Existence of Solutions for the Evolution 𝑝(𝑥)-Laplacian Equation Not in Divergence Form

The existence of weak solutions is studied to the initial Dirichlet problem of the equation 𝑢𝑡=𝑢div(|∇𝑢|𝑝(𝑥)−2∇𝑢), with inf 𝑝(𝑥)>2. We adopt the method of parabolic regularization. After establishing some necessary uniform estimates on the approximate solutions, we prove the existence of weak sol...

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Main Authors: Changchun Liu, Junchao Gao, Songzhe Lian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Applied Mathematics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/835495
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Summary:The existence of weak solutions is studied to the initial Dirichlet problem of the equation 𝑢𝑡=𝑢div(|∇𝑢|𝑝(𝑥)−2∇𝑢), with inf 𝑝(𝑥)>2. We adopt the method of parabolic regularization. After establishing some necessary uniform estimates on the approximate solutions, we prove the existence of weak solutions.
ISSN:1110-757X
1687-0042