Quantitative uniqueness estimates for $p$-Laplace type equations in the plane

Abstract

In this article our main concern is to prove the quantitative unique estimates for the $p$-Laplace equation, $1 \max\{p,2\}$ or $q=p>2$, if $\|u\|_{L^\infty(\mathbb{R}^2)}\leq C_0$, then $u$ satisfies the following asymptotic estimates at $R\gg 1$ \[ \inf_{|z_0|=R}\sup_{|z-z_0|<1} |u(z)| \geq e^{-CR^{1-\frac{2}{q}}\log R}, \] where $C$ depends only on $p$, $q$, $\tilde{M}$ and $C_0$. When $q=\max\{p,2\}$ and $p\in (1,2]$, under similar assumptions, we have \[ \inf_{|z_0|=R} \sup_{|z-z_0|<1} |u(z)| \geq R^{-C}, \] where $C$ depends only on $p$, $\tilde{M}$ and $C_0$. As an immediate consequence, we obtain the strong unique continuation principle (SUCP) for nontrivial solutions of this equation. We also prove the SUCP for the weighted $p$-Laplace equation with a locally positive locally Lipschitz weight.