Calculus of Variations and Geometric Measure Theory

P. Ambrosio

Gradient regularity for strongly singular or degenerate elliptic and parabolic equations

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Accepted Paper

Inserted: 11 nov 2025
Last Updated: 11 nov 2025

Journal: Bruno Pini Mathematical Analysis Seminar
Year: 2025
Doi: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2511.05692

ArXiv: 2511.05692 PDF
Links: https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.05692

Abstract:

We present recent advances in the regularity theory for weak solutions to some classes of elliptic and parabolic equations with strongly singular or degenerate structure. The equations under consideration satisfy standard $p$-growth and $p$-ellipticity conditions only outside a ball centered at the origin. In the elliptic setting, we describe Besov and Sobolev regularity results for suitable nonlinear functions of the gradient of the weak solutions, covering both the subquadratic ($1<p<2$) and superquadratic ($p\geq2$) regimes. Analogous results are obtained in the corresponding parabolic framework, where we address the higher spatial and temporal differentiability of the solutions under appropriate assumptions on the data.

Keywords: Degenerate elliptic equations, Sobolev regularity, Besov spaces, Degenerate parabolic equations, singular elliptic equations