Local Hölder regularity for nonlocal porous media and fast diffusion equations with general kernel

Abstract We show that locally bounded, local weak solutions to certain nonlocal, nonlinear diffusion equations modelled on the fractional porous media and fast diffusion equations given by $$\begin{aligned} \partial _t u + (-\Delta )^s(|u|^{m-1}u) = 0 \quad \text{ for } \quad 0&lt;s&lt;1 \quad \text {and}\quad m&gt;0 \end{aligned}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtable> <mml:mtr> <mml:mtd> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>∂</mml:mi> <mml:mi>t</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mi>u</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mi>Δ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mi>s</mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mo>|</mml:mo> <mml:mi>u</mml:mi> <mml:mo>|</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>m</mml:mi> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>u</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mtext>for</mml:mtext> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> <mml:mo>&lt;</mml:mo> <mml:mi>s</mml:mi> <mml:mo>&lt;</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mtext>and</mml:mtext> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mi>m</mml:mi> <mml:mo>&gt;</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:mtd> </mml:mtr> </mml:mtable> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> are locally Hölder continuous. We work with bounded, measurable kernels and provide the corresponding $$L^{\infty }_{loc} \rightarrow C^{0,\alpha }_{loc}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>L</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>loc</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mi>∞</mml:mi> </mml:msubsup> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>C</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>loc</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>α</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msubsup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> De Giorgi-Nash-Moser Theory for the equation via a delicate analysis of the set of singularity/degeneracy in a geometry dictated by the solution itself and a careful analysis of far-off effects. In particular, our results are in the spirit of interior regularity, requiring the equation to hold only locally, and thus are new even for positive solutions of the equation with constant coefficients.

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Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations
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2026-04-01
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00526-026-03306-4
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Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations
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Local Hölder regularity for nonlocal porous media and fast diffusion equations with general kernel

Harsh Prasad, Ho-Sik Lee, Kyeongbae Kim
Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations
Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations
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Local Hölder regularity for nonlocal porous media and fast diffusion equations with general kernel

Harsh Prasad, Ho-Sik Lee, Kyeongbae Kim
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Abstract We show that locally bounded, local weak solutions to certain nonlocal, nonlinear diffusion equations modelled on the fractional porous media and fast diffusion equations given by $$\begin{aligned} \partial _t u + (-\Delta )^s(|u|^{m-1}u) = 0 \quad \text{ for } \quad 0&lt;s&lt;1 \quad \text {and}\quad m&gt;0 \end{aligned}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtable> <mml:mtr> <mml:mtd> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>∂</mml:mi> <mml:mi>t</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mi>u</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mi>Δ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mi>s</mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mo>|</mml:mo> <mml:mi>u</mml:mi> <mml:mo>|</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>m</mml:mi> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>u</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mtext>for</mml:mtext> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> <mml:mo>&lt;</mml:mo> <mml:mi>s</mml:mi> <mml:mo>&lt;</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mtext>and</mml:mtext> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mi>m</mml:mi> <mml:mo>&gt;</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:mtd> </mml:mtr> </mml:mtable> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> are locally Hölder continuous. We work with bounded, measurable kernels and provide the corresponding $$L^{\infty }_{loc} \rightarrow C^{0,\alpha }_{loc}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>L</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>loc</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mi>∞</mml:mi> </mml:msubsup> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>C</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>loc</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>α</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msubsup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> De Giorgi-Nash-Moser Theory for the equation via a delicate analysis of the set of singularity/degeneracy in a geometry dictated by the solution itself and a careful analysis of far-off effects. In particular, our results are in the spirit of interior regularity, requiring the equation to hold only locally, and thus are new even for positive solutions of the equation with constant coefficients.

Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential EquationsVol. 65(5)
University of Bonn (DE), Bielefeld University (DE)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Openalex Percentile: Top 21%
Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations
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