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Inserted: 6 oct 2026
Last Updated: 6 oct 2026

Year: 2026

Abstract:

We establish the optimal convergence of solutions to integro-differential equations (IDEs) governed by symmetric integrodifferential $p$-Lévy operators, $1 < p < \infty$, in the presence of nonlocal Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions. For illustrative purposes, consider the particular case of the (fractional) $p$-Laplacian $(-Δ)^s_p$ with $0 < s \le 1$. If $(-Δ)^s_p u_s = f_s $ in $Ω\subset \mathbb{R}^d,$ augmented with a Dirichlet or Neumann data $g_s$ then under suitable assumptions on $Ω$, $f_s$ and $g_s$, we show that $(u_s)_s$ strongly converges as $s \to 1^-$ in the the optimal, that is, $\
u_s - u_1\
_{W^{s,p}(Ω)} \to 0$. \smallskip Another subsequent goal underpinning our approach is the robustness of the nonlocal trace spaces; specifically, we also show that the nonlocal trace spaces converge, in an appropriate sense, to the local trace space.