Strong comparison principle for p-Laplacian type equations

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Let Ω′\Omega' be a bounded C1,αC^{1,\alpha} subdomain compactly contained in a domain Ω⊂X\Omega\subset X. Assume that the equation Q′(w)=0Q'(w)=0 admits a positive solution in Ω\Omega, and let u,v∈C1(Ω′)∩C(Ω′‾)u,v\in C^1(\Omega')\cap C(\overline{\Omega'}) be nonnegative functions satisfying

Q′(v)≥0in Ω′,Q′(u)≤0in Ω′,u≤von ∂Ω′.Q'(v)\geq 0\quad\text{in }\Omega',\qquad Q'(u)\leq 0\quad\text{in }\Omega',\qquad u\leq v\quad\text{on }\partial\Omega'.

Strong comparison principle. Either u<vu<v throughout Ω′\Omega', or u=vu=v throughout Ω′\Omega'. The weak comparison principle supplies the non-strict inequality u≤vu\leq v; the conjectured strict alternative is open for p≠2p\ne2, even for positive pp-harmonic functions in Rd\mathbb{R}^d when d>2d>2.

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Martin Fraas and Yehuda Pinchover, “Positive Liouville theorems and asymptotic behavior for p-Laplacian type elliptic equations with a Fuchsian potential”, arXiv:1003.5452 (2010).

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