On the Fractional p-laplacian equations with weight and general datum

TL;DR

This paper investigates the existence and uniqueness of solutions to fractional p-Laplacian equations with weights and general data, extending the theory to weighted fractional Sobolev spaces and establishing conditions for positive solutions.

Contribution

It introduces new existence results for weighted fractional p-Laplacian problems with general data, including cases with nonlinearity and weight functions, and proves uniqueness and positivity under certain conditions.

Findings

Existence of weak solutions for all L^1 data when f depends only on x.

Uniqueness of positive entropy solutions when f is independent of u.

Establishment of a weak Harnack inequality for solutions when f is positive.

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to treat the following problem $$ (P) \left\{ \begin{array}{rcll} (-\Delta)^s_{p, \beta} u &= & f(x,u) &\mbox{ in }\Omega, u & = & 0 &\mbox{ in } \mathds{R}^N\setminus\Omega, \end{array} \right. $$ where $$ (-\Delta)^s_{p,\beta}\, u(x):=P.V. \int_{\mathds{R}^N}\frac{|u(x)-u(y)|^{p-2}(u(x)-u(y))}{|x-y|^{N+ps}} \frac{dy}{|x|^\beta|y|^\beta},$$ $\Omega$ is a bounded domain containing the origin, $0\le \beta<\frac{N-ps}{2} $, $1<p<N$, $s\in (0,1)$ with $ps<N$. The main result of this paper is to prove the existence of a weak solution under additional hypotheses on $f$. In particular, we will consider two cases: 1- $f(x,s)=f(x)$, in this case we prove the existence of a weak solution, that is in a suitable weighted fractional Sobolev spaces, for all $f\in L^1(\Omega)$. In addition, if $f\gneq 0$, we show that problem $(P)$ has a unique entropy positive solution. 2-$f(x,s)=\lambda s^q +g(x)$ , in this case, according to the values of $\lambda$ and $q$, we get the largest class of data $g$ for which problem $(P)$ has a positive solution. In the case where $f\gneq 0$, then the solution $u$ satisfies a suitable weak Harnack inequality.