Renormalized Solutions for a Class of Nonlinear Parabolic Equation with a Lower Order Term and Variable Exponents

Abstract

We consider a class of nonlinear parabolic equations \[ \dfrac{\partial}{\partial t} b(u)-\nabla \cdot (A(x,t,u,\nabla u))+H(x,t,\nabla u)=f , \] where $H$ is a nonlinear lower order term satisfied the Carath$\acute{e}$odory condition and \[ \left\lvert H(x,t,\nabla u)\right\rvert\leqslant g(x,t)\left\lvert \nabla u\right\rvert^{\delta(x)} \] with \[ \delta (x)=\frac{p(x)(N+1)-N}{(N+2)(p(x)-1)}(p^--1) \quad \text{and} \quad p^-=\underset{x\in\bar{\Omega}}{min}\,p(x). \] By virtue of truncation metheod,the monotone operator theory and a gradient estimate we prove existence of renormalized solutions without coercivity condition on lower order term in the framework of variable exponents.