p(x)-Harmonic functions with unbounded exponent in a subdomain

We study the Dirichlet problem −div(|∇u|p(x)−2∇u) = 0 in , with u = f on @ and p(x) = ∞ in D, a subdomain of the reference domain . The main issue is to give a proper sense to what a solution is. To this end, we consider the limit as n → ∞ of the solutions un to the corresponding problem when pn(x)...

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Main Author: Manfredi, Juan J. (author)
Other Authors: Rossi, Julio D. (author), Urbano, José Miguel (author)
Format: other
Language:eng
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/11222
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/11222
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Summary:We study the Dirichlet problem −div(|∇u|p(x)−2∇u) = 0 in , with u = f on @ and p(x) = ∞ in D, a subdomain of the reference domain . The main issue is to give a proper sense to what a solution is. To this end, we consider the limit as n → ∞ of the solutions un to the corresponding problem when pn(x) = p(x)∧ n, in particular, with p = n in D. Under suitable assumptions on the data, we find that such a limit exists and that it can be characterized as the unique solution of a variational minimization problem. Moreover, we examine this limit in the viscosity sense and find an equation it satisfies.