Equivalence of viscosity and weak solutions for the $p\left(x\right)$-Laplacian
Annales de l'I.H.P. Analyse non linéaire, Volume 27 (2010) no. 6, p. 1471-1487

We consider different notions of solutions to the $p\left(x\right)$-Laplace equation $-\mathrm{div}\left(\right|Du\left(x\right){|}^{p\left(x\right)-2}Du\left(x\right)\right)=0$ with $1. We show by proving a comparison principle that viscosity supersolutions and $p\left(x\right)$-superharmonic functions of nonlinear potential theory coincide. This implies that weak and viscosity solutions are the same class of functions, and that viscosity solutions to Dirichlet problems are unique. As an application, we prove a Radó type removability theorem.

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anihpc.2010.09.004
Classification:  35J92,  35D40,  31C45,  35B60
Keywords: Comparison principle, Viscosity solutions, Uniqueness, $p\left(x\right)$-Superharmonic functions, Radó type theorem, Removability
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Juutinen, Petri; Lukkari, Teemu; Parviainen, Mikko. Equivalence of viscosity and weak solutions for the $p(x)$-Laplacian. Annales de l'I.H.P. Analyse non linéaire, Volume 27 (2010) no. 6, pp. 1471-1487. doi : 10.1016/j.anihpc.2010.09.004. http://www.numdam.org/item/AIHPC_2010__27_6_1471_0/

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