Opuscula Math. 38, no. 6 (2018), 765-777
https://doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2018.38.6.765
Opuscula Mathematica
Improved bounds for solutions of ϕ-Laplacians
Waldo Arriagada
Jorge Huentutripay
Abstract. In this short paper we prove a parametric version of the Harnack inequality for \(\phi\)-Laplacian equations. In this sense, the estimates are optimal and represent an improvement of previous bounds for this kind of operators.
Keywords: Orlicz-Sobolev space, Harnack inequality, \(\phi\)-Laplacian.
Mathematics Subject Classification: 35B50, 35J20, 35J60.
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- Waldo Arriagada
- Khalifa University, Department of Applied Mathematics and Sciences, P.O. Box 127788, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Jorge Huentutripay
- Universidad Austral de Chile, Instituto de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Campus Isla Teja, Valdivia, Chile
- Communicated by Vicentiu D. Radulescu.
- Received: 2018-01-11.
- Revised: 2018-02-21.
- Accepted: 2018-02-21.
- Published online: 2018-07-05.
