Harnack's inequality for p (ṡ)-harmonic functions with unbounded exponent p

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 352, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 345-359

  Harjulehto, Petteri ^a   Hästö, Peter ^b   Latvala, Visa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Caccioppoli estimate; Dirichlet energy; Laplace equation; Non standard growth; Solution; Variable exponent

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749116390     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: 10960813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2008.05.090     Document Type: Article

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