𝐿^{𝑝} estimates for degenerate elliptic systems with VMO coefficients

Di Fazio, G.; Fanciullo, M.; Zamboni, P.

doi:10.1090/S1061-0022-2014-01322-2

$L^p$ estimates for degenerate elliptic systems with VMO coefficients
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by G. Di Fazio, M. S. Fanciullo and P. Zamboni

St. Petersburg Math. J. 25 (2014), 909-917

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S1061-0022-2014-01322-2

Published electronically: September 8, 2014

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Abstract:

Interior $L^p$ gradient weighted estimates are proved for degenerate elliptic systems in divergence form with VMO coefficients.

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