Non-linear Gagliardo--Nirenberg inequality involving a second-order elliptic operator in non-divergent form

Abstract

We obtain the inequalities of the form $$\int_Ω|\nabla u(x)|^2h(u(x))\,{\rm d} x\leq C\int_Ω \left( \sqrt{ |P u(x)||{\cal T}_{H}(u(x))|}\right)^{2}h(u(x))\,{\rm d} x +Θ,$$ where $Ω\subset \mathbf{R}^n$ is a bounded Lipschitz domain, $u\in W^{2,1}_{\rm loc}(Ω)$ is non-negative, $P$ is a uniformly elliptic operator in non-divergent form, ${\cal T}_{H}(\cdot )$ is certain transformation of the monotone $C^1$ function $H(\cdot)$, which is the primitive of the weight $h(\cdot)$, and $Θ$ is the boundary term which depends on boundary values of $u$ and $\nabla u$, which hold under some additional assumptions. Our results are linked to some results from probability and potential theories, e.g.~to some variants of the Douglas formulae.