A posteriori estimates of the deviation from exact solutions to variational problems under nonstandard coerciveness and growth conditions

Pastukhova, S.

doi:10.1090/spmj/1637

A posteriori estimates of the deviation from exact solutions to variational problems under nonstandard coerciveness and growth conditions
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by S. E. Pastukhova
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St. Petersburg Math. J. 32 (2021), 39-57

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/spmj/1637

Published electronically: January 11, 2021

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Abstract:

A posteriori estimates are proved for the accuracy of approximations of solutions to variational problems with nonstandard power functionals. More precisely, these are integral functionals with power type integrands having a variable exponent $p( \cdot )$. It is assumed that $p( \cdot )$ is bounded away from one and infinity. Estimates in the energy norm are obtained for the difference of the approximate and exact solutions. The majorant $M$ in these estimates depends only on the approximation $v$ and the data of the problem, but is independent of the exact solution $u$. It is shown that $M=M(v)$ vanishes as $v$ tends to $u$ and $M(v)=0$ only if $v=u$. The superquadratic and subquadratic cases (which means that $p( \cdot )\ge 2$, or $p( \cdot )\le 2$, respectively) are treated separately.

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