Regularity results for a class of obstacle problems with $p,q-$growth conditions

Abstract

In this paper we prove the local boundedness as well as the local Lipschitz continuity for solutions to a class of obstacle problems of the type $$\min\left\{\int_\Omega {F(x, Dz)}: z\in \mathcal{K}_{\psi}(\Omega)\right\}.$$ Here $\mathcal{K}_{\psi}(\Omega)$ is set of admissible functions $z \in W^{1,p}(\Omega)$ such that $z \ge \psi$ a.e. in $\Omega$, $\psi$ being the obstacle and $\Omega$ being an open bounded set of $\mathbb{R}^n$, $n \ge 2$. The main novelty here is that we are assuming $ F(x, Dz)$ satisfying $(p,q)$-growth conditions {and less restrictive assumptions on the obstacle with respect to the existing regularity results}.