Continuity of solutions of linear, degenerate elliptic equations

Onninen, Jani; Zhong, Xiao

Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa - Classe di Scienze, Série 5, Tome 6 (2007) no. 1, pp. 103-116.

We consider the simplest form of a second order, linear, degenerate, elliptic equation with divergence structure in the plane. Under an integrability condition on the degenerate function, we prove that the solutions are continuous.

Classification : 30C60, 35J15, 35J70

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