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Mikko Parviainen

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Stability of degenerate parabolic Cauchy problems

We prove that solutions to Cauchy problems related to the $p$-parabolic equations are stable with respect to the nonlinearity exponent $p$. More specifically, solutions with a fixed initial trace converge in an $L^q$-space to a solution of the limit problem as $p>2$ varies.

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Boundary regularity for degenerate and singular parabolic equations

We characterise regular boundary points of the parabolic $p$-Laplacian in terms of a family of barriers, both when $p>2$ and $1<p<2$. Due to the fact that $p\not=2$, it turns out that one can multiply the $p$-Laplace operator by a positive constant, without affecting the regularity of a boundary point. By constructing suitable families of barriers, we give some simple geometric conditions that ensure the regularity of boundary points.

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Global higher integrability for parabolic quasiminimizers in metric spaces

We prove higher integrability up to the boundary for minimal p-weak upper gradients of parabolic quasiminimizers in metric measure spaces, related to the heat equation. We assume the underlying metric measure space to be equipped with a doubling measure and to support a weak Poincaré-inequality.

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Local higher integrability for parabolic quasiminimizers in metric spaces

Using variational methods, we prove local higher integrability for the minimal p-weak upper gradients of parabolic quasiminimizers in metric measure spaces. We assume the measure to be doubling and the underlying space to be such that a weak Poincaré inequality is supported. We give proofs to density results concerning the space of test functions used when proving estimates for parabolic quasiminimizers.

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On the existence and uniqueness of p-harmonious functions

We give a self-contained and short proof for the existence, uniqueness and measurability of so called $p$-harmonious functions. The proofs only use elementary analytic tools. As a consequence, we obtain existence, uniqueness and measurability of value functions for the tug-of-war game with noise.

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Local approximation of superharmonic and superparabolic functions in nonlinear potential theory

We prove that arbitrary superharmonic functions and superparabolic functions related to the $p$-Laplace and the $p$-parabolic equations are locally obtained as limits of supersolutions with desired convergence properties of the corresponding Riesz measures. As an application we show that a family of uniformly bounded supersolutions to the $p$-parabolic equation contains a subsequence that converges to a supersolution.

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Harnack's inequality for p-harmonic functions via stochastic games

We give a proof of Lipschitz continuity of p-harmonious functions, that are tug-of-war game analogies of ordinary p-harmonic functions. This result is used to obtain a new proof of Harnack's inequality for p-harmonic functions in the case $p>2$ that avoids classical techniques like Moser iteration, but instead relies on suitable choices of strategies for the stochastic tug-of-war game.

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Discontinuous gradient constraints and the infinity Laplacian

Motivated by tug-of-war games and asymptotic analysis of certain variational problems, we consider a gradient constraint problem involving the infinity Laplace operator. We prove that this problem always has a solution that is unique if a certain regularity condition on the constraint is satisfied. If this regularity condition fails, then solutions obtained from game theory and $L^p$-approximation need not coincide.

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Irregular Time Dependent Obstacles

We study the obstacle problem for the Evolutionary p-Laplace Equation when the obstacle is discontinuous and without regularity in the time variable. Two quite different procedures yield the same solution.

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Nonhomogeneous Variational Problems and Quasi-Minimizers on Metric Spaces

We show that quasi-minimizers of non-homogeneous energy functionals on metric measure spaces are locally Hölder continuous and satisfy the Harnack inequality. We assume that the spaces are doubling and support a Poincaré inequality. The proof is based on the De Giorgi method, combined with the "expansion of positivity" technique.

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Equivalence of Viscosity and Weak Solutions for the $p(x)$-Laplacian

We consider different notions of solutions to the $p(x)$-Laplace equation $-÷(\abs{Du(x)}^{p(x)-2}Du(x))=0$ with $ 1<p(x)<\infty$. We show by proving a comparison principle that viscosity supersolutions and $p(x)$-superharmonic functions of nonlinear potential theory coincide. This implies that weak and viscosity solutions are the same class of functions, and that viscosity solutions to Dirichlet problems are unique. As an application, we prove a Radó type removability theorem.

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