Pub Date : 2025-01-22DOI: 10.1016/j.na.2025.113748
Paolo Bonicatto , Gennaro Ciampa , Gianluca Crippa
The goal of this paper is to study weak solutions of the Fokker–Planck equation. We first discuss existence and uniqueness of weak solutions in an irregular context, providing a unified treatment of the available literature along with some extensions. Then, we prove a regularity result for distributional solutions under suitable integrability assumptions, relying on a new, simple commutator estimate in the spirit of DiPerna-Lions’ theory of renormalized solutions for the transport equation. Our result is somehow transverse to Theorem 4.3 of Figally (2008): on the diffusion matrix we relax the assumption of Lipschitz regularity in time at the price of assuming Sobolev regularity in space, and we prove the regularity (and hence the uniqueness) of distributional solutions to the Fokker–Planck equation.
{"title":"A regularity result for the Fokker–Planck equation with non-smooth drift and diffusion","authors":"Paolo Bonicatto , Gennaro Ciampa , Gianluca Crippa","doi":"10.1016/j.na.2025.113748","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.na.2025.113748","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The goal of this paper is to study weak solutions of the Fokker–Planck equation. We first discuss existence and uniqueness of weak solutions in an irregular context, providing a unified treatment of the available literature along with some extensions. Then, we prove a regularity result for distributional solutions under suitable integrability assumptions, relying on a new, simple commutator estimate in the spirit of DiPerna-Lions’ theory of renormalized solutions for the transport equation. Our result is somehow transverse to Theorem 4.3 of Figally (2008): on the diffusion matrix we relax the assumption of Lipschitz regularity in time at the price of assuming Sobolev regularity in space, and we prove the regularity (and hence the uniqueness) of distributional solutions to the Fokker–Planck equation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49749,"journal":{"name":"Nonlinear Analysis-Theory Methods & Applications","volume":"254 ","pages":"Article 113748"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143136924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-16DOI: 10.1016/j.na.2024.113740
Michiel Bertsch , Flavia Smarrazzo , Andrea Terracina , Alberto Tesei
We prove well-posedness of the Cauchy problem for a first order scalar hyperbolic conservation law in one space dimension, where the singular part of the initial data is a finite superposition of Dirac masses and the flux is a continuous function with possible linear growth at infinity. The uniqueness class consists of signed Radon measure-valued entropy solutions, called admissible, whose regular and singular parts satisfy so-called compatibility conditions and suitable continuity requirements with respect to time.
{"title":"Measure-valued solutions of scalar hyperbolic conservation laws, Part 2: Uniqueness","authors":"Michiel Bertsch , Flavia Smarrazzo , Andrea Terracina , Alberto Tesei","doi":"10.1016/j.na.2024.113740","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.na.2024.113740","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We prove well-posedness of the Cauchy problem for a first order scalar hyperbolic conservation law in one space dimension, where the singular part of the initial data is a finite superposition of Dirac masses and the flux is a continuous function with possible linear growth at infinity. The uniqueness class consists of signed Radon measure-valued entropy solutions, called <em>admissible</em>, whose regular and singular parts satisfy so-called compatibility conditions and suitable continuity requirements with respect to time.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49749,"journal":{"name":"Nonlinear Analysis-Theory Methods & Applications","volume":"254 ","pages":"Article 113740"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143136926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-16DOI: 10.1016/j.na.2025.113747
Chengfei Ai , Yong Wang
In this paper, we prove the global existence of strong solutions for the 3D incompressible inhomogeneous viscoelastic system. We avoid to use the “initial state” assumption and the “div–curl” structure in the proof of global solutions inspired by the works (Zhu,2018; Zhu,2022). It is a key to transform the original system into a suitable dissipative system by introducing a new effective tensor, which is useful to establish a series of energy estimates with appropriate time weights.
{"title":"Global solutions of the 3D incompressible inhomogeneous viscoelastic system","authors":"Chengfei Ai , Yong Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.na.2025.113747","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.na.2025.113747","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, we prove the global existence of strong solutions for the 3D incompressible inhomogeneous viscoelastic system. We avoid to use the “initial state” assumption and the “div–curl” structure in the proof of global solutions inspired by the works (Zhu,2018; Zhu,2022). It is a key to transform the original system into a suitable dissipative system by introducing a new effective tensor, which is useful to establish a series of energy estimates with appropriate time weights.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49749,"journal":{"name":"Nonlinear Analysis-Theory Methods & Applications","volume":"254 ","pages":"Article 113747"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143136922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-16DOI: 10.1016/j.na.2025.113746
Juan Carlos Sampedro
In this paper we use abstract bifurcation theory for Fredholm operators of index zero to deal with periodic even solutions of the one-dimensional equation , where is a nonlocal pseudodifferential operator defined as a Fourier multiplier and is the bifurcation parameter. Our general setting includes the fractional Laplacian and sharpens the results obtained for this operator to date. As a direct application, we establish the existence of traveling waves for general nonlocal dispersive equations for some velocity ranges.
{"title":"Periodic solutions to nonlocal pseudo-differential equations. A bifurcation theoretical perspective","authors":"Juan Carlos Sampedro","doi":"10.1016/j.na.2025.113746","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.na.2025.113746","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper we use abstract bifurcation theory for Fredholm operators of index zero to deal with periodic even solutions of the one-dimensional equation <span><math><mrow><mi>L</mi><mi>u</mi><mo>=</mo><mi>λ</mi><mi>u</mi><mo>+</mo><msup><mrow><mrow><mo>|</mo><mi>u</mi><mo>|</mo></mrow></mrow><mrow><mi>p</mi></mrow></msup></mrow></math></span>, where <span><math><mi>L</mi></math></span> is a nonlocal pseudodifferential operator defined as a Fourier multiplier and <span><math><mi>λ</mi></math></span> is the bifurcation parameter. Our general setting includes the fractional Laplacian <span><math><mrow><mi>L</mi><mo>≡</mo><msup><mrow><mrow><mo>(</mo><mo>−</mo><mi>Δ</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow><mrow><mi>s</mi></mrow></msup></mrow></math></span> and sharpens the results obtained for this operator to date. As a direct application, we establish the existence of traveling waves for general nonlocal dispersive equations for some velocity ranges.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49749,"journal":{"name":"Nonlinear Analysis-Theory Methods & Applications","volume":"254 ","pages":"Article 113746"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143136921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-13DOI: 10.1016/j.na.2024.113745
Chiara Bernardini , Annalisa Cesaroni
We consider the following nonlinear Choquard equation where , , is a continuous radial function such that and is the Riesz potential of order . Assuming Neumann or Dirichlet boundary conditions, we prove existence of a positive radial solution to the corresponding boundary value problem when is an annulus, or an exterior domain of the form . We also provide a nonexistence result: if the corresponding Dirichlet problem has no nontrivial regular solution in strictly star-shaped domains. Finally, when considering annular domains, letting we recover existence results for the corresponding local problem with power-type nonlinearity.
{"title":"Boundary value problems for Choquard equations","authors":"Chiara Bernardini , Annalisa Cesaroni","doi":"10.1016/j.na.2024.113745","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.na.2024.113745","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We consider the following nonlinear Choquard equation <span><math><mrow><mo>−</mo><mi>Δ</mi><mi>u</mi><mo>+</mo><mi>V</mi><mi>u</mi><mo>=</mo><mrow><mo>(</mo><msub><mrow><mi>I</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>α</mi></mrow></msub><mo>∗</mo><msup><mrow><mrow><mo>|</mo><mi>u</mi><mo>|</mo></mrow></mrow><mrow><mi>p</mi></mrow></msup><mo>)</mo></mrow><msup><mrow><mrow><mo>|</mo><mi>u</mi><mo>|</mo></mrow></mrow><mrow><mi>p</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup><mi>u</mi><mspace></mspace><mtext>in</mtext><mspace></mspace><mspace></mspace><mspace></mspace><mi>Ω</mi><mo>⊂</mo><msup><mrow><mi>R</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>N</mi></mrow></msup><mo>,</mo></mrow></math></span> where <span><math><mrow><mi>N</mi><mo>≥</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></math></span>, <span><math><mrow><mi>p</mi><mo>∈</mo><mrow><mo>(</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>,</mo><mo>+</mo><mi>∞</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span>, <span><math><mrow><mi>V</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>x</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> is a continuous radial function such that <span><math><mrow><msub><mrow><mo>inf</mo></mrow><mrow><mi>x</mi><mo>∈</mo><mi>Ω</mi></mrow></msub><mi>V</mi><mo>></mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></math></span> and <span><math><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>I</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>α</mi></mrow></msub><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>x</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> is the Riesz potential of order <span><math><mrow><mi>α</mi><mo>∈</mo><mrow><mo>(</mo><mn>0</mn><mo>,</mo><mi>N</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span>. Assuming Neumann or Dirichlet boundary conditions, we prove existence of a positive radial solution to the corresponding boundary value problem when <span><math><mi>Ω</mi></math></span> is an annulus, or an exterior domain of the form <span><math><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>R</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>N</mi></mrow></msup><mo>∖</mo><mover><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>B</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>r</mi></mrow></msub><mrow><mo>(</mo><mn>0</mn><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow><mo>¯</mo></mover></mrow></math></span>. We also provide a nonexistence result: if <span><math><mrow><mi>p</mi><mo>≥</mo><mfrac><mrow><mi>N</mi><mo>+</mo><mi>α</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>N</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></mfrac></mrow></math></span> the corresponding Dirichlet problem has no nontrivial regular solution in strictly star-shaped domains. Finally, when considering annular domains, letting <span><math><mrow><mi>α</mi><mo>→</mo><msup><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>+</mo></mrow></msup></mrow></math></span> we recover existence results for the corresponding <em>local</em> problem with power-type nonlinearity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49749,"journal":{"name":"Nonlinear Analysis-Theory Methods & Applications","volume":"254 ","pages":"Article 113745"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143136810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-09DOI: 10.1016/j.na.2024.113744
Ira Herbst
We use a well known integral equation to derive some regularity properties of Leray–Hopf weak solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations in .
{"title":"Mild regularity of weak solutions to the Navier – Stokes equations","authors":"Ira Herbst","doi":"10.1016/j.na.2024.113744","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.na.2024.113744","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We use a well known integral equation to derive some regularity properties of Leray–Hopf weak solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations in <span><math><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>L</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>p</mi></mrow></msup><mrow><mo>(</mo><msup><mrow><mi>R</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>3</mn></mrow></msup><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>,</mo><mi>p</mi><mo>∈</mo><mrow><mo>[</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>2</mn><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49749,"journal":{"name":"Nonlinear Analysis-Theory Methods & Applications","volume":"254 ","pages":"Article 113744"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143136811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-06DOI: 10.1016/j.na.2024.113738
Alessandro Cucinotta
We show that the heat flow provides good approximation properties for the area functional on proper spaces, implying that in this setting the area formula for functions of bounded variation holds and that the area functional coincides with its relaxation. We then obtain partial regularity and uniqueness results for functions whose hypographs are perimeter minimizing. Finally, we consider sequences of spaces and we show that, thanks to the previously obtained properties, Sobolev minimizers of the area functional in a limit space can be approximated with minimizers along the converging sequence of spaces. Using this last result, we obtain applications on Ricci-limit spaces.
{"title":"Convergence of the area functional on spaces with lower Ricci bounds and applications","authors":"Alessandro Cucinotta","doi":"10.1016/j.na.2024.113738","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.na.2024.113738","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We show that the heat flow provides good approximation properties for the area functional on proper <span><math><mrow><mi>RCD</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>K</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>∞</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> spaces, implying that in this setting the area formula for functions of bounded variation holds and that the area functional coincides with its relaxation. We then obtain partial regularity and uniqueness results for functions whose hypographs are perimeter minimizing. Finally, we consider sequences of <span><math><mrow><mi>RCD</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>K</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>N</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> spaces and we show that, thanks to the previously obtained properties, Sobolev minimizers of the area functional in a limit space can be approximated with minimizers along the converging sequence of spaces. Using this last result, we obtain applications on Ricci-limit spaces.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49749,"journal":{"name":"Nonlinear Analysis-Theory Methods & Applications","volume":"254 ","pages":"Article 113738"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143136809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-06DOI: 10.1016/j.na.2024.113742
Jiawei Tan, Qingying Xue
Let be a homogeneous function of degree zero that enjoys the vanishing condition on the unit sphere . Let be the convolution singular integral operator with kernel . In this paper, when , we consider quantitative weighted bounds of composite operators of on rearrangement invariant Banach function spaces. These spaces contain classical Lorentz spaces and Orlicz spaces as special examples. Weighted boundedness of the composite operators on rearrangement invariant quasi-Banach spaces are also given.
{"title":"Composition of rough singular integral operators on rearrangement invariant Banach type spaces","authors":"Jiawei Tan, Qingying Xue","doi":"10.1016/j.na.2024.113742","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.na.2024.113742","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Let <span><math><mi>Ω</mi></math></span> be a homogeneous function of degree zero that enjoys the vanishing condition on the unit sphere <span><math><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>S</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msup><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>n</mi><mo>≥</mo><mn>2</mn><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span>. Let <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>T</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>Ω</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> be the convolution singular integral operator with kernel <span><math><mrow><mi>Ω</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>x</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><msup><mrow><mrow><mo>|</mo><mi>x</mi><mo>|</mo></mrow></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mi>n</mi></mrow></msup></mrow></math></span>. In this paper, when <span><math><mrow><mi>Ω</mi><mo>∈</mo><msup><mrow><mi>L</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>∞</mi></mrow></msup><mrow><mo>(</mo><msup><mrow><mi>S</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msup><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span>, we consider quantitative weighted bounds of composite operators of <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>T</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>Ω</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> on rearrangement invariant Banach function spaces. These spaces contain classical Lorentz spaces and Orlicz spaces as special examples. Weighted boundedness of the composite operators on rearrangement invariant quasi-Banach spaces are also given.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49749,"journal":{"name":"Nonlinear Analysis-Theory Methods & Applications","volume":"254 ","pages":"Article 113742"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143136808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.na.2024.113743
Hui Ma , Mingxuan Yang , Jiabin Yin
We consider a partially overdetermined problem for the -Laplace equation in a convex cone intersected with the exterior of a smooth bounded domain in (). First, we establish the existence, regularity, and asymptotic behavior of a capacitary potential. Then, based on these properties of the potential, we obtain a rigidity result under the assumption of orthogonal intersection, by using -function, the isoperimetric inequality, and a Heintze–Karcher type inequality in a convex cone.
{"title":"A partially overdetermined problem for the p-Laplace equation in a convex cone","authors":"Hui Ma , Mingxuan Yang , Jiabin Yin","doi":"10.1016/j.na.2024.113743","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.na.2024.113743","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We consider a partially overdetermined problem for the <span><math><mi>p</mi></math></span>-Laplace equation in a convex cone <span><math><mi>C</mi></math></span> intersected with the exterior of a smooth bounded domain <span><math><mover><mrow><mi>Ω</mi></mrow><mo>¯</mo></mover></math></span> in <span><math><msup><mrow><mi>R</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow></msup></math></span> (<span><math><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>≥</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></math></span>). First, we establish the existence, regularity, and asymptotic behavior of a capacitary potential. Then, based on these properties of the potential, we obtain a rigidity result under the assumption of orthogonal intersection, by using <span><math><mi>P</mi></math></span>-function, the isoperimetric inequality, and a Heintze–Karcher type inequality in a convex cone.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49749,"journal":{"name":"Nonlinear Analysis-Theory Methods & Applications","volume":"253 ","pages":"Article 113743"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143176776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.na.2024.113737
Arttu Karppinen , Saara Sarsa
We consider Orlicz–Laplace equation where is an Orlicz function and either or . We prove local second order regularity results for the weak solutions of the Orlicz–Laplace equation. More precisely, we show that if is another Orlicz function that is close to in a suitable sense, then . This work contributes to the building up of quantitative second order Sobolev regularity for solutions of nonlinear equations.
{"title":"Local second order regularity of solutions to elliptic Orlicz–Laplace equation","authors":"Arttu Karppinen , Saara Sarsa","doi":"10.1016/j.na.2024.113737","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.na.2024.113737","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We consider Orlicz–Laplace equation <span><math><mrow><mo>−</mo><mo>div</mo><mspace></mspace><mrow><mo>(</mo><mfrac><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>φ</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>′</mo></mrow></msup><mrow><mo>(</mo><mrow><mo>|</mo><mo>∇</mo><mi>u</mi><mo>|</mo></mrow><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow><mrow><mrow><mo>|</mo><mo>∇</mo><mi>u</mi><mo>|</mo></mrow></mrow></mfrac><mo>∇</mo><mi>u</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>=</mo><mi>f</mi></mrow></math></span> where <span><math><mi>φ</mi></math></span> is an Orlicz function and either <span><math><mrow><mi>f</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></math></span> or <span><math><mrow><mi>f</mi><mo>∈</mo><msup><mrow><mi>L</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>∞</mi></mrow></msup></mrow></math></span>. We prove local second order regularity results for the weak solutions <span><math><mi>u</mi></math></span> of the Orlicz–Laplace equation. More precisely, we show that if <span><math><mi>ψ</mi></math></span> is another Orlicz function that is close to <span><math><mi>φ</mi></math></span> in a suitable sense, then <span><math><mrow><mfrac><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>ψ</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>′</mo></mrow></msup><mrow><mo>(</mo><mrow><mo>|</mo><mo>∇</mo><mi>u</mi><mo>|</mo></mrow><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow><mrow><mrow><mo>|</mo><mo>∇</mo><mi>u</mi><mo>|</mo></mrow></mrow></mfrac><mo>∇</mo><mi>u</mi><mo>∈</mo><msubsup><mrow><mi>W</mi></mrow><mrow><mtext>loc</mtext></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></msubsup></mrow></math></span>. This work contributes to the building up of quantitative second order Sobolev regularity for solutions of nonlinear equations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49749,"journal":{"name":"Nonlinear Analysis-Theory Methods & Applications","volume":"253 ","pages":"Article 113737"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143177344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}