Strong comparison principle for p-Laplacian type equations

Let Ω\Omega' be a bounded C1,αC^{1,\alpha} subdomain compactly contained in a domain ΩX\Omega\subset X. Assume that the equation Q(w)=0Q'(w)=0 admits a positive solution in Ω\Omega, and let u,vC1(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,uvon 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 uvu\leq v; the conjectured strict alternative is open for p2p\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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