A priori estimates for solutions of degenerate fully nonlinear elliptic equations with $L^p$ data

Abstract

We establish a priori regularity estimates for viscosity solutions of degenerate fully nonlinear elliptic equations with integrable right-hand sides. When the nonhomogeneous term belongs to $L^p$ with $p>n$, we prove optimal interior $C^{1,\alpha }$ estimates. In the critical case, we obtain a log-Lipschitz modulus of continuity under the Lorentz condition $f\in L^{n,1}$. We utilize sliding paraboloid or cusp methods to develop uniform Hölder estimates for equations that are elliptic only in suitable gradient regimes. Finally, we establish an approximation lemma for integrable right-hand sides via a corrector argument, which allows us to deduce the corresponding Schauder-type estimates.

20 pages