Regularity results for bounded solutions to obstacle problems with non-standard growth conditions

DOI10.1007/S00009-022-02162-8arXiv2110.09586MaRDI QIDQ6380696FDOQ6380696

Authors: Andrea Gentile, Raffaella Giova, Andrea Torricelli 

Publication date: 18 October 2021

Abstract: In this paper we consider a class of obstacle problems of the type %�egin{equation*} %int_{Omega}left<A(x, Du), D(varphi-u) ight> , dxge0qquadforall %varphiin W^{1,q}(Omega) quad {mathrm{s.t.}} quad varphi ge psi %end{equation*} �egin{equation*} min left{int_{Omega}f(x, Dv), dx,:, vin mathcal{K}_psi(Omega) ight} end{equation*} where $psi$ is the obstacle, $mathcal{K}_{p}si(Omega)=vin{u}_0+W_0^{1,p}(Omega,R):vgepsiexta.e.inOmega$, with $u_{0}in{W}^{1,p}(Omega)$ a fixed boundary datum, the class of the admissible functions and the integrand $f(x,Dv)$ satisfies non standard $(p,q)$-growth conditions. \ We prove higher differentiability results for bounded solutions of the obstacle problem under dimension-free conditions on the gap between the growth and the ellipticity exponents. Moreover, also the Sobolev assumption on the partial map $xmapstoA(x,xi)$ is independent of the dimension $n$ and this, in some cases, allows us to manage coefficients in a Sobolev class below the critical one $W^{1,n}$.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear boundary value problems for linear elliptic equations (35J65) Unilateral problems for nonlinear elliptic equations and variational inequalities with nonlinear elliptic operators (35J87)

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