A Harnack inequality for a transmission problem with p(x)-Laplacian. Issue 1 (25th January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Alkhutov, Yu. A.; Surnachev, M. D.
• Is Part Of: Applicable analysis. Volume 98:Issue 1/2(2019)
• Page Start: 332
• Page End: 344
• Publication Date: 2019-01-25
• Subjects: Harnack inequality -- transmission problem -- variable exponent -- p(x)-Laplacian; 35J15 -- 35J92; Mathematical analysis -- Periodicals; 515
• DOI: 10.1080/00036811.2017.1423473
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-6811

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In this paper, we establish a Harnack type inequality for p(x) -harmonic functions when the exponent p(x) makes a jump at a hyperplane and satisfies log-condition otherwise. We demonstrate that in this situation the Harnack inequality in the classical form is not valid. The form of the Harnack inequality we obtain is weaker than the classical one but still powerful enough to imply the Hölder continuity.