On higher integrability for $p(x)$-Laplacian equations with drift

TL;DR

This paper establishes higher integrability results for solutions of $p(x)$-Laplacian equations with drift, extending previous work by weakening conditions on the variable exponent and incorporating drift effects.

Contribution

It introduces a generalized Gehring's lemma and a modified Sobolev-Poincaré inequality for $p(x)$-Laplacians with drift, under weaker conditions on $p(x)$.

Findings

Derived reverse Hölder inequality with drift dependence

Proved higher integrability of solutions under weaker conditions

Extended results to include drift terms in $p(x)$-Laplacian equations

Abstract

In this paper, we study the higher integrability for the gradient of weak solutions of $p(x)$-Laplacians equation with drift terms. We prove a version of generalized Gehring's lemma under some weaker condition on the modulus of continuity of variable exponent $p(x)$ and present a modified version of Sobolev-Poincar\'{e} inequality with such an exponent. When $p(x)>2$ we derive the reverse H\"older inequality with a proper dependence on the drift and force terms and establish a specific high integrability result. Our condition on the exponent $p(x)$ is more specific and weaker than the known conditions and our results extend some results on the $p(x)$-Laplacian equations without drift terms.