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Optimal regularity for the pseudo infinity Laplacian

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 May 2007

Julio D. Rossi
Affiliation:
Instituto de Matemáticas y Física Fundamental Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Serrano 123, Madrid, Spain, on leave from Departamento de Matemática, FCEyN UBA (1428) Buenos Aires, Argentina; jrossi@dm.uba.ar
Mariel Saez
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics Albert Einstein Institute Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Golm, Germany; mariel.saez@aei.mpg.de
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Abstract

In this paper we find the optimal regularity for viscosity solutions of the pseudo infinity Laplacian. We prove that the solutions are locally Lipschitz and show an example that proves that this result is optimal. We also show existence and uniqueness for the Dirichlet problem.

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Research Article
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© EDP Sciences, SMAI, 2007

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