frac|ablav|p(x)p(x)+lambda(x)chiv>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 lambda(x)=Big(fracp(x)p(x)1,lambda(x)Big)1/p(x) and that the free boundary is a C1,alpha surface. On the other hand, we study the problem of minimizing the functional Jvarepsilon(v)=intOmegaBig(frac|ablav|pvarepsilon(x)pvarepsilon(x)+Bvarepsilon(v)+fvarepsilonvBig),dx, where , varepsilon>0, , with a Lipschitz function satisfying in (0,1), outside (0,1). We prove that if uvarepsilon are nonnegative local minimizers, then any limit function u (varepsilono0) is a solution to the free boundary problem P(f,p,lambda) with lambda(x)=Big(fracp(x)p(x)1,MBig)1/p(x), , p=limpvarepsilon, f=limfvarepsilon, and that the free boundary is a C1,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.



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